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Re:Serverless: A lesson learned the hard way by godot on Thursday August 10, 2017 @04:04PM (#14983595)
His previous blog post actually said that he moved away from the exact $5/mo digital ocean plan you're talking about, to this.

I think the author meant to do this less of a "play with fire" way but more of experimenting with new tech way. But yes, I agree that for personal sites, running with your own money, you probably want to stick with something safer like the $5/mo digital ocean box.

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Re:Serverless: A lesson learned the hard way by V3loxy on Thursday August 10, 2017 @04:32PM (#14983906)
This is indeed the case, playing around with new tech. I've been a happy customer with DO for years but my own website was the ideal case to try out the whole serverless thing. As my website doesn't get much traffic so it'd cost me next to nothing. I do agree with most of the comments here though and the $5 DO box is the safest choice. I might have been a bit too excited with the new things and failed to think logically :)
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Re:Serverless: A lesson learned the hard way by Piskvorrr on Thursday August 10, 2017 @05:12PM (#14984340)
"Oh, look, new tech. It shines! It heats! Ouch, it also burns!" The comparison to fire is quite fitting.
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