molly0xfff, 16 days ago

On unexpected signup waves: "Then something would happen, and thousands of users suddenly joined. We started referring to these days as EMEs (Elon Musk Events) because they were normally precipitated by some change on Twitter."

mikey, 16 days ago

@molly0xfff TBH they are just saying the quiet part out loud. Cloud hasn't been cheaper in a lot of scenarios for a while now. But most orgs eat the cost for convenience and because corporate budgets are just easier to work out that way.

toriver, 16 days ago

@molly0xfff Well the cloud is only other people’s servers, from tech-bros that have reinvented 1970s mainframe timesharing.

alexwilliams, 16 days ago

@molly0xfff cool story. Want to share it with @TheNewStack ? Cc @ricmac

ainmosni, 16 days ago

@molly0xfff

it's always been the truth though. The barrier of entry is a bit higher, but once passed, it's almost always cheaper.

There's a reason they try to lock you in so hard.