Re: (Excessive?) Complexity

On 09/02/2025 10:45, D wrote:

One of the wins we had when replacing a customers Azure was the realization that they had no need for fancy fail-over, active/active solution or even a DR-site, given the workload they are running.
 That meant we could design our environment to be dead simple and avoid a lot of complexity and keep the cost low.

A consultant once was asked to recommend a computer system for a small companies stock control
He said "you have paid me already, so I can be honest. Just buy a card file. It will be far cheaper and just as good".
I have friends who tell 'Alexa' what to put on their shopping list, I have a pad of paper and a pen by the fridge.
They take a mobile phone to the supermarket, I have a torn off sheet of paper...
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