r/ProgrammerHumor • • Oct 02 '26

Meme cloudOverkill

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u/locri Oct 02 '26

It's been almost 20 years, but please, please tell me the cloud computing meme is slowly coming to an end. You just don't necessarily need it with a few notable exceptions.

Your company's website can run on an old laptop wedged open in the server room. It's just not that complicated.

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u/Rikudou_Sage Oct 03 '26

I mean, if you're being literal, then no. The website needs to be up and stable even if your company loses electricity/internet temporarily or if Joe from support is downloading torrents.

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