Saving $7/mo Cost $14k in Engineering Time: 166 Years to Break Even
kylegawley · x · 2026-08-17
A developer calculated the cost of migrating from Heroku to self-hosting to save $7 per month. The migration incurred $14,000 in engineering time, resulting in a break-even period of 166 years.
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