News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on You should not be using AWS. Probably.. Parent comment

Re:You should not be using AWS. Probably. by buzzdenver on Friday October 14, 2022 @09:27AM (#33203221)
> "use heroku until you have 100k users"

Thing is that for most/many startups 100k users is not a lot. Rejiggling your basic infra just as your growth is starting to accelerate is a non-trivial task, a risk, and something that doesn't fundamentally move the needle.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:You should not be using AWS. Probably. by hagbarth on Friday October 14, 2022 @10:01AM (#33203609)
This really depends on what you are building of course. Working in enterprise SaaS with only a few users per account? You'll be doing really well at 100k users.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:You should not be using AWS. Probably. by icedchai on Friday October 14, 2022 @10:26AM (#33203924)
Most B2B startups never get anywhere near 100K users.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:You should not be using AWS. Probably. by lelanthran on Sunday October 16, 2022 @12:49AM (#33221110)
> Thing is that for most/many startups 100k users is not a lot.

Depends; if you're a startup offering free or ad-supported services and the exit plan is "be bought out by existing entrenched competitor", then, yes, 100k users is not enough to hit your goals.

If you're a startup offering B2B services, even 10k users is enough to be madly profitable.

[ Parent | on HN ]