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		benjaminwootton on Aug 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AWS to begin charging for public IPv4 addresses The sweet point should be that the total cost of using the managed services should be less than doing so yourself when you account for manpower. If we have ended up at a place where it’s cheaper to run them yourself on an EC2 box then something has gone awry.

Galanwe on Aug 4, 2023 [–]

"Cheaper" is not the only dimension to consider. Using managed services is also faster, more reliable, and scale better. You cannot just get that for free.

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