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WebSockets cost us $1M on our AWS bill

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261 points tosh | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 18:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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wiml ◴[06 Nov 24 21:31 UTC] No.42069745[source]▶
> One complicating factor here is that raw video is surprisingly high bandwidth.

It's weird to be living in a world where this is a surprise but here we are.

Nice write up though. Web sockets has a number of nonsensical design decisions, but I wouldn't have expected that this is the one that would be chewing up all your cpu.

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1. handfuloflight ◴[06 Nov 24 21:37 UTC] No.42069829[source]▶
> It's weird to be living in a world where this is a surprise but here we are.

I think it's because the cost of it is so abstracted away with free streaming video all across the web. Once you take a look at the egress and ingress sides you realize how quickly it adds up.