> The invented “people start with a k8s cluster for 5 users” doesn’t really exist.

Can confirm it exists, especially with founders self-coding with LLMs now.

I recall reading multiple AskHN posts about people trying to get attention from a cloud provider because they ran up thousands of dollars in charges accidentally. I've seen large companies do this too, even if you think something is just a dev environment, its the cloud provider's production environment and they will charge you per their ToS for everything you use, doesn't matter what the customer usage profile looks like.

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skeeter2020 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Experienced dev with limited hands-on big tech infrastructure experience. Based on the results I get from LLMs in domains I understand how get they even get this stuff running using AI?

	▲	ethbr1 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Monkeys and typewriters. Throw enough character input and "It's not working" into an LLM and it will eventually produce... something. And since it tends to reach for the most web-represented solution, that means infinite redis caches doing the same thing, k8s, and/or Vercel. Best mental model: imagine something that produces great tactical architecture, with zero strategic architecture, running in a loop.

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nerder92 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I can accept this is true, they will for sure exist. Of course if this they ability to make choices, technical or not, they are completely doomed.