[Ekaros]

Looking at some numbers on cloud, yeah I don't believe in that statement anymore. End device compute might be cheap, but cloud services certainly are not.

[mgkimsal]

We've also seen a rise (or maybe I just notice it more) of stories of "I changed these 3 lines in 5 minutes and saved my company $40k/month!"

And then you'll get responses like "pfft.... that's hardly the cost of one part time FAANG person who makes $680k/year - what's the point?"

And around we go...