Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment order> The markup cost of using RDS (or any managed database) is worth it. Every so often I price out RDS to replace our colocated SQL Server cluster and it's so unrealistically expensive that I just have to laugh. It's absurdly far beyond what I'd be willing to pay. The markup is enough to pay for the colocation rack, the AWS Direct Connects, the servers, the SAN, the SQL Server licenses, the maintenance contracts, and a full-time in-house DBA. https://calculator.aws/#/estimate?id=48b0bab00fe90c5e6de68d0…
It's weird that one of the reasons that you endorse AWS is that you had regular meetings with your account manager but then you regret premium support which is the whole reason you had regular meetings with your account manager.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1725
- Total comments
- 865
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-09 | Almost Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 years runnin | todsacerdoti | 11 | 0 |
| 2024-02-09 | Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regretFirst breakout · Best thread | slyall | 1181 | 626 |
| 2024-02-09 | Almost Every infra decision I endorse/regret after 4 years running startup inf | cep222 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-02-17 | Almost Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 yearsLatest 20+ point return | Meetvelde | 530 | 239 |