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Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it by nucleardog on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @05:05PM (#31102992)
Well he said he can replicate it with a $5/mo setup elsewhere.

How much compute can you rent anywhere for $5/mo? How much compute can you get even buying the hardware and amortizing over its useful lifespan for $5/mo (~$300 total)?

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Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it by justinclift on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @06:14PM (#31103768)
Reading over the post, it says $5 in their "local lab". Which probably means using existing or older hardware, so the $5 is probably electricity costs or similar.

And it sounded more like a generalisation anyway. ;)

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