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0 pointssanxiyn5y ago0 comments

> Does a decreased number of machines running really justify the migration and addition of complexity?

Of course it does. I am not sure why you think it doesn't.

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rmoriz5y ago· 3 in thread

servers are a commodity and cheap compared to runtime complexity

This attitude gives us ever less eficicent software that endlessly gobbles up resources for no good reason.

sanxiynOP5y ago

Yes, but it's a lot of servers.

How many? 5000 servers? As a public company it should not really matter at that size. Developers are way more expensive.

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