Maybe I can't tell whether the author is being ironic, or maybe I'm just old, but this is what we did in the past (10-15 years ago). Turned out to be noisy, unr

Maybe I can't tell whether the author is being ironic, or maybe I'm just old, but this is what we did in the past (10-15 years ago). Turned out to be noisy, unreliable, more expensive than you might think, and generally inconvenient, so hosting companies grew.