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0 pointsCursedSilicon5mo ago0 comments

AWS doesn't have to pay people (LOTS OF PEOPLE) to keep things running over the weekends?

And they aren't...just passing those costs on to their customers?

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fwip5mo ago

They are of course, but it's amortized over many users. If you're a small company, it's hard to hire one-tenth of an SRE.

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0 pointsCursedSilicon5mo ago0 comments

AWS doesn't have to pay people (LOTS OF PEOPLE) to keep things running over the weekends?

And they aren't...just passing those costs on to their customers?

fwip5mo ago

They are of course, but it's amortized over many users. If you're a small company, it's hard to hire one-tenth of an SRE.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse