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Re:HashiCorp IPO today by driverdan on Thursday December 09, 2021 @07:05PM (#29504868)
Who needs RDS? You can host your own database instance. Who needs VPSes? Just run bare metal. Who needs S3? Host your own files.
Re:HashiCorp IPO today by neximo64 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @07:48PM (#29505147)
Who needs an ISP, just connect ur own Ethernet to the backhaul. Why even buy an ethernet cable when the spec if an open standard, just make it at home.
Re:HashiCorp IPO today by ggregoire on Thursday December 09, 2021 @08:24PM (#29505374)
> Who needs S3? Host your own files.

You joking but I read this comment way too often on HN.

Re:HashiCorp IPO today by chii on Thursday December 09, 2021 @09:03PM (#29505630)
it's because those who say this underestimate the work required to make any of those services robust and scalable at a click of a button. All they see is the high cost vs the imagined simple implementation.
Re:HashiCorp IPO today by slig on Thursday December 09, 2021 @08:40PM (#29505486)
Just host Ceph in a RPi cluster inside your closet.