Creating a Zap that is hosted by Zapier isn’t just easier than hiring a programmer, it’s also operationally easier. Zapier’s team handled all the devops headaches. Yes, it could be more expensive than a budget developer, but I’d have to maintain an ongoing relationship to handle problems in a way I would not with Zapier. The headache isn’t worth it until you really need something so custom that Zapier couldn’t easily do it anyway. Hire a developer when you need one, and not before.
Regarding Terraform, installing it, learning HCL, understanding the state management, maintaining a place to run it, and learning how not to screw it up were all headaches I did not want.
Regarding Terraform, installing it, learning HCL, understanding the state management, maintaining a place to run it, and learning how not to screw it up were all headaches I did not want.