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by mkrishnan 2026 days ago
What? looks like you don't really understand the power of aws/serverless/Kubernetes/kafka/cassandra/graphql/react. when your app becomes instant hit after featuring in the frontpage of HN, you will have 1 billion daily active users and your business goes into flames because of new workload.
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I chuckled... sensibly.
I forgot to mention Hadoop/hdfs/elixir/<fancy-tech-relesed-last-week> ...
You must be a masochist.. I'd rather spend 1/10th the time finding out if I have a hit on my hands and address scaling problems later than battling with kubernetes and kafka. Build product not infrastructure.
Yes I believe that's the joke.
Thats one hell of a stack