I would have to agree. But I would also have to agree that Heroku or AWS may have been a better choice than a 1&1 dedicated server in this particular instance.
However, Heroku and AWS are no substitute for good systems administration. They are good substitutes for data centers given signed and documented SLAs.
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judging by some of the other comments I think people believe sysadmins can and have been replaced by heroku, aws and such.
I would have to agree. But I would also have to agree that Heroku or AWS may have been a better choice than a 1&1 dedicated server in this particular instance.
However, Heroku and AWS are no substitute for good systems administration. They are good substitutes for data centers given signed and documented SLAs.
It's a recurring theme on HN. I'm a sysadmin and cringe when reading these rather common posts.
Developers are like any other person. "How hard can it be?"