Write libraries instead of services, where possible

Re:Write libraries instead of services, where possible by frabjoused on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @10:58AM (#26400045)

I'm very happy that alternate universe doesn't exist. Libraries outnumber SaaS products 100 to 1 and I remember wrangling with software licenses on library implementations in the early 2000s. It sucked.

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Re:Write libraries instead of services, where possible by hedora on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @11:14AM (#26400235)

Distribution (the internet) and open source disrupted that business out of existence.

I think we need something like that for the cloud. Pay an interchangeable cloud provider a monthly pittance, and they host your choice of services as turnkey solutions. No more centralization of data, and no more paying $5/mo for a service wrapper around some FOSS CLI tool.

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Re:Write libraries instead of services, where possible by pjmlp on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @11:24AM (#26400354)

Reality check, that business is pretty much alive in Fortune 500, and I work mostly with such products.

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Re:Write libraries instead of services, where possible by pjmlp on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @11:23AM (#26400347)

It surely does, I live in it.

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