Hobby mode is using something like Hetzner instead of messing about with "cloud native" nonsense. For the $50/mo they expected, they could get an absolute monst

Hobby mode is using something like Hetzner instead of messing about with "cloud native" nonsense. For the $50/mo they expected, they could get an absolute monster like a Ryzen 5 3600. Cloud native stuff is for when you need to be SOC2 compliant or something and want to minimize access to everything. Clouds charge you worse than enterprise pricing (enterprises negotiate discounts).