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Why Roger Lee Started Layoffs.fyi (nytimes.com)
3 points by bookofjoe on May 8, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



> Mr. Lee runs Layoffs.fyi as a hobby, and he spends money on it. In addition to his time, he estimates that he spends about $200 each month on the cost of its servers. He said he has declined to run ads, though he has been approached.

Good for him. I respect this kind of integrity.

However I'm baffled that this cost $200 to run… One can purchase dedicated server with 32 GB of RAM, 4 TB of disk and unmetered bandwidth can be purchased for ~$50 per month. And I'm pretty sure it will handle much more than the traffic that layoffs.fyi receives.





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