One of better questions Thomas ever asked me, when I was trying to optimize a Redis instance by 10% to get it onto a smaller box: “The difference is $10. Why are we having this conversation?”
-
-
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
You’d be further surprised to know how many times people bring up a $7 “Alexa for Business” charge on a seven figure monthly bill solely because the bill is alphabetical and that’s the first entry.
-
- 2 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
I have (conservatively) invested over $20,000 of my employers salary tweaking my tmux.conf file - so, yeah, throw a bone and we’ll go chase it.
-
and don't even think about how much my .vimrc file is worth
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
More fun than working?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Normalize all costs to SWE-hours and compare. Is it *really* worth spending 4 hours on saving a certain $$ of compute? This also gives a great construct for quantifying the impact of working on improvements that make other engineers more productive.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.