Re:How FlightCaster (YC S09) built multi-platform scalable a...
by patio11 on Saturday September 19, 2009 @01:39PM
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well-paying day jobs that can subsidize their startup hobby on the side
My well-paying hobby subsidizes the day job at the moment. ;)
Seriously though: if you're charging money for whatever you're selling, servers via any of the above methods are dirt cheap. Its not quite on the same level as "economize on what brand of pens I use", but it would be impossible for me to meaningfully affect my life via switching hosting providers, whereas it is very possible to meaningfully effect my life via doing productive work on the business.
Accordingly, I suggest optimizing for whatever provider or system gets you back to solving problems for your paying customers. (I use Slicehost, for what it is worth.)
My well-paying hobby subsidizes the day job at the moment. ;)
Seriously though: if you're charging money for whatever you're selling, servers via any of the above methods are dirt cheap. Its not quite on the same level as "economize on what brand of pens I use", but it would be impossible for me to meaningfully affect my life via switching hosting providers, whereas it is very possible to meaningfully effect my life via doing productive work on the business.
Accordingly, I suggest optimizing for whatever provider or system gets you back to solving problems for your paying customers. (I use Slicehost, for what it is worth.)