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CatButtes 🐾 @buttes.dev

Currently working on a project where devs have raised some red flags over potential hidden costs in the technology and been ignored. We have a requirement to generate PDF copies of certain documents for record retention, sending out via email etc.

feb 11, 2025, 4:40 pm • 0 0

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CatButtes 🐾 @buttes.dev

Our consultants have suggested a cloud based solution that apparently costs in the region of 15c per document. We estimate that we generate around 150k documents per year. We can't afford $24k a year in new spending just for some PDFs I guess we are sticking with our existing home grown solution.

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CatButtes 🐾 @buttes.dev

Seriously though, who pays 15c per document? That's just obscene money. I'm just surprised that our consultants didn't see this as a showstopper before suggesting it!

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