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If you just need compute then big cloud doesn't really make sense. You're paying a huge premium for the lego block like ecosystem

• hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
  Not exactly. The use-cases suitable for public IaaS are: 0. Temporary prototypes 1. Overflow capacity 2. One-time jobs It's also often used to evade local IT restrictions. In general, public IaaS is damn expensive and a waste of money for continuous, predictable workloads regardless of compute, storage, and/or networking usage.
  • Havoc 2y ago
    Those would all work just fine on mid tier providers like digital ocean
    • graemep 2y ago
      Which lack the marketing and sales capability because they are a lot cheaper.