I still don't understand why startups go through the hassle of using cloud, trying to get customer support for unknown and half-baked cloud products and spending enormous money - rather than focusing on building the ACTUAL product?
just go rent some VMs/bare-metal and focus on building your product, everything non-product related is just a waste of time, money, and effort.
it looks almost as if engineers forgot how to scale bare-metal applications (hint: still doable, pretty easy and damn cheap!)
they are free like when a heroine dealer will give your first two needles for free.
cloud offerings are massively overpriced and their goal is to hook you up to their ecosystem and then eat into your margins once your startup lifts off
just go rent some VMs/bare-metal and focus on building your product, everything non-product related is just a waste of time, money, and effort.
it looks almost as if engineers forgot how to scale bare-metal applications (hint: still doable, pretty easy and damn cheap!)