alt Hacker NewsI’ve seen startups with a thousand active users paying $50k/month (though that’s overall costs, not just db). It’s really easy to waste a lot of money doing nothing.
I’ve seen startups with a thousand active users paying $50k/month (though that’s overall costs, not just db). It’s really easy to waste a lot of money doing nothing.
It’s especially easy to waste money on databases.
People just throw more compute power (ie money) at performance problems, rather than fixing their queries or making better use of indices.