More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40355255
By contrast, the incoming CEO of AWS is a longtime AWS veteran. But he's head of sales? Should be interesting
For cloud-like provisioning experiences and paying by the hour you can use DigitalOcean, Vultr, or alternatives.
Deploying GPUs? Something like CoreWeave may be optimal.
Want inexpensive costs for dedicated hosts? Hetzner, OVH.
There are many, many advantages to using AWS but equally many alternatives that are viable and which aren’t “doing it yourself” in a hardware and network sense.
None of this is to say DIY is a terrible choice either and everyone’s got an opportunity to consider time (initial setup; ongoing maint), costs, and also expertise and ability to do a good job.
Due to inflation, the cost equation is rapidly changing to where lowering cloud expenses is vital.