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[mbrumlow]

I am universally saying you don't need things like AWS.

But I can see how that phrasing might warrant a down vote.

[smt88 → mbrumlow]

I have a product that generates 1 report per client per day. It has a single dev who doesn't know anything about infra automation.

He got his code running on Elastic Beanstalk in about 2 hours. I spend $40/mo on AWS, but an extra team member would cost me at least $10k/mo.

Never say "never". Many (most) of us would prefer predictable, high infra costs over unpredictable (possibly even higher) payroll.