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> No, because you don't need AWS or Twitter or Cloudflare or any of the name tech companies to run a high-traffic web site successfully. The problem is you nee
by Closi 6y ago
> No, because you don't need AWS or Twitter or Cloudflare or any of the name tech companies to run a high-traffic web site successfully.
The problem is you need to rely on someone.
- mattbee 6y agoYou need to rely on the net as a whole - which allows for multiple hosts and carriers and a lot of flexibility between them.
- Closi 6y agoBut there are two problems: 1) Some parts are still single points of failure, e.g. domains, dns servers 2) There are switching costs (particularly on the infra slide) both in time and money (time was the issue here).