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Re: AWS is 10x slower than a dedicated server for the same price [video]

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I hate these comparisons because it's not apples to apples. The entire point of AWS is so you don't have to get a dedicated server. It's infra as a service.

I don’t understand your complaint.

The point of having a private chef is so you don’t have to cook food by yourself.

It’s still extremely useful to know if the private chef is cheaper or more expensive than cooking by yourself and by how much, so you can make a decision more aware of the trade offs involved.

Re: AWS is 10x slower than a dedicated server for the same price [video]

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I hate these comparisons because it's not apples to apples. The entire point of AWS is so you don't have to get a dedicated server. It's infra as a service.

I don’t understand your complaint. The point of having a private chef is so you don’t have to cook food by yourself. It’s still extremely useful to know if the private chef is cheaper or more expensive than cooking by yourself and by how much, so you can make a decision more aware of the trade offs involved.

My feeling is that a more apt comparison would be "cooking yourself vs. ordering Doordash all the time" (aka "a taxi for your burrito)

Re: AWS is 10x slower than a dedicated server for the same price [video]

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t understand your complaint. The point of having a private chef is so you don’t have to cook food by yourself. It’s still extremely useful to know if the private chef is cheaper or more expensive than cooking by yourself and by how much, so you can make a decision more aware of the trade offs involved.

My feeling is that a more apt comparison would be "cooking yourself vs. ordering Doordash all the time" (aka "a taxi for your burrito)

Sure, that might be a more appropriate comparison.

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

Re: AWS is 10x slower than a dedicated server for the same price [video]

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post #2

I hate these comparisons because it's not apples to apples. The entire point of AWS is so you don't have to get a dedicated server. It's infra as a service.

I don’t understand your complaint. The point of having a private chef is so you don’t have to cook food by yourself. It’s still extremely useful to know if the private chef is cheaper or more expensive than cooking by yourself and by how much, so you can make a decision more aware of the trade offs involved.

>The point of having a private chef is so you don’t have to cook food by yourself.

With cloud, you hire a private chef and ALSO have to cook the food by yourself.

You don't hire a team to maintain the server infrastructure, but you hire a team to maintain cloud infrastructure.

Re: AWS is 10x slower than a dedicated server for the same price [video]

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I do like watching these comparisons however it reminds me of a conversation I had recently with my 10 year old.

Son: Why does the croissant cost €2.80 here while it's only €0.45 in Lidl? Who would buy that?

Me: You're not paying for the croissant, you're paying for the staff to give it to you, for the warm café, for the tables to be cleaned and for the seat to sit on.

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