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Was AWS unavoidable?

They're using Kubernetes. I assume one of the reasons for that choice is to make themselves at least somewhat cloud agnostic.

Maybe it was just preferred? Why is AWS something to be avoided?

Well, he lashes out against FAANG quite often.

Elsewhere in the thread it says they have a goal to be free from "Big Tech" within 5 years, but that there are no reliable non-Big-Tech cloud platforms at the moment. Apparently "cloud" was a mandatory part of the platform. ️

My guess was Azure, because of the Github link to Ruby. But it's possible that AWS has some email functionality they need.

No AWS lock in for any email features. It’s Just Postfix.

He lashes out anyone that deserves it, I don't think that means he'd never order a package on Amazon or watch a movie on Netflix.

Why doesn't Amazon deserve it?

The bigger question, for me, was: Why not use GCP instead of AWS, if you're running Kubernetes, a Google project that GCP is especially friendly towards?

We did! HEY actually started out on GKE.

Interesting! I would've thought Kubernetes on GKE would be the one offering Google's platform totally dominated - even if you have a lot of your other infrastructure on AWS.

I'm just getting started w Kubernetes and had seen some comments that I should be using GKE - so this was counterintuitive to me. I guess that once you get set up and running, AWS's offering is comparably good.

I think DHH is just pointing out what "HEY" runs on (https://hey.com/)

But AWS is really pleasant to use in most cases. Especially for anything more than a trivial application.

It seems like they provide the most bang for the buck.

Ehh, I'd say they are the worst in that category. They _do_ provide the most robust / expansive holistic platform though. So in terms of offerings-per-buck they are in the lead.

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