Take off those rose-tinted cloud spectacles and put them in the nearest trash can @michaelt ! > You'll want a test environment You need that in the cloud too.

Take off those rose-tinted cloud spectacles and put them in the nearest trash can @michaelt ! > You'll want a test environment You need that in the cloud too... > You'll want a process to make sure every production change can be reversed You need that in the cloud too... > You'll want a process to make sure configuration changes You need that in the cloud too.... > you'll want a gradual process. You need that in the cloud too... > You'll want to monitor You need to do that in the cloud too.... > user growth / surge in demand The problem with the cloud is everyone thinks they need to design for Google-scale from day zero. Sure the cloud providers don't mind, more money for them ... > there's a chance of a partial failover. Could, and does, happen in the cloud too....