>>I have an experience related to this. We used to run a [scalable SQL engine, PaaS] for ~$1000/mo, but it wasn't cool enough, so people started migrating stuff to Spark, Databricks, S3 etc. Now the infra costs are ~$8000/mo + several people to manage it build tooling around it (~$6000 per person).<<

IMHO cloud services are only really logical options for new startups or ventures. Existing IT shops that are already heavily invested in infrastructure ops will NOT readily move to the cloud unless there's an obvious attempt at power-grab or subvert the IT/Ops fiefdom.

>>People just want to run their selects, man.<<

I read that in the "Dude's" voice. :-)

This is so true. Also, I see tremendous value in not being reliant on any of the three major cloud providers. They all kinda seem untrustworthy in their own, unique way.

And also:

That JOIN really tied the tables together.

In the venn diagram of "new startups or ventures", "Existing IT shops that are already heavily invested in infrastructure", and "every business", the first two do not cover even close to the entire area of the third.

Hey man there's a query here!