Re:Reclaiming the lost art of Linux server administration
by Karrot_Kream on Friday January 28, 2022 @06:08PM
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GP is upfront about the tradeoffs.
> You pretty much get all the pros and cons of home ownership.
And that's the heart of the matter. Everyone here is arguing in circles based on their feelings about cloud vs their feelings on bare metal (and from what I can tell, pride in their own abilities), but at the end of the day it's a cost-benefit tradeoff. Everyone picks that tradeoff for themselves. As my immigrant parents are getting older, I'm thinking of getting them a business internet line and a SIP phone in their house so that if they need me in an emergency (health or otherwise) they can reach me quickly/reliably. It's something I'm weighing based on the cost of the service/infrastructure/maintenance against my parents' technical and social capabilities (which are limited as older immigrants from a non-Western country.)
It's all about tradeoffs. As computing professionals we have the knowledge and the skills to uniquely take advantage of these tradeoffs in our personal lives. Much like I know quite a few cabinetmakers who do actually make furniture for their house with their skills, their tools, and the shop they work in. That doesn't stop most people from buying furniture from Ikea or most businesses from using cloud hosting.
> You pretty much get all the pros and cons of home ownership.
And that's the heart of the matter. Everyone here is arguing in circles based on their feelings about cloud vs their feelings on bare metal (and from what I can tell, pride in their own abilities), but at the end of the day it's a cost-benefit tradeoff. Everyone picks that tradeoff for themselves. As my immigrant parents are getting older, I'm thinking of getting them a business internet line and a SIP phone in their house so that if they need me in an emergency (health or otherwise) they can reach me quickly/reliably. It's something I'm weighing based on the cost of the service/infrastructure/maintenance against my parents' technical and social capabilities (which are limited as older immigrants from a non-Western country.)
It's all about tradeoffs. As computing professionals we have the knowledge and the skills to uniquely take advantage of these tradeoffs in our personal lives. Much like I know quite a few cabinetmakers who do actually make furniture for their house with their skills, their tools, and the shop they work in. That doesn't stop most people from buying furniture from Ikea or most businesses from using cloud hosting.