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Comments on Shared Unix Hosting vs. the Cloud
Why Sponsor Oils? | blog | oils.pub This is a follow-up to Comments on Scripting, CGI, and FastCGI, from June (lobste.rs comments). I mentioned problems with Dreamhost, and described how the CGI and FastCGI protocols are dying.
StyleUser InterfaceProgrammabilityDev ModelShared Unix HostingUnix Shell, text, protocols like ssh git rsync ScriptingPersonalCloud ServicesProprietary Data and InterfacesSDKs, Pyramids of CodeBig Teams Supported by Many Customers I've been using and recommending shared hosting for many years, but I've noticed that programmers who "grew up" with the cloud don't have a mental model of it. As long as software requires such concerted energy and so much highly specialized human focus, I think it will have the tendency to serve the interests of the people sitting in that room every day rather than what we may consider our broader goals. I just want write some scripts and SSH to a beefy Unix box :-) I don't want to maintain kernels, web servers, or SSL certificates.
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