Also, opensearch is free, enterprise-ready tool. It's 2024 and you have to pay for things like ldap auth in elasticsearch. https://sso.tax/

How much do servers cost nowadays? According to the article, the cost would be $61,500 USD per server for specifications including 2TB RAM, 100Gbps, 16x 15TB drives, and 64 core CPU (assuming "We use high core-count CPUs").

Is this accurate? Could you provide me with a tip on how to acquire a server with those specifications for $60,000 USD?

In that range you usually have to talk to a sales person, if you are not into that, super micro has a nice online configurator with realistic pricing

You can configure a server with 192 cores, 24x96GB Ram & 16 drives for 60k no problem

Totally doable, as a peer response mentions... You can get a lot of performance in a couple 1-2u servers these days. Literally replacing a full rack from 6-8 years ago in 8-12u.

its a beta version, there're no guarantees or anything like that

"Contract, test and evaluation period

The test period of the product begins on 01.06.2023 and applies to the non-guaranteed maximum duration of one year. We reserve the right to refuse service to any person at any time for any reason.All files will be deleted after expiration of the testperiod. The service can have software bugs which can result in losing data."

https://info.scramble.cloud/index.php/terms-of-service/

They could just use nomad and call it a day

They could, but instead they're doing something closer to static scheduling. They have a small set of applications and a lot of visibility into what their needs are going to be, so the complexity of a dynamic scheduler might not pay its own freight in their environment.

I like Nomad a lot and it's what I would use if I were migrating a "halfheartedly" K8s application to on-prem metal, but I couldn't blame someone who felt burned by K8s complexity for not investing in another dynamic scheduler.

You're right. Companies still use and will continue to use jira whether hn's people like it or not

just curious, do you carry 2 phones outdoor?

If I want those intrusive apps yes (travelling), otherwise no

What do you mean by securing phone? Latest Android are secure as iPhone. You don't have to constumize Android use default. You can choose Google pixel if you want long support

Nice blog post but clearly doesn't solve the main issue. The problem is not outage caused by human or automation mistake. It happens and will happened again. All is about support. He didn't get help with regular support channels, he had to use "special HN support". How many cases have been ignored because someone doesn't know to make a little fuss on social media?

That's exactly it and also no mention of that in the article, which is disappointing.

"In addition, there is and was no need for the customer to upgrade to some other plan level."

Should have been written as:

"In addition, there is and was no need for the customer to rely on HN for technical support."

You're right. Probably 90% of passengers are retired persons and bloggers/vloggers. Nobody is taking it seriously in terms of transportation.

Why can't you just apply for your previous job?

my old boss reached out to me last year to see if I wanted to apply for a senior opening, but the finances of the company haven't been trending great, cost cutting culture (including engineering/product) has set in, and most of the team that I built have accordingly since moved on.