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What Sentry's 16GB selfhosted taught me

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  1. joshstrange · · focus · HN ↗
    I don’t have a problem with llm-generated/assisted software, but I can’t handle LLM-generated blog posts. I read enough LLM output everyday already.
    1. nonmaskable · · focus · HN ↗
      I understand, and I also don't like to read AI slop.

      But the goal of using an LLM here was to provide an article where I can express my own thoughts, reflections, and building notes while making the speech clearer, easier to read, and more structured, as I am not a professional writer.

      Anyway, I understand the frustration. Thanks for letting me know, and have a good day !

      1. nateb2022 · · focus · HN ↗
        None of this speech is clear:

        > Sentry's self-hosted RAM floor is the cost of a full suite. Design notes on an exception-only path: two containers, a DSN swap, and a dated RSS receipt.

        This is the article's description. What is an exception-only path? I don't believe I've ever thought about designing one, and I don't understand its significant wrt the title whatsoever.

        It's a really odd way to phrase a concept like "If you only care about logging errors, you can build 80% of Sentry for 20% of the engineering and infra costs."

        > If you self-host on a small VPS and only need the next grouped exception, Sentry's RAM warning means the official install is a full suite. That suite is the undesired alternative.

        This really reads like something a markov chain chatbot would write. Sentry's warning has nothing to do with installing a full suite. "That suite is the undesired alternative" is a really obtuse way to say bloated.

        > A different job is narrower. When production throws, show a grouped issue with a stack you can read, and keep a crash loop from melting the box or the invoice. The rest of this note is that job.

        A human would have written 'You don't need all of Sentry if you only need to log exceptions and stack traces.'

        1. nonmaskable · · focus · HN ↗
          Ok this is definitely not the clearest blog post I hear your feedback...

          What I was trying to say is that if you only want grouped exceptions and a stack you can read, Sentry's default self-host is the wrong machine.

          Their docs ask for almost 16 GB RAM.

          And I just wanted a tool that runs on my VPS while keeping the official Sentry SDK (which is quite good).

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