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Re:Lessons for software developers from 1970s mainframe prog... by 549362-30499 on Saturday January 13, 2018 @07:17PM (#16142165)
The point is that cloud computing costs are small compared to labor costs, so it's a waste of time to make a 0.005% cost optimization that takes a week of work.

I would also love to see some examples of a 2G (!) library that people are casually importing. Where have you had this problem?

Re:Lessons for software developers from 1970s mainframe prog... by bandrami on Saturday January 13, 2018 @09:55PM (#16142579)
Labor costs are capital expenses; computing cost is an ongoing operational expense.
Re:Lessons for software developers from 1970s mainframe prog... by dgsb on Sunday January 14, 2018 @05:17AM (#16143596)
In the end, it depends on return on investment. If it is something which will be deployed on running for years, it may worth the effort.