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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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