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• WJW 3y ago
  I've read the article from DHH he makes some decent arguments, but as I see it that article is mostly notable because most people don't self-host. At least in my corner of the tech scene (ie EU startups) there are probably hundreds of companies hosting in the cloud for every company choosing to self-host and I haven't seen a shift in that trend yet. If anything it seems to be shifting more towards the cloud.
  • BiteCode_dev 3y ago
    True, the wake up call is mostly in articles and social medias, not in the trend, in the same way most people use Windows despite most technical writers using Mac or Linux. Personally I've been self-hosting forever, and that's the only reason I could stay afloat. There is a whole category of business that is simply not profitable if you use the cloud.
  • joshspankit 3y ago
    I may be wrong, but I feel like “startup” no longer means “bootstrapped for the lowest amount possible” (the model that created sv) and now means “vc-backed for the lowest amount of dev-effort possible”. In the latter case on-prem is a distraction