Having done web applications for oh…30 years now the key pain is network routing

That’s the only thing I can tell is useful about “the cloud”

I can build racks and servers easily, but the challenge is availability and getting past everyone’s firewalls

So the real win is any service that allows for instant DNS table updates and availability of DNS whitelisting.

This is why Google, Msft etc win in email because they have trusted endpoints

Alternative routes with self signed DKIM etc is more or less blocked by default forcing you onto a provider

We need more cloud flare tunnel and local hosting via commercial ISP routes and less new centralized data centers

+1 Insightful.

I've also been doing web-related work for a living for over 25y and yours is the most spot-on take I've seen in this discussion.

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