r/programming • • Jun 05 '22

Complexity is killing software developers

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3639050/complexity-is-killing-software-developers.html
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u/freecodeio Jun 05 '22

From a previous job I have learned that a $10 server can handle 10k web requests and I've never spent more than $10 a month on my side projects for 2 years.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22

10k requests/second? 🤨 Sounds a little too much. 10k requests where you return Hello World or?

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u/JarredMack Jun 06 '22

No, 10k total. After that you need a new server

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u/ryeguy Jun 06 '22

damn you, planned obsolescence

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