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50 sats \ 3 replies \ @fauxfoe 1 Jul \ on: 🤝 SN Sellers & Business Club: How to get paid in Bitcoin? AGORA
One of my big blockers is setting up infrastructure for the new business. I'm doing it myself instead of paying my usual IT person because I won't have that first check for a few more weeks.
Setting up a wiki, a file server, a secrets manager, etc. I haven't been my own sysadmin for years and I am re-learning a bunch of pieces.
Why don't I just pay $10/user/month for each service I need? Mostly because the recurring costs of carrying people is a poor fit for my structure. My businesses tend to carry a lot of people who don't do much. They're in the system but inactive until I need them. We use a lot of contractors. Paying $100 a year X however many services X a bunch of barely active people is fine when you're flush. Then the business hits a rough patch and you're clawing for savings.
So here I am deploying docker and building new workflows.
I know is not easy especially without technical knowledge. This process will put yourself in a muuuch better position when issues will arise (hopefully never - but is good to be prepared) instead of relaying to third parties IT and external personel.
It's hard to keep up with tech innovation ad constant updates. This diy approach will take more time, it's the best investment you can probably do for your business and yourself (2 in 1).
Keep it up, one say you'll enjoy the orchestration of a working system with just few clicks 💪
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I hope so. My last company ran on infrastructure we built and it was amazingly good for me and maybe less so for the team. This time around, I am trying to design for less tech-savvy teams as this venture is not just hiring developers. Still, I am looking forward to having the revenue to staff it properly!
Speaking of such, contract negotiations are almost done. Trying not to count these chickens before they're hatched, but it's tempting when I am 99% sure I will get a six-figure check next week.