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Yea were wondering the same thing... How much does this cost in engineering hours ? Its like asking someone who smokes... they always forget/lie about at least 50% of the cigarettes... And even if the engineering hours was super minimal compared to reserved instance... will this be true for other teams ?

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i hear all these engineering hours cost but only because engineering cost in US is so high. we're in Southeast Asia where senior engineer only cost $1000 a month back then in 2016.

Isn't cost of living also much lower in Southeast Asia?

i believe he was talking how it cost more in engineering cost versus the saving we can get from infrastructure by migrating.

eg: if the infra cost down by 10,000 USD per month, they may say it's not worth it because they are paying more for 1 developer in US in a month.

Sure, but AWS infrastructure costs pretty much the same no matter where you live.

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