This advice holds if you have a stock based compensation or a bonus based on profitability. Here wasting money on cloud directly impacts the profitability (and

This advice holds if you have a stock based compensation or a bonus based on profitability. Here wasting money on cloud directly impacts the profitability (and by extension, the worth of your stock). If you are a dev that's paid to churn out features, and your compensation isn't stock based, just use whatever allows you the greater flexibility and velocity.