> But the drawback is that now you spend this effort on learning what is after all a proprietary product of AWS. While AWS is massively popular, the knowledge d

> But the drawback is that now you spend this effort on learning what is after all a proprietary product of AWS. While AWS is massively popular, the knowledge doesn't translate to anywhere else so it locks you in. If you spent similar time learning the basics of Linux deployment and administration, your knowledge is lower level and more general. Exactly, I learned Linux in late 90s. There are a few new softwares like nginx instead of Apache but I can bring up a new VPS and set it up using essentially same knowledge from late 90s. With a CDN and caching, you really do have a massively scalable service. Don't get me wrong, I love Cloud but I will never use it for personal projects. It just feels like renting vs owning. My personal projects will have bugs, and I don't want to be on hook for thousands of dollars. Learn Linux/Sysadmin once, and you can likely use that knowledge forever.