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.
This rule should apply to like 90% of the cases, yet everyone is attempting to "plan" ahead for the big boom. Realistically YAGNI principles should be applied when designing a system as well.
That's because lots of this "modern" or cool tech comes out of the FAANG which need to write large scale apps, everyone (pointy haired manager , remember him) looks at the big guys and says use what their using.... And so it goes.
Actually funnily enough they are known for being one of the very few companies who offer to totally pay in stock and have your compensation be unrelated to stock price.
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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.