Don't rent the cloud, own instead

Re:Don't rent the cloud, own instead by faust201 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @04:44AM (#46897782)

> Why do so many developers and sysadmins think they're not competent for hosting services. It is a lot easier than you think, and its also fun to solve technical issues you may have.

It is a different skillset. SRE is also an under-valued/paid (unless one is in FAANGO).

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Re:Don't rent the cloud, own instead by clickety_clack on Thursday February 05, 2026 @08:46AM (#46899581)

It’s all downside. If nothing goes wrong, then the company feels like they’re wasting money on a salary. If things go wrong they’re all your fault.

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Re:Don't rent the cloud, own instead by faust201 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @09:00AM (#46899710)

Correct

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Re:Don't rent the cloud, own instead by sgarland on Thursday February 05, 2026 @11:34AM (#46901462)

SRE has also lost nearly all meaning at this point, and more or less is equivalent to "I run observability" (but that's a SaaS solution too).

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