Comment on Lichess: Post-Mortem of Our Longest DowntimeparentComments−squigz1ySurprising numbers, and really goes to show how cheap the hardware/software side is for this sort of thing if you do it right.I wonder what the "Misc dev salaries" is for - only curious because it's a flat $5k−justinclift1yHeh heh heh.To me those numbers seem on the high side as I'm (personally) used to (for cheap projects) scavenging together stuff from Ebay before deploying to a data centre. ;)−squigz1ylichess is hardly a "cheap project" though :P It's one of the most popular chess platforms−justinclift1ySure, but they seem to be extremely budget constrained. ;)−me_me_me1yno surprise there tbhHere is a comparison of free and their premium accounts:https://lichess.org/features−justinclift1yLooks like they're fulfilling their mission?
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Surprising numbers, and really goes to show how cheap the hardware/software side is for this sort of thing if you do it right.
I wonder what the "Misc dev salaries" is for - only curious because it's a flat $5k
Heh heh heh.
To me those numbers seem on the high side as I'm (personally) used to (for cheap projects) scavenging together stuff from Ebay before deploying to a data centre. ;)
lichess is hardly a "cheap project" though :P It's one of the most popular chess platforms
Sure, but they seem to be extremely budget constrained. ;)
no surprise there tbh
Here is a comparison of free and their premium accounts:
https://lichess.org/features
Looks like they're fulfilling their mission?