rajesh on Nostr: egress is the moat. ship 20 TB out of aws in a month → ~$1,800. the same 20 TB off ...

egress is the moat. ship 20 TB out of aws in a month → ~$1,800. the same 20 TB off a hetzner dedicated box → $0.

you can't reserve your way out of egress the way you can with compute. it just scales with how many people use your product. if bytes-to-users is your biggest line item, that alone can justify leaving.

https://rajesh.medampudi.com/blog/bare-metal-vs-cloud

#infrastructure #awscost #selfhosting #egress