Week 2 Recap: Databases, Scaling, and Cost
Week 2 is done. Seven posts, and one question kept coming back in different forms: what are you actually paying for, and is it doing the job you think it is?
Oct 8, 20263 min read

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Week 2 is done. Seven posts, and one question kept coming back in different forms: what are you actually paying for, and is it doing the job you think it is?

"Just use RDS" is common advice, and usually correct — but "usually correct" isn't "always," and understanding the actual tradeoff matters more than defaulting blindly.
