You don’t need all that complex/expensive/distracting infrastructure (2019)

Re:You don’t need all that complex/expensive/distracting inf... by blacktriangle on Thursday March 11, 2021 @09:37AM (#26424414)

That's the best metric I've heard. When your Heroku bill is the same as what a full time ops person would cost, start looking to hire.

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Re:You don’t need all that complex/expensive/distracting inf... by jacquesm on Thursday March 11, 2021 @10:40AM (#26425149)

I would say it has to be at least double that and maybe even higher.

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Re:You don’t need all that complex/expensive/distracting inf... by rualca on Friday March 12, 2021 @01:51AM (#26432867)

If you are already deploying to Heroku, you are already doing ops.

It makes zero sense to presume you don't need to know what you're doing or benefit from automating processes just because you can't hire a full-time expert.

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Re:You don’t need all that complex/expensive/distracting inf... by blacktriangle on Friday March 12, 2021 @09:16AM (#26436028)

True, but there's a difference between solving ops problems by throwing more money at hardware and solving ops problems by thinking smarter. That's why I think that some multiple of an FTE salary is a good metric for when you start transitioning to more complex operational setups, because it gives you a number for when the gain of that new complexity is worth the cost.

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