>After several weeks, between 2 and 3, the indexing process finished without failures. ... we could finally shut down the virtual machine. The cost was 184 euros on Hetzner, not cheap.
184euro is loose change after spending 3 man weeks working on the process!
That's a fallacious argument. There is no activity that could not be made more safe by wearing a helmet. Yet we don't because the arguments like yours are simple and wrong.
Why would you compare disc brakes to cars? Why not compare them to the rim brakes they are replacing. An order of magnitude more complicated to maintain
Doesn't really bust the myth, though does it? Just says that the 10x engineer is a sign that the company may be in trouble, depending too heavily in such engineers.
From 25 years in electronic engineering, I guarantee that there are some engineers that are 5x or 10x others.
How big is your CPU. I develop on Microsemi and the PolarFire range should do it. 12G transcievers and a decent amount of logic. At about €200+. And considering Microsemi are usually behind the curve, Xilinx and Altera must have similar https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/fpgas/3854-polar...
184euro is loose change after spending 3 man weeks working on the process!