Re: (Excessive?) Complexity

On Sun, 9 Feb 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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.

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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.

Amazing!! I do the same thing! =D I thought I was the only one, but apparently there are two of us now. ;)
Sometimes when I'm in the mood for a challenge, I do not write it down, but I simply remember the list. ;) Works just as well.

They take a mobile phone to the supermarket, I have a torn off sheet of paper...

This is the truth!
Sorry, on second thought, we are now three! My father does the same thing as well.