— 37Signals is leaving the cloud:
But this isn’t just about cost. It’s also about what kind of internet we want to operate in the future. It strikes me as downright tragic that this decentralized wonder of the world is now largely operating on computers owned by a handful of mega corporations.
Somewhat related to my previous post.
— Paul Ramsey about managing “the cloud”:
[I]t feels like my whole career has been spent watching geological layers of technology pack down on each other, layer upon layer upon layer, and that the result seems, in aggregate, completely unapproachable.
And:
I stand amazed at newly minted technologists who can start, and get productive, in this intellectual garbage tip we call a “profession”. We couldn’t have built a less enjoyable or consistent collection of tools if we had tried, and yet you persevere and exceed all of us. Hats off to all of you!