[bpicolo]

> Since dedicated boxes are cheap, I'd just buy 5x the CPU resources that I reasonably need and call it a day

This isn't the case when your baseline is 6-7+ figures worth of machines

[fxtentacle]

I fully agree. I'm usually working with companies in the $10mio to $100mio ARR range. So obviously my way of doing things will fail at Amazon's scale. But let's face it, most developers are not at FAANG but at normal mid sized companies.