[waffletower]

And in that case, why ec2, why not a more affordable provider?

[grogenaut]

Because I already have an AWS account that bills directly to my credit card along with some other stuff that I'm already paying for. Every time I go down the let me save money route I spend hours reading through CD website reviews for hosting providers without any real understanding of their quality to save a few dollars and end up burning tens of hours of time. Or I could just fire the fucking thing up on AWS and then turn it off if I decide not to work on the project further

[jmholla]

Who would you recommend as a more affordable provider?

[barbariangrunge]

I use digital ocean for simple projects. It’s not bad

[mywittyname]

There's a lot of expertise in AWS-land.

[SparkyMcUnicorn]

A DevOps junior should be able to start a VM just about anywhere, and without specialized experience.

AWS/GCP/Azure knowledge definitely helps when deploying there, but it's also not really necessary to get something running.

[ipaddr]

There are a lot of salesforce consultants but still would advise to look at other solutions.