Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use?

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Post by JustFinishedBSG » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 9:54 AM UTC

jimmyed wrote: post #30

sdfjkl wrote: post #29

We live and cruise on a 12m sailboat. Annually (last year): Boat maintenance/upgrades €2547, Food €2333, Marina fees (mostly in winter) €1335, Fuel €900, Cruising fees €664, Shorepower €350, Entertainment €240, theoldreader.com subscription €17. Details vary a lot depending on where we are every year and what exactly breaks on the boat or gets upgraded. That year we anchored in Greece for the summer and spent winter…

Starlink is made for ye!

Actually not at all, you have to be stationary for Starlink

Re: Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use?

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Post by mguerville » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 9:57 AM UTC

oigursh wrote: post #26

1. AWS 5000/mo 2. Datadog 1500/mo 3. Papertrail 800/mo Datadog is expensive and slow to improve - but there wern't any much-better alternatives when we deployed.

LogDNA?

Re: Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use?

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Post by hansor » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 9:59 AM UTC

Zero! Monthly subscriptions are waste of money, and whole SaaS is IMHO wrong step in human evolution. I prefer to have my stuff for free or own stuff.

My free stack:

- Comms: Free "work" phone with unlimited everything, and free unlimited LTE/5G "work" modem.

- Music: Free Tidal from work + my own ripped MP3s.

- Software hacking: free virtual machines running at Oracle Cloud(and some services at IBM cloud).

- IDE: IntelliJ Community Edition and NetBeans 12

Only real monthly "subscription" is:

- 15$ monthly "membership fee" for my political party.

Re: Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use?

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Post by bbojan » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 10:01 AM UTC

JustFinishedBSG wrote: post #31

jimmyed wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Starlink is made for ye!

Actually not at all, you have to be stationary for Starlink

Due to temporary limitations as the constellation is still incomplete. Otherwise, it will be perfect for boats.

Re: Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use?

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Post by mariusmarais » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 10:03 AM UTC

JustFinishedBSG wrote: post #31

jimmyed wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Starlink is made for ye!

Actually not at all, you have to be stationary for Starlink

For now.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1382842277719003136

Re: Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use?

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Post by input_sh » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 10:06 AM UTC

jstummbillig wrote: post #25

input_sh wrote: post #21

1. Hetzner servers ~€40/month 2. Zapier $30/month 3. Probably Airtable ($24/month), though I'm slowly moving away.

Am I wasting time by not using zapier?

I mean, it depends. I primarily use to glue services together because I'm too lazy to keep scripts up to date.

They're pricey, but from what I've seen online they're a bit less shady than IFTTT.

Re: Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use?

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Post by virtualpain » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 10:10 AM UTC

$8500+ a month for Google Map API, we opted for developing our own local places database now

Re: Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use?

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Post by noja » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 10:11 AM UTC

erikrothoff wrote: post #7

Servers at DigitalOcean $2500 per month. Paypal: Our last transfer to our bank account cost $1000 because PayPal takes a currency conversion fee of 3% from USD to SEK (that's in addition to the transaction fee) Intercom.io: ~$200 for the support package. Using the messaging automation would be ~$3000 per month...

Take a look at Wise.com for currency

Re: Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use?

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Post by thih9 » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 10:14 AM UTC

hansor wrote: post #33

Zero! Monthly subscriptions are waste of money, and whole SaaS is IMHO wrong step in human evolution. I prefer to have my stuff for free or own stuff. My free stack: - Comms: Free "work" phone with unlimited everything, and free unlimited LTE/5G "work" modem. - Music: Free Tidal from work + my own ripped MP3s. - Software hacking: free virtual machines running at Oracle Cloud(and some services at IBM cloud). - IDE: In…

Getting something free from work technically counts; at the same time I guess you’re earning less or missing out on other perks (other jobs might offer different perks or higher salary); the SAAS company still gets paid by your employer, so you might be still indirectly supporting them.

Re: Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use?

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Post by TotempaaltJ » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 10:25 AM UTC

geoah wrote: post #19

shoo wrote: post #15

most expensive: a tool used for regulating exposure to local environmental weather conditions & providing access to fresh water, multiple energy sources (usage billed separately), waste disposal, storage, some degree of sound isolation, privacy and physical security. very handy. costs around AUD 10k annual subscription. don't leave home without one!

I assume that's a house? Technically you can't "leave home" if you don't have one so it does work out.

The government, I suppose