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		xienze 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo ser... > it's not invisible. The system crawls to a halt. I’m gonna guess you’re not old enough to remember computers with memory measured in MB and IDE hard disks? Swapping was absolutely brutal back then. I agree with the other poster, swap hitting an SSD is a barely noticeable in comparison.

pdimitar 30 days ago [–]

I am not sure exactly what your point is. Is it "hey, it can be much worse"? If so, not a very interesting argument if your machine crawls to a halt.

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