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by driverdan 1656 days ago
Who needs RDS? You can host your own database instance. Who needs VPSes? Just run bare metal. Who needs S3? Host your own files.
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Who needs an ISP, just connect ur own Ethernet to the backhaul. Why even buy an ethernet cable when the spec if an open standard, just make it at home.
> Who needs S3? Host your own files.

You joking but I read this comment way too often on HN.

it's because those who say this underestimate the work required to make any of those services robust and scalable at a click of a button. All they see is the high cost vs the imagined simple implementation.
Just host Ceph in a RPi cluster inside your closet.