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Re:Ask HN: SaaS operators, what is the cost:earnings ratio o... by encoderer on Sunday August 20, 2023 @01:31AM (#37196389)
That’s great. I had never heard that framing before but I like it.
Re:Ask HN: SaaS operators, what is the cost:earnings ratio o... by quickthrower2 on Sunday August 20, 2023 @01:45AM (#37196462)
I like the % on AWS (or infra let’s say) because it is possible to be too cheap and get engineers to solve problems the clouds can offer you a solution off the shelf. Since the Engineers are making the decisions the may balk at spending $10k/m for something in a cloud but if it is framed as 0.1% ARR it can be put into perspective: this is 1/1000th of your infra spend, is it worth it? Or would you rather have X? The idea being to untie personal spending decisions and fear i to a business decision.