Cloud credits aren't a replacement for local servers. Things I got to try at MIT that would be a lot harder on AWS: - set up a TOR exit node - set up a singl

Cloud credits aren't a replacement for local servers. Things I got to try at MIT that would be a lot harder on AWS: - set up a TOR exit node - set up a single-system image cluster across five 1U servers - set up a ZFS box with RAID-Z and dm-crypt - played with a real lisp machine - put a raspberry pi on the internet (something I did for several projects)