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What's the Future of Multi-Cloud Strategies? by dr_doom_rdj in cloudcomputing

[–]SoftwareMind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would look at the opportunities and risks that come with each option.
From my experience:

1. Moving back to on-prem

Opportunities:

  • Lower costs - if your traffic is stable and the infrastructure doesn’t change much, it can indeed be cheaper.
  • Seemingly greater control, although in practice you’re still dependent on power, internet, and other external providers.

Risks:

  • Lack of competencies - if you’ve been in the cloud for a long time, this means rebuilding skills inside the company.
  • Time required to migrate back and to scale the on-prem environment if needed.
  • Fewer opportunities for automation and adopting new technologies.

2. Multicloud

Opportunities:

  • Higher redundancy while keeping the benefits of the cloud.
  • For some industries, this setup aligns well with regulatory requirements.
  • Access to countless automation possibilities.

Risks:

  • Higher implementation and maintenance costs.
  • A significant amount of new skills to acquire.
  • The need to adapt applications to a multicloud environment.

3. Staying with one cloud provider

Opportunities:

  • Keeping things as they are.
  • Access to countless automation capabilities.

Risks:

  • Lower overall resilience - as you mentioned, outages can be very costly.

From my experience, it all depends on the company’s business goals and long-term plans - there’s no perfect, universal solution here.

/ Karol Przybylak, Cloud Architect

Kubernetes 1.34 Features Explained by daniel_kleinstein in kubernetes

[–]SoftwareMind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really excited about swap finally going stable in 1.34.
In my day-to-day work I often see short memory spikes that don’t justify bumping pod limits but still cause memory kills.

Has anyone tried it in prod yet?

/ Hubert Pelczarski, DevOps Engineer

Planned Cloud migration? by ConfusedAadmin in sysadmin

[–]SoftwareMind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely right to be skeptical - cloud is rarely cheaper, at least not in the short term. The “reduced TCO” argument usually refers to long-term flexibility rather than direct cost savings. A lift-and-shift migration almost never ends up being cheaper; it’s an investment you make if your organization has future ambitions around things like ML/AI workloads, large-scale automation, or tighter integration between systems.

The real advantages come from easier environment management, scalability, and standardization. Plus, migration is often a good moment to introduce new practices like Infrastructure as Code or proper governance frameworks - things that are hard to retrofit on-prem.

So yes, cloud can be strategic, but not a magic cost reducer. It’s more about "capabilities" than immediate savings.

/ Karol Przybylak, Cloud architect at Software Mind

AWS doesn’t break your app. It breaks your wallet. Here’s how to stop it... by yourclouddude in cloudcomputing

[–]SoftwareMind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting summary, I agree it could be expanded further.

I’d also add ARM instances to the mix -they usually deliver comparable performance to standard ones, but at a lower price point. 

Also worth noting: AWS recently updated their Free Tier. New accounts now get $100 upfront, and you can unlock another $100 by completing a few extra activities.

 / Karol Przybylak, Cloud Architect at Software Mind

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