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		troupo 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AWS is 10x slower than a dedicated server for the ... My feeling is that a more apt comparison would be "cooking yourself vs. ordering Doordash all the time" (aka "a taxi for your burrito)

raverbashing 25 days ago | [–]

Yes

Getting a chef would be hiring your own devops team

But the point of AWS is that you can buy these services with very fine granularity

hshdhdhj4444 25 days ago | [–]

Sure, that might be a more appropriate comparison.

The key point is that being aware of the cost trade off is useful.

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