How to save 1M off your cloud infra? Start from a 2M bill.
That's how I see most of these projects. You create a massively expensive infra because webscale, then 3 years down the road you (or someone else) gets to rebuild it 10x cheaper. You get to write two blog posts, one for using $tech and one for migrating off $tech. A line in the cv and a promotion.
But kudos for them for managing to stop the snowball and actually reverting course. Most places wouldn't dare because of sunken costs.
That's how I see most of these projects. You create a massively expensive infra because webscale, then 3 years down the road you (or someone else) gets to rebuild it 10x cheaper. You get to write two blog posts, one for using $tech and one for migrating off $tech. A line in the cv and a promotion.
But kudos for them for managing to stop the snowball and actually reverting course. Most places wouldn't dare because of sunken costs.