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What Are the Downsides of Hosting a Website on the Cloud

Modern websites might not cost a lot to host on the cloud until they explode in popularity, when services that used to be cheap end up consuming a ton, and overall costs blow up without you noticing.

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  1. Who Saved Basecamp Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars?Blake Stoddard , from Basecamp Ops team, was curious to see if he would be able to save company money by optimizing their cloud spent.
  2. How Did Basecamp End Up on the CloudThey used to run their own data centres, and still do for the older products.
  3. What Are the Steps in Tackling Cloud Cost OptimizationBasecamp team started by looking at the legacy apps and comparing real traffic to their forecasts.

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