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Re:App Engine charges $6,500 to update a ListProperty on 14.... by mgkimsal on Friday January 06, 2012 @07:22AM (#3433005)
Setting up a load balanced system and front-end web cache brings "zero value" to end users? You may as well make the same argument over design or for that matter development.

Learning how to program a loop is a total waste of time which brings zero value to the end user. If I can hand that drudgery off to someone else, I'll be adding features and stealing your customers while you're giddy about nesting your loops.

Learning how to use photoshop is a total waste of time which brings zero value to the end user. If I can hand that drudgery off to someone else, I'll be adding features and stealing your customers while you're giddy about reducing your PNGs.

Re:App Engine charges $6,500 to update a ListProperty on 14.... by lmm on Friday January 06, 2012 @11:17AM (#3433810)
And both those statements are true. If there's a third party that you can pay to do your photoshopping, and they deliver high-quality product, damn right I'm going to hand my photoshop jobs off to them rather than do it myself. Likewise if there were a third party development shop _that delivered higher quality than doing it in house_. Concentrate on your USP; for anything else, if you can get it done competently externally, hand it off.