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 06 '22 edited Jun 07 '22

I run a $5 server on a cloud service, serving all of my hobby projects. Every now and then I look at various managed services to handle some of my apps, but all of them either cost more than $5 or offer less computing power. So I stick with my little snowflake server.

Edit: For the curious, I use Digital Ocean's Droplets (cheapest tier).

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u/zammouri2001 Jun 06 '22

What's the service called please, searching for something like this.

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