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I was in a discussion on HN just yesterday where the assertion was made that startups should default to the cloud because the upfront cost of allocating real ha

I was in a discussion on HN just yesterday where the assertion was made that startups should default to the cloud because the upfront cost of allocating real hardware is too high. I’ve got a $20 Netcup server that can probably handle the traffic of 90% of any projects I’ve ever worked on (including my stint at big tech cos). It’s amazing how cheap and fast modern computing is when compared to the standard cloud offerings.

CogitoCogito 5y ago
If they don't want to pay upfront for hardware, they can also "default to cloud" while just using cloud-based compute instances.
fullstackchris 5y ago
... but netcup is just another cloud offering? What are you getting at here? I mean, it always makes sense to shop around and look at pricings before choosing one, but my unresearched guess is that there are so many providers nowadays that the pricings across all of them are within cents / dollars for the same service (based on RAM, storage, etc)