how can cloud inf go down? that was the main selling point, it makes no sense

Cloud is just an really expensive vps with an api, you still got to leverage that api to replicate your service

layer8 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The main selling points were auto-scaling and not having to self-host. Or, on a higher level, outsourcing accountability, being able to point at someone else if something goes wrong, as exemplified by the present case.

	▲	mrweasel 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The whole thing has always been strange. The outsourcing of accountability for instance has always been a pain. Technically that is what you're doing, but if you work in IT operatings and GCP or AWS takes down your service, your boss still tell you to fix it.... but now you can't. In terms of upfront costs, cloud is always cheaper, initially. There's sort of a weird sweet spot for cloud. If you're to small it makes no sense operationally, if you're to large, it just way to expensive.

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dist-epoch an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

It makes no sense only if you believe in magic and marketing