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Re:The Serverless Revolution Has Stalled by vanviegen on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @01:26AM (#24762538)
Going long will limit your losses to the amount invested. The point is that your AWS bill has no such limit whatsoever.
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Re:The Serverless Revolution Has Stalled by SiVal on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @03:21AM (#24763111)
Yes, going with AWS is a short. You're shorting your own popularity. If your popularity explodes upward, there is no cap on your losses to AWS. The theory is that you are also hedged by your business so the limitless losses to AWS are more than compensated for by even larger gains in your business. But if you're caught with an unhedged short....yikes.
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