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Somebody has to write the deployment scripts, choose a cloud platform, and update the platform. If a cheaper cloud platform comes out, somebody has to figure out which platform is cheaper. You may have automated error logging, but someone has to go through the logging and see what went wrong. Somebody should also look over how reliable the platform is.

If your business only requires a standard Rails site, there may standard tools. However, when you develop new technology, someone has to deal with deployment and scalability issues. This may be more of a developer job, but there are significant sysadmin issues.




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