Optimizing Your Web App 100x Is Like Adding 99 Servers

Re:Optimizing Your Web App 100x Is Like Adding 99 Servers by nmfisher on Saturday November 21, 2020 @06:56AM (#25169201)

I’m not sure what you’re talking about. I’m not going to ask my developer - who I pay $2000 a day - to spend 10 days optimising my codebase to avoid an extra $5000 in server costs.

It doesn’t matter if they’re a 10xer or a 1xer, their time always has a price tag.

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Re:Optimizing Your Web App 100x Is Like Adding 99 Servers by jimnotgym on Saturday November 21, 2020 @07:06AM (#25169245)

That doesn't fit in my accountant's brain at all. $20k one off cost vs $5k recurring cost could mean anything if you omit the time period! $5k a year depends on your cost of capital, $5k per month is a no brainer

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Re:Optimizing Your Web App 100x Is Like Adding 99 Servers by cj on Saturday November 21, 2020 @07:55AM (#25169441)

The way I read the comment is $20k cost for a dev to optimize vs. $5k / yr cost in server, making it 4 years until you break even.

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Re:Optimizing Your Web App 100x Is Like Adding 99 Servers by jimnotgym on Saturday November 21, 2020 @09:22AM (#25169868)

It is still not clear if that is a good or a bad thing. It depends on your circumstances

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Re:Optimizing Your Web App 100x Is Like Adding 99 Servers by Hamuko on Saturday November 21, 2020 @09:11AM (#25169823)

>who I pay $2000 a day

American salaries sound great.

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Re:Optimizing Your Web App 100x Is Like Adding 99 Servers by Jtsummers on Saturday November 21, 2020 @09:52AM (#25170017)

That’s not a typical American salary. $250 per hour is specialist pay, consultant pay, or overpaid.

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Re:Optimizing Your Web App 100x Is Like Adding 99 Servers by Qwertious on Sunday November 22, 2020 @07:17AM (#25176863)

That's $730 000/year assuming work every day, and $500k assuming 5 days a week plus $30k for holidays.

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