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Why Companies Are Ditching the Cloud: The Rise of Cloud Repatriation

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242 points panrobo | 1 comments | 05 Nov 24 20:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bob1029 ◴[06 Nov 24 08:10 UTC] No.42058002[source]▶
I think control is maybe a bigger factor than cost these days. Being able to hold anyone accountable at all seems to be an operational superpower. Working with cloud vendor support is a torturous experience on a good day. It also doesn't matter how expensive the virtual machine is if there isn't one available to be provisioned.

I know it's kind of harsh, but owning the whole vertical and having the power to instantly fire anyone for giving an Azure-tier response is why these companies are doing it in my mind. Waiting on a 3rd party to find their own ass with a whole S&R team every time you need help is quite exhausting. I've never worked with an IT vendor and thought "damn these people are so responsive I can't dream of doing it better myself".

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1. maccard ◴[06 Nov 24 08:32 UTC] No.42058106[source]▶
I work for a small orgthat is owned by a very large corp. Our spending is managed by large corp.

If I want to buy a $10 domain, the process takes a month and requires escalating to a purchasing director. If I want to rent a new server from hetzner, same thing.

If I want to spin up a bedrock instance for $1000/day on AWS - it’s already a line item in the budget so as long as I have a cost tag on the resource it’s pre-approved. As long as something is on the software catalog on AWS it’s ok to use.