Cloud computing can cost 3-5x self-managing with the open source versions of the standardized cloud tools that are sold to us. One big difference working again

Cloud computing can cost 3-5x self-managing with the open source versions of the standardized cloud tools that are sold to us. One big difference working against the cloud is the same thing that worked in it's favour 15 years ago. We don't always remember why we just adopted the cloud. Linux networking at times had scaling issues, and virtualization and linux was not where it is now. It's astounding how much more a $5 VPS can do. Imagine the medium end. Self-managed hosting tools have come so far to handle production quality, it doesn't even feel fair that it is not more well known. Whether it's Proxmox, or others, it is pretty close to most things out there. Making a tool cloud compatible, but cloud agnostic is one way to avoid a lot of technical debt (assuming it's not created another way). It doesn't have to be for everyone, but demand is probably slowing in part because of this. In a recession cost efficiency is everything.