And each developer has their own dev env. QA’s may also run things locally.
And then there is monitoring, dealing with security issues, and upgrading.
It all multiplies.
Elsewhere people are debating whether Redis adds that much more overhead. I think they are missing the wider point. It’s about how many pieces you will have. 1 is simpler than 2. 2 is simpler than 3. 3 is simpler than 12.
Nowadays there are so many great specialized tools that do certain things really well. And for most use cases, you don’t need them. And when a time comes that you do start needed them, you add them then. And people will grumble about the idiot who implemented full text search inside of Postgres, while being completely blind about the 7 years of saved time NOT managing elasticsearch across 38 environments and quarterly upgrades.
And then there is monitoring, dealing with security issues, and upgrading.
It all multiplies.
Elsewhere people are debating whether Redis adds that much more overhead. I think they are missing the wider point. It’s about how many pieces you will have. 1 is simpler than 2. 2 is simpler than 3. 3 is simpler than 12.
Nowadays there are so many great specialized tools that do certain things really well. And for most use cases, you don’t need them. And when a time comes that you do start needed them, you add them then. And people will grumble about the idiot who implemented full text search inside of Postgres, while being completely blind about the 7 years of saved time NOT managing elasticsearch across 38 environments and quarterly upgrades.