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by hertzrat 1373 days ago
Theory: The cloud took over the same way most trendy tech took over: resume driven development. Everyone on all the teams pushed for it because of how much value it adds to their resume and gradually more and more companies bought in, which accelerated the process because company d started feeling worried that they were behind the times since companies a-c already switched

The cloud is great for startups and tiny companies though
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nine_zeros 1373 days ago
> Theory: The cloud took over the same way most trendy tech took over: resume driven development

Ding, ding, ding. This also explains kubernetes, bazel, yaml and microservices hell.

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rchaud 1373 days ago
How about the fact that most startup CIO/CTOs (and enterprise cos) know that they under-invest in on-prem, because it's a cost center, and fighting that battle politically isn't worth it?
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