You would think that the author would have learned his lesson after all the bad experiences with the (Amazon) cloud, but no: his solution is to go to another cl

You would think that the author would have learned his lesson after all the bad experiences with the (Amazon) cloud, but no: his solution is to go to another cloud provider. And even then, GCE? If the author requires insight into system performance and the ability to debug, then Joyent is the place to go to, not GCE or anyone else. I do not understand these people, nor do I purport to: a half-decent, 32GB of memory, 4 TB internal disk, octo core intel system (made by intel) costs around $1,800 USD, that is a one time cost, plus recurring electricity costs. Meanwhile, the author's company pays $1,500 just in monthly reservation costs. What ever happened to "keep it simple, stupid!" UNIX principle? From the article: "We have to comply to a few regulations so we have a few dedicated options here and there. It’s 10% on top of the instance price (plus a $1500 fixed monthly fee per region)."