It pretty quickly starts making sense. I've had clients paying 50k per month to AWS when they have no earthly business paying more than 5k for someone versed in all this.
I don't believe most software folks realize just how much can be saved with colo strategies, building custom servers, buying directly from distributors, component sharing strategies, etc.
It's a great competitive advantage, 10x less burn rate or 10x the hardware of others. Or fall somewhere in between.
I am already blown away at this level already. I see companies pooring money into Heroku/AWS/etc and can't fathom spending a mortgage level type cost for some RAM (e.g. 92+ GB). Don't get me wrong, there IS a use case for these but once you are on solid footing, have large revenues, etc... it is so darn simple to save yourself a few hundred thousand a year. Even with employees.
I don't believe most software folks realize just how much can be saved with colo strategies, building custom servers, buying directly from distributors, component sharing strategies, etc.
It's a great competitive advantage, 10x less burn rate or 10x the hardware of others. Or fall somewhere in between.