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		CamperBob2 on Aug 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Pla... That's 10x budget thinking.

pastage on Aug 7, 2023 | [–]

Sustained 10x usage spikes is ok to plan for, not super expensive. It is something most senior developers are pretty bad at but it is not 10x as hard just experience.

xwdv on Aug 6, 2023 | [–]

If you pay cheap then you get what you paid for.

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