Re:Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by Not Going to the Cloud
by botsbreeder on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:09AM
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Isn't it how you save money by picking cheaper product instead of more expensive?
We save by buying hardware and renting DC space.
If we were using AWS we would not save.
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Re:Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by Not Going to the Cloud
by bfeynman on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:14AM
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predictions are hazy, hindsight is 20/20. There's a reason there are dozens of companies dedicated to cutting cloud costs because surprise, they aren't configured well. Most of these probably severely overestimate compute needs and don't factor things like autoscaling.