> I think you're severely underestimating how many businesses make a significant amount of money from their website, but doesn't actually have full-time developer available.
No, I’m well aware. But there’s a simple solution to this problem: Don’t try to run and maintain your own servers. Pay a little extra to use cloud hosting and let it be someone else’s problem.
I take issue with these calls to setup and maintain your own custom solutions and servers, while also suggesting that the cost of engineering and maintaining such a custom setup should be ignored.
Running your own servers and not having developers is a recipe for an endless stream of contracting invoices that are going to cost far, far more than just using a hosted cloud solution.
I'd be on board with "pay a little extra to rent dedicated servers", but "move to one of the big-three cloud providers" doesn't sound like a sound financial decision for the case presented.
> But there’s a simple solution to this problem: Don’t try to run and maintain your own servers. Pay a little extra to use cloud hosting and let it be someone else’s problem.
But that's only if it IS a "problem" in the first place. You have defined it as such, although Bitecode themselves said that for them, it simply isn't. (To paraphrase: "If the site is down, then it's down; so what? We'll fix it when we're in the office again.")
Just plain ignoring whether something is "a problem" or not is hardly being "well aware".
No, I’m well aware. But there’s a simple solution to this problem: Don’t try to run and maintain your own servers. Pay a little extra to use cloud hosting and let it be someone else’s problem.
I take issue with these calls to setup and maintain your own custom solutions and servers, while also suggesting that the cost of engineering and maintaining such a custom setup should be ignored.
Running your own servers and not having developers is a recipe for an endless stream of contracting invoices that are going to cost far, far more than just using a hosted cloud solution.