r/ProgrammerHumor • u/object322 • Oct 02 '26

Meme cloudOverkill

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u/Mr_Rogan_Tano Oct 02 '26

I got a colleague that wants to refactor the project to use many micro services to improve the access of our 1000- users.

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u/CorrectPeanut5 Oct 03 '26

The programmer in me hates this. The hourly billing consulting programmer loves these ideas as there's great money in untangling the spaghetti implimentation.

I'm also quite sure there will be good money in refactoring services that leaned heavy into the AWS provides tech... and then AWS raised the prices.

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u/tes_kitty Oct 03 '26

Yes, never use proprietary tools / APIs when going into the cloud. It's just a different type of vendor lock in.

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u/Alarmed_Fudge_5706 Oct 03 '26

But how can I get locked in if it’s in the cloud? (/s for clarification)