i don't get why people would choose AWS in the first place ever for any small/amateur project. It is ridiculously expensive, not transparent about the costs whi

i don't get why people would choose AWS in the first place ever for any small/amateur project. It is ridiculously expensive, not transparent about the costs which could be coming your way and you need a shitload of components to get by. just get some fixed price machine at some shitty provider and see how it goes, if you need a bigger one, just by a bigger machine. And if you outgrow that it might be a reasonable idea to just rent some colo space and calculate the upfront costs against a small server you build yourself. an intel nuc with 16gb memory and 4 cores is about 200$ and draws nothing in power. buy 2 connect them direct and hook them up to the colo provider. unlimited fiber and there you go. AWS is such a joke