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Re:We raised a bunch of money by gtirloni on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:04PM (#36508472)
> it's nearly impossible to grow a very capital intensive business without outside capital.

That's the promise of pay-per-minute (or even second) cloud computing, right? You don't spend what you don't need _right now_.

But Fly.io makes a good point about reaching critical mass to discuss better prices from their vendors. I can totally understand that.

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Re:We raised a bunch of money by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:16PM (#36508619)
> That's the promise of pay-per-minute (or even second) cloud computing, right?

Maybe I misunderstood your point, but that's the promise for cloud computing customers. Fly.io is a cloud computing provider, and those are all hugely capital intensive businesses.

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Re:We raised a bunch of money by gtirloni on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:49PM (#36509101)
Fly.io can be a cloud computing provider while being a cloud computing customer, just like Heroku and others.
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Re:We raised a bunch of money by aarondf on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:54PM (#36509179)
They can be (in theory), but aren't (in reality)
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