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Kubernetes migration almost killed our startup. Where we were: - 8 EC2 instances - Ansible for deploys - Boring but working - $1200/month AWS bill Why we migrated: - New investor wanted 'cloud-native' - Engineers wanted K8s experience - Competitors were using it - Seemed like the future 6 months later: - 3 engineers spending full-time on K8s - AWS bill at $4500/month - Deploys took longer than before - More outages, not fewer - Product development stalled We rolled back: - Moved to ECS Fargate - 2 week migration - Back to $1800/month - Engineers back on features K8s is amazing for scale. We weren't at scale. Technology should solve problems you actually have.

Last week we had our full company meetup in Whistler, BC, CA. We flew people in from around the world and rented out most of the Nita Lake Lodge. Gorgeous spot. People are aways curious about what we do with the time, so I figured I'd share the full schedule for the week. There are only two mandatory all-company events: The All Hands on Monday morning and the Peer Appreciation closing session on Thursday. Otherwise it's entirely open. Teams connect, people get together in small groups to hang or work on stuff, folks go on planned excursions, grab meals, etc. Breakfast and lunch is provided every day. Lots of stuff happens off schedule too, so it's not all represented below. Let me know if you have any Q's.