If you're greatly impacted by performance problems, how does that become a physics problem that has as a solution which is being closer to your users?
I think you're mixing up your sales points. One, how do you scale hardware? Simple: you buy some more, and/or you plan for more from the beginning.
How do you deal with network latency for users on the other side of the planet? Either you plan for and design for long tail networking, and/or you colocate in multiple places, and/or you host in multiple places. Being aware of cloud costs, problems and limitations doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't use cloud at all - it just means to do it where it makes sense.
You're making my point for me - you've got emotional generalizations ("you lose all credibility"), you're using examples that people use often but that don't even go together, plus you seem to forget that hardly anyone advocates for all one or all the other, without some kind of sensible mix. Thank you for making a good example of exactly what I'm talking about.
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If you're greatly impacted by performance problems, how does that become a physics problem that has as a solution which is being closer to your users?
I think you're mixing up your sales points. One, how do you scale hardware? Simple: you buy some more, and/or you plan for more from the beginning.
How do you deal with network latency for users on the other side of the planet? Either you plan for and design for long tail networking, and/or you colocate in multiple places, and/or you host in multiple places. Being aware of cloud costs, problems and limitations doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't use cloud at all - it just means to do it where it makes sense.
You're making my point for me - you've got emotional generalizations ("you lose all credibility"), you're using examples that people use often but that don't even go together, plus you seem to forget that hardly anyone advocates for all one or all the other, without some kind of sensible mix. Thank you for making a good example of exactly what I'm talking about.