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I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack

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Re: I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack

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> If you need a little breathing room, just use a swapfile.

You should always use a swap file/partition, even if you don't want any swapping. That's because there are always cold pages and if you have no swap space that memory cannot be used for apps or buffers, it's just wasted.

Re: I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack

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post #5

A lot of this advice is good or at least interesting. A lot of it is questionable. Python is completely fine for the backend. And using SQLite for your prod database is a bad idea, just use Postgres or similar.

Why is SQLite bad for production database?

Yes, it has some things that behave differently than PostgreSQL but I am curious about why you think that.

Re: I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack

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post #6

Just in case, if there are others like me who where wondering what does "MRR" means, it seems to be "monthly recurring revenue".

I'm just curious but is it the case that you signed up here 16 years ago and you didn't know what MRR means?

Re: I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack

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post #5

A lot of this advice is good or at least interesting. A lot of it is questionable. Python is completely fine for the backend. And using SQLite for your prod database is a bad idea, just use Postgres or similar.

Python will take you a long way, but its ceiling (both typical and absolute) is far lower than the likes of Go and Rust. For typical implementations, the difference may be a factor of ten. For careful implementations (of both), it can be a lot more than that.

Does the difference matter? You must decide that.

As for your dismissing SQLite: please justify why it’s a bad idea. Because I strongly disagree.

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