How we spent $30k in Firebase in less than 72 hours

Re:How we spent $30k in Firebase in less than 72 hours by IshKebab on Thursday August 02, 2018 @03:46AM (#17669856)

On the other hand I've spent hours debugging an issue in a C++ program I work on only to eventually find that it was a bug in the oldish version of GCC we were using and simply upgrading the compiler would have fixed it.

It's entirely possible that they could have spent hours or days debugging their issue only to find it had already been fixed.

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Re:How we spent $30k in Firebase in less than 72 hours by bananaboy on Thursday August 02, 2018 @08:08AM (#17670812)

But after those hours you knew exactly what the problem was and exactly what the solution was. You were in a much better position and could make better judgement calls at that point. It's better to dive in and figure out a problem than to just randomly upgrade things.

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Re:How we spent $30k in Firebase in less than 72 hours by rco8786 on Thursday August 02, 2018 @10:19AM (#17671552)

This isn’t really the other hand. This is saying exactly what OP is. Debug your system and fix the bug when you find it. Don’t randomly change things hoping the problem goes away.

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