PaaS pricing has quietly shifted from a good deal to a tax on convenience. Tier jumps that don't match actual usage, black-box debugging when things go wrong, and lock-in that makes migrating painful even when you want out.
The interesting part is the alternative has got a lot more accessible. The tooling around self-hosted infra has caught up in a way that didn't really exist a few years ago.
PaaS pricing has quietly shifted from a good deal to a tax on convenience. Tier jumps that don't match actual usage, black-box debugging when things go wrong, and lock-in that makes migrating painful even when you want out.
The interesting part is the alternative has got a lot more accessible. The tooling around self-hosted infra has caught up in a way that didn't really exist a few years ago.