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dusted on Sept 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: As a developer what are your aha moments?

Of course bare metal is cheaper, that is literally the reason cloud providers can be profitable.

quickthrower2 on Sept 8, 2020 [–]

TCO. Total Cost of Ownership. Bare metal + staffing costs should be compared to cloud + its staffing costs.

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