Re:We use our own hardware at Fastmail
by shortsunblack on Sunday December 22, 2024 @12:12PM
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You can over-provision your own baremetal resources 20x and it will be still cheaper than cloud. The capex talking point is just that, a talking point.
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Re:We use our own hardware at Fastmail
by swiftcoder on Sunday December 22, 2024 @02:55PM
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As an early-stage startup?
Your spend in the first year on AWS is going to be very close to zero for something like a SaaS shop.
Nor can you possibly scale in-house baremetal fast enough if you hit the fabled hockey stick growth. By the time you sign a colocation contract and order hardware, your day in the sun may be over.