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Re:Burnt $72k testing Firebase and Cloud Run and almost went... by dralley on Thursday December 10, 2020 @06:44PM (#25380349)
>It would mean a catastrophic interruption to the customers application exactly when its the most popular/active.

Making the worst case scenario no worse than traditional infrastructure.

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Re:Burnt $72k testing Firebase and Cloud Run and almost went... by speed_spread on Thursday December 10, 2020 @10:27PM (#25381919)
Correct. That argument assumes that every penny spent autoscaling has a positive ROI.
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Re:Burnt $72k testing Firebase and Cloud Run and almost went... by freemint on Friday December 11, 2020 @07:03AM (#25384815)
I think this is a insightful way to think about. Thanks.
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