Tool prices rise faster than the value they give
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...to run this level of model locally at any pace, believe Qwen is basically there but too slow locally to use as a daily driver on my current rig, and can see myself making that investment in single digit years. Not right now, the hardware is overpriced for what it is versus...
...transfer, although they won't reduce CDN requests. When you say Vercel's paid plan is too expensive, is the $20/month starting price itself the issue, or are you expecting your usage to push the bill higher than that? For context, this is almost exactly what I'm trying to solve...
...put in behind these DCs. I never understand this argument everyone tries to make, AI is too expensive -> It will get cheaper as they scale -> AI is too cheap and not sustainable -> No it's very profitable on API -> go back to 1. I am not an AI denier, I use it and I find it very...
...bit of money. The hardware side of the business is still quite impressive, yes, it is too expensive but their power rack boxes are effectively a little mainframe (check the IO stats on those things) and the performance is - I have to admit - impressive. That said I would never...
...much on data centers will fail and have to sell their hardware. Big models are getting too expensive for a lot of smaller businesses so demand migrates to less GPU hungry ones. That means Oracle might be left with excess capacity. And we also get more supply because high margins...
[Question]: How much is the commercial license fee?
## Your Question I want to use this for my client's business, could you enlighten me on the commercial fee? ## Context Provide any relevant context that might help us understand and answer your question. This could include: - What you're trying to achieve - What you've tried so...
Advice for a newly promoted cloud Administrator?
...to receive Intune config pushes). . I was just wondering if anyone has any suggestion or advice on how to get a good start in this role. What kind of monitoring should I set up that won't be too expensive, what's the best way to go about resource cleanup and management, what are...
> AI makes it much less painful to move off of legacy and/or overpriced software. Agreed. While DynamoDB != MongoDB, they are similar. I built a product on DynamoDB (Single-table-design) and while it was cool to find a way to make relational data work in DynamoDB, it was always...
Looking for pricing feedback before opening the beta on managed DBaaS
...if any?. - At what price would this feel too cheap to trust, and at - what price too expensive?. - What would you need to see before moving a production database?. - What are you using now, and what does it cost?. Early beta offer : anyone who participates in this thread will...
...you the files where erosion is occurring to refactor. This stops erosion before it gets too expensive to change (big refactors or rewrite). Yes, happy to work with others to get the metric into other tools.
Significantly too expensive for most users. I understand that they target agencies, but most users would prefer less and pay by site instead of paying 120 EUR / year for unlimited sited Also the traffic cost is ridiculously high. Even AWS (which is often criticized for thei
Luna on xhigh unlocks gh copilot for me. Sol, even discounted, is too expensive to use and is much slower. Luna on the other hand seems to be so cheap you don't have to think about cost.
...as they design the next generation airflow system. Or do you think it would still be way too expensive even then?
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13 posts from 13 people in 4 places, about 1 a week over 71 days. Mostly on Hacker News comments, r/SQL, CodeWithCJ/SparkyFitness. Tools named alongside: Apache Airflow, GitHub Copilot, AWS, GitHub Actions.
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Posts that state a pain and match the "tool-pricing" rule. First post Aug 27, 2026, latest Nov 5, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method
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