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by cabraca 2004 days ago
~$200/month for a 3 person startup might seem high. now calculate the cost of a server to host that FOSS stuff and the time and energy to maintain it, backups, etc.

TBH i would rather put that time and energy in my startup instead of maintaining a FOSS stack for my company.
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fartcannon 2004 days ago
Do you think FOSS stacks are made of ice? That they would melt if you don't constantly resupply fresh ice from arctic excursions.

Surely you maintain your start-up tech on F/OSS, as most of the internet does, so just use the person who types 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade' on your service to do the same on your local VM.

Or leave keep it local and literally never update it.

It wont melt.

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TylerE 2004 days ago
> Do you think FOSS stacks are made of ice? That they would melt if you don't constantly resupply fresh ice from arctic excursions.

Yes, if you care about things like not getting oWn3d and having your customer data exposed.

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TameAntelope 2004 days ago
> Or leave keep it local and literally never update it.

The mouth salivates at this prospect.

Yes, please set up your Jenkins server once and never look at it again...

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