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I assume their writers can expand it beyond “We’re going to fuck you over, but thanks for all the fish!” Make it sound all smart and snarky and stuff.
Well, now I can't use that title for the post. Thanks a lot.
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Well, now I can't use that title for the post. Thanks a lot.
You really ought to do some standup comedy, Thomas (do you?); I regularly LOL at some of your comments — even the subtle put-downs, like the parent — and yet you're invariably courteous and non-snarky.
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You really ought to do some standup comedy, Thomas (do you?); I regularly LOL at some of your comments — even the subtle put-downs, like the parent — and yet you're invariably courteous and non-snarky.
You are the first person on this site I've ever heard describe me as non-snarky. :)
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> Do you use Google? Slack? Facebook? The list of venture backed tech firms is endless. Not a convincing list of companies there...
I chose those because they are ubiquitous and downright hard to avoid. What do you want to bet OP made that post on a Chrome browser? Or an Android/iPhone/Macbook? Is there even a way to purchase a computer of any sort that doesn't involve supporting a venture backed company? The list of venture backed companies is so long, it would be exhaustive if not impossible to avoid using them without going off grid. How many…
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People forget AWS is 20 years old. When I routinely remind people of that fact they often remark (incredulously) with "WHAT? Really?" When I think about it the entire paradigm of "regions" itself seems completely antiquated in the grand scheme of things. AWS has made a few moves on this but in the end you're largely still tied to this fundamental regional concept in terms of control planes, etc and you incur the ridi…
THIS. No one cares about regions, you just care that the app is fast and globally available. The way we did things is a relic of the past and everyone mimics it because trying to guide new user behaviour is hard. The reality is we just need the app to be globally deployed with a globally distributed database and anycast DNS to route you to the local most DC. There's a lot more to it, have built this architecture more…
But it is rarely true for enterprise customers. They want the guarantees their data never leaves certain regions even in a request along with other security and compliance guarantees.
Doron, CEO of Control Plane Corporation.
https://fly.io/docs/postgres/getting-started/what-you-should... > If you want a fully managed database solution for your Fly Apps, there are many great options, including: Fly looks great, but you definitely need to get on this. a company that just raised 100m shouldn't be recommending it's direct competitors.
What? Of course they should. It shows they care about their customers, and that they are confident in their use case and honest when they say what they are a good fit for or not
Fly.io marketing is top notch. Unlike fly.io, https://controlplane.com lets you run at the edge, super easily but on any compute substrate, not just on one vendor's (Equinix). Your own machines, your own AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle, Hetzner, Linode, Contabo, etc. accounts, or on Control Plane's many locations in all clouds. On Control Plane you instantly define a "Global Virtual Cloud" made up of any location you specify…
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Also, the lawn guy now has a pricing tier for different grass heights that all in the end take the same amount of work.
But your lawn guy stays in business - which is relevant to them and to you (for as long as you're a customer). If the market is efficient, there should be reasonable competition that you can switch to that more aligns with your needs.
Then you realize that by the time you pay off the capital investments needed to switch to a new provider they'll be pulling the same stunt and you should've learned how to cut the grass on your own.