Re:Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server
by SchemaLoad on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @05:44PM
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Because that used desktop is subject to power outages, internet outages, the cleaners unplugging it, etc. Datacenters have redundancy on everything.
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Re:Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server
by eru on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @08:25PM
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Also you still have to pay for the electricity on that thing.
The cloud costs includes everything.
Re:Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server
by jopsen on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @06:24AM
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Not to mention physical security.
Breaking into a home is relatively easy.
And unless you live in the US and is willing to actually shot someone (with all the paperwork that entails, as well as physical and legal risks), the fact is that you can't actually stop a burglary.
Re:Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server
by ngold on Thursday October 23, 2025 @02:28AM
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I'm probably wrong, but this argument always cracks me up.
It used to be called 3 laptops a power scrubber and a backup battery. If you want to go self hosting things. If you were fancy you had two servers.