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by logifail 1346 days ago
> VMs don't magically appear or stay on the Internet. What costs you 5$ month uses hardware, Internet networks, and let's not mention virtualization technology

I run dozens of $5/month VMs. You'd be surprised what you can do with one.

> You can try throwing a piece of paper up in "the cloud" and see how long it stays.

Is that a question?

One answer of mine would be along the lines of "up 126 days, 9:19, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00", picking one of mine completely at random.

Of course you're welcome to pay for AWS/Kubernetes or whatever software [over-]engineering fad rocks your boat.

However, I say phooey to that! If you know what you're doing, a $5 VM is really good way of publishing content for cheap.