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Re:How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardware by toomuchtodo on Monday March 16, 2015 @03:14PM (#9213620)
Hardware is almost always cheaper than engineering time. Don't optimize prematurely.
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Re:How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardware by deitcher on Monday March 16, 2015 @03:42PM (#9213844)
Yes, but engineering is cheaper than running after real-time problems.
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Re:How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardware by toomuchtodo on Monday March 16, 2015 @03:50PM (#9213898)
Now we get to the technical debt debate. Sometimes, you have to make good decisions now instead of perfect decisions later. The market doesn't care how elegant your code is.
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Re:How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardware by deitcher on Monday March 16, 2015 @04:15PM (#9214061)
No debate, I agree with everything you have said. But sometimes you have to clean that garbage up because it does matter to the market.
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Re:How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardware by josh2600 on Monday March 16, 2015 @03:57PM (#9213950)
The market cares about uptime, and cost relative to return.

Perfect should never be the enemy of the good.

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Re:How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardware by toomuchtodo on Monday March 16, 2015 @03:59PM (#9213961)
> Perfect should never be the enemy of the good.

Only in a world where resources are infinite does this work.

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