Comment on I hate Clouds - a personal perspective on why I think Clouds suck

GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• loudwhisper@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But then I would ask, what’s the point of paying 10-20x per computing unit at that point? If you just use ec2 instance, all AWS offers you is an API to manage them, is it worth the premium? Besides, you will still need to mess with a lot of other services (VPCs, SGs, etc.) anyways.

  What’s the selling point in your opinion?

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  • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well I would have more questions, like why AWS at all.

    But for some, cognito auth management is important, to align with other product goals.

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    • loudwhisper@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      cognito auth

      But then at that point you are already vendor-locked, right? At that point, running on bare ec2 instances and taking more control in your hands (vs using even more AWS-specific services) is going to help very little, when your whole user management is now tied to a specific provider.

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      • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The concerns of product auth and isolated ec2 driven work are two separate conversations.

        If there is zero contact with AWS services (and ad you say, locks) then I would keep asking questions about why AWS is a good choice at all.

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