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Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by nl on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:26AM (#22601665)
PyPy runs on donated infrastructure that costs over 800K/month in hosting costs[1].

Not many non-commercial entities can afford that.

[1] https://twitter.com/dstufft/status/1236331765846990848

Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by hnra on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @03:27AM (#22602573)
PyPI, not PyPy. For those confused over how PyPy could cost that much.
Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by antonvs on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @08:31PM (#22623047)
Compiling Python code isn't easy!
Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by nl on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @03:41AM (#22602640)
Yes you are correct of course - my mistyping!
Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by chatmasta on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @09:15AM (#22604567)
Looks like they’re paying for bandwidth, aka “cloud pricing.” They could probably reduce those numbers significantly, but if it’s funded by a grant why bother?
Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by jefurii on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:34PM (#22607551)
Good reminder to use pip cache.