When do I move to/start learning AWS (or similar)?
Hey! I'm looking for some perspective here.
I've been self-hosting everything for a while. Started with a VPS, added a few more when needed, and now running a dedicated server with Proxmox. Coolify handles app deployment across VMs. This setup works really good for hosting a bunch of websites, web apps, and a few small game servers.
Now I’m wondering:
At what point does it actually make sense to start investing time into AWS or similar cloud platforms? Is it worth learning for scaling, redundancy, or just industry knowledge? Or is it overkill if I’m already comfortable with how im doing it now?
Curious what others think based on experience.
Also want to mention that I really like learning about this stuff and I don't have super much knowledge about it yet...
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Given your interest in learning and the potential benefits of cloud platforms for scaling, redundancy, and industry knowledge, it might be worthwhile to start exploring AWS or similar services, even if your current self-hosting setup is working well.
Yes alright. That is kind of what I was thinking too.
The only question I have about it. As I said, I currently use Coolify etc. But on AWS. If I haven't gotten it completely wrong, you basically host 1 app per "server"?
i use aws ecs, you basicly create a pool or just 1 machine with ecs asign this to some group and use it with ecs and now you can define tasks that are your application in docker containers. it was ok to setup, and fairly decent to use.