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Re:How much can you get out of a $4 VPS? by bell-cot on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:38AM (#34676457)
> ...company...employee...

Yes - but stupid yearnings to "do what all the cool kids are doing now" are at least as strong in those who would normally be referred to as "managers", vs. "employees".

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Re:How much can you get out of a $4 VPS? by adrianmsmith on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:43AM (#34676494)
Good point - and in the case of managers there's also the "nobody got fired for buying IBM" effect:

outcome A) huge microservices/cloud spend goes wrong, well at least you were following best practices, these things happen, what can you do.

outcome B) you went with a Hetzner server and something went wrong, well you are a fool and should have gone with microservices, enjoy looking for a new job.

Thus encouraging managers to choose microservices/cloud. It might not be the right decision for the company, but it's the right decision for the manager, and it's the manager making the decision.

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