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sandino | 6 years ago

I'm sorry who is this person and what authority do they have?

His "homepage" is a raw directory dump with a high-contrast black background (the preferred color scheme of 10x engineers).

Isn't that enough authority for you?

BTW if anyone knows of more nuanced explorations of Cloud v. DIY tradeoffs -- we all know there's a tipping point in favor of the latter, somewhere -- please do share.

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freehunter|6 years ago

>more nuanced explorations of Cloud v. DIY tradeoffs

100% agree. This article goes so far as to be farcical, but that doesn't mean there isn't something worthwhile to be had in the conversation... as long as that conversation was framed appropriately. Especially around cloud value-adds like managed databases and Lambda and security technologies like CloudWatch/Trail.

I'm the sole (part-time) dev-ops resource for a very small company and we (by which I mean I) DIY just about everything running on a small VPS on DigitalOcean. I run my own database and manage my own dokku and user access etc. I use S3 and have dipped my toes into Lambda but I always wonder if I'm missing out on something not using cloud technologies more heavily.

I would absolutely love an analysis of what cloud technology companies SHOULD be using and at which point they become or are no longer worthwhile in favor of an alternative.