[colbyfayock]

i think there's a lot of truth to that - but they do is so fantastically well

there are a LOT of pain points to deal with rolling out all that is included with the base netlify offering

hosting a static site is pretty easy - but configuring routing between cloudfront and s3 can be complicated so that the reequests don't always reference the root index.html

creating an autodeploy infrastructure can be challenging as well, tools like github actions might make that a little easier, but there are a lot of considerations there

it also makes these kinds of solutions more accessible to developers who might not have the understanding or interest to set up that kind of infrastructure. front end devs can build sites, connect, and go with little fuss

[lowdose]

I second this. Players like Netlify and Digital Ocean have a ridiculous amount of mindshare for solving a certain problem faster without the complexity that the big cloud providers bring.

I think the market is larger for simplified services without the IAM and S3 cruft, especially when you have to educate the client on the solution.

[Rapzid]

Netlify is impressively slick and streamlined.. It took like 5 minutes to host a Nuxt app from a private repo with SSL.. And that includes setting up the Netlify account.

Their redirects are a pain point though.