Name: Anonymous 2018-04-21 16:38
``There are issues with security and privacy!''
You think big tech companies know less about security than you do? Get real. You're more likely to get hacked with shitty on-prem equipment that some barely-qualified IT neckbeard set up incorrectly.
``There is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer!''
Yeah, AWS or Heroku data centers are exactly the same as some random desktop in somebody's house. NOT.
``But it's expensive!''
You know what's more expensive? Overprovisioning. Scalability is an important aspect of cloud. You can scale out when you need extra capability (such as going viral on social media and you temporarily have a lot of extra traffic), and then scale back down once you're back to normal. Back when I was taking old-ass IT certification training, we were taught about overprovisioning as if that was the only solution. Cloud is way better.
``But you get locked into vendor-specific things!''
Stick to generic shit instead of things like Amazon Linux or Amazon's super-specific APIs and Amazon-only database shit. Some of it is unavoidable, but they are just useful skills to have. Very few things are 100% vendor neutral these days. Want to make mobile apps? Gotta learn Google and Apple shit. Want to make macOS and iOS apps? Gotta use Swift in Xcode in macOS, so you need to buy a MacBook. Networking certs concentrate on Cisco. Getting into IT inevitably turns you into a Microsoft shill. I could go on and on. Vendor neutrality sounds good in theory but it just doesn't exist.
``But other people are running VMs on the same hypervisors as your production data. What if someone finds a VM breakout vulnerability and then accesses private data?''
Use private cloud instead of public then. You do know the difference between the two, right?
``On-prem is better than cloud''
On-prem and cloud aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. You can go for a hybrid cloud solution, where some things are cloud-based, and some are local.
``But it costs monthly''
Everything cots monthly, if you think about it. So let's say you buy a server and set it up in your business. Let's say you buy a $1K server and intend to keep using it in production for about 5 years before ugprading. That's still $16.67 per month. Not to mention the cost of electricity and paying someone to maintain it (updates, security, upgrades, etc). Electricity isn't free, nor is air conditioning, building security, real estate, etc.
Being alive costs money monthly. Gotta buy food. Gotta buy gas. Gotta pay rent. Utilities. Car repairs. Gym membership. And so on. Freetards are delusional.
``Cloud is less reliable''
You can get SLAs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_nines
My university's local servers are down way more often than any AWS, Azure, Google Compute, or Heroku shit.
``But you can't use cloud without an internet connection''
Can you really do anything at all these days without an internet connection? Think about it. Would you complain that /prog/ sucks because you can't use it offline? Welcome to 2018. We are all increasingly connected.
``But what if I get hacked?''
You on't need to be using cloud resources to get hacked.
``But you have to learn so much new stuff!''
What's worse: learning basic shit from a couple big cloud/PaaS/IaaS providers, or having to learn new weird legacy infrastructure whenever you get a new job? AWS has a lot of documentation and support. Good luck with some company's internal weird network and dinosaur COBOL code base and other bizarre shit that most people have forgotten how to use. And it isn't well-documented either.
Most companies that use cloud use one of the same few cloud providers. Every non-cloud company might have a different scheme for doing things. What skill is more transferable?
``But I'm autistic and I hate change! It's still the 90s as far as I'm concerned! Why do I have to learn new technology? I have already convinced myself that I'm an expert and that the old way of doing things is better and that young people are stupid! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!''
There's the real reason why you don't like cloud.
You think big tech companies know less about security than you do? Get real. You're more likely to get hacked with shitty on-prem equipment that some barely-qualified IT neckbeard set up incorrectly.
``There is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer!''
Yeah, AWS or Heroku data centers are exactly the same as some random desktop in somebody's house. NOT.
``But it's expensive!''
You know what's more expensive? Overprovisioning. Scalability is an important aspect of cloud. You can scale out when you need extra capability (such as going viral on social media and you temporarily have a lot of extra traffic), and then scale back down once you're back to normal. Back when I was taking old-ass IT certification training, we were taught about overprovisioning as if that was the only solution. Cloud is way better.
``But you get locked into vendor-specific things!''
Stick to generic shit instead of things like Amazon Linux or Amazon's super-specific APIs and Amazon-only database shit. Some of it is unavoidable, but they are just useful skills to have. Very few things are 100% vendor neutral these days. Want to make mobile apps? Gotta learn Google and Apple shit. Want to make macOS and iOS apps? Gotta use Swift in Xcode in macOS, so you need to buy a MacBook. Networking certs concentrate on Cisco. Getting into IT inevitably turns you into a Microsoft shill. I could go on and on. Vendor neutrality sounds good in theory but it just doesn't exist.
``But other people are running VMs on the same hypervisors as your production data. What if someone finds a VM breakout vulnerability and then accesses private data?''
Use private cloud instead of public then. You do know the difference between the two, right?
``On-prem is better than cloud''
On-prem and cloud aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. You can go for a hybrid cloud solution, where some things are cloud-based, and some are local.
``But it costs monthly''
Everything cots monthly, if you think about it. So let's say you buy a server and set it up in your business. Let's say you buy a $1K server and intend to keep using it in production for about 5 years before ugprading. That's still $16.67 per month. Not to mention the cost of electricity and paying someone to maintain it (updates, security, upgrades, etc). Electricity isn't free, nor is air conditioning, building security, real estate, etc.
Being alive costs money monthly. Gotta buy food. Gotta buy gas. Gotta pay rent. Utilities. Car repairs. Gym membership. And so on. Freetards are delusional.
``Cloud is less reliable''
You can get SLAs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_nines
My university's local servers are down way more often than any AWS, Azure, Google Compute, or Heroku shit.
``But you can't use cloud without an internet connection''
Can you really do anything at all these days without an internet connection? Think about it. Would you complain that /prog/ sucks because you can't use it offline? Welcome to 2018. We are all increasingly connected.
``But what if I get hacked?''
You on't need to be using cloud resources to get hacked.
``But you have to learn so much new stuff!''
What's worse: learning basic shit from a couple big cloud/PaaS/IaaS providers, or having to learn new weird legacy infrastructure whenever you get a new job? AWS has a lot of documentation and support. Good luck with some company's internal weird network and dinosaur COBOL code base and other bizarre shit that most people have forgotten how to use. And it isn't well-documented either.
Most companies that use cloud use one of the same few cloud providers. Every non-cloud company might have a different scheme for doing things. What skill is more transferable?
``But I'm autistic and I hate change! It's still the 90s as far as I'm concerned! Why do I have to learn new technology? I have already convinced myself that I'm an expert and that the old way of doing things is better and that young people are stupid! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!''
There's the real reason why you don't like cloud.