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But isn't using Fastmail akin to using a cloud provider (managed email vs managed everything else)? They are similarly a service provider, and as a customer, yo
by necovek 2y ago
But isn't using Fastmail akin to using a cloud provider (managed email vs managed everything else)? They are similarly a service provider, and as a customer, you don't really care "who their ISP is?"
The discussion matters when we are talking about building things: whether you self-host or use managed services is a set of interesting trade-offs.
- citrin_ru 2y agoYes, FastMail is a SAAS. But there adepts of a religion which would tell you that companies like FastMail should be built on top of AWS and it is the only true way. It is good to have some counter narrative to this.
- j45 2y agoBeing cloud compatible (packaged well) can be as important as being cloud-agnostic (work on any cloud). Too many projects become beholden to one cloud.