← Back to context Comment by senko 10 hours ago > The box they're on goes downSo? Not everyone needs 99.999999% availability. 6 comments senko Reply stanmancan 9 hours ago The vast majority of products with paying customers need better availability than “database went down on Friday and I was AFK until Monday, sorry for the 3 day downtime everyone” senko 9 hours ago If you're offering a hosted service, I've got bad news for you.Serverless, managed databases and even multicloud won't save you. You'll still have to be on call.Don't want to be on call? Design your stuff so it works local first. watermelon0 5 hours ago Local first stuff can also break, so that's not a foolproof plan. wahnfrieden 9 hours ago > If you don't care about business continuity or high availability then everything gets easier stronglikedan 9 hours ago And some do, so what's your point? senko 9 hours ago Read the entire thread to find out.
stanmancan 9 hours ago The vast majority of products with paying customers need better availability than “database went down on Friday and I was AFK until Monday, sorry for the 3 day downtime everyone” senko 9 hours ago If you're offering a hosted service, I've got bad news for you.Serverless, managed databases and even multicloud won't save you. You'll still have to be on call.Don't want to be on call? Design your stuff so it works local first. watermelon0 5 hours ago Local first stuff can also break, so that's not a foolproof plan.
senko 9 hours ago If you're offering a hosted service, I've got bad news for you.Serverless, managed databases and even multicloud won't save you. You'll still have to be on call.Don't want to be on call? Design your stuff so it works local first. watermelon0 5 hours ago Local first stuff can also break, so that's not a foolproof plan.
wahnfrieden 9 hours ago > If you don't care about business continuity or high availability then everything gets easier
stronglikedan 9 hours ago And some do, so what's your point? senko 9 hours ago Read the entire thread to find out.
The vast majority of products with paying customers need better availability than “database went down on Friday and I was AFK until Monday, sorry for the 3 day downtime everyone”
If you're offering a hosted service, I've got bad news for you.
Serverless, managed databases and even multicloud won't save you. You'll still have to be on call.
Don't want to be on call? Design your stuff so it works local first.
Local first stuff can also break, so that's not a foolproof plan.
> If you don't care about business continuity or high availability then everything gets easier
And some do, so what's your point?
Read the entire thread to find out.