Re:Hosting your entire web application using S3 and CloudFront
by chiefalchemist on Sunday July 12, 2020 @07:46AM
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Yes and no.
Flip it around. AWS let's you not pay for things you don't need. Then, if there's a biz requirement for something else, you make that _investment_.
Of course there are alternatives. But shared hosting is a roll of the dice. For a hobby project or POC? Sure, start with shared. But if you're certain shared is not a semi-longer term option don't wasteyour time. Shared is cheap for a reason. Saving a couple dollars will dry up quickly in downtime and headache time.
Flip it around. AWS let's you not pay for things you don't need. Then, if there's a biz requirement for something else, you make that _investment_.
Of course there are alternatives. But shared hosting is a roll of the dice. For a hobby project or POC? Sure, start with shared. But if you're certain shared is not a semi-longer term option don't wasteyour time. Shared is cheap for a reason. Saving a couple dollars will dry up quickly in downtime and headache time.