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by drinchev 3622 days ago
100% agree with you. As a freelancer I usually have to decide technology stack and infrastructure and I always go with the cheapest option for my client with the argument that one day he could just scale it up even by rewriting it.

This makes 3 months project delivered in 1 month and in the end the client usually benefits that.
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huskyr 3622 days ago
> I always go with the cheapest option for my client

> with the argument that one day he could just scale

> it up even by rewriting it.

Which in practice of course never happens. Instead, the old code gets patched up until everything fails completely, and only then a rewrite happens :)

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kevan 3622 days ago
Which is a perfectly valid choice in many cases. I plan to drive my car for as long as possible and into the ground before I get another one. As long as I know the eventual replacement cost is coming and budget for it it can be a good choice.
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