Architecture teardowns, exit mechanics, and the real economics of leaving the hyperscalers. Written for founders who read the docs.
AWS charges ~$0.09/GB to take your own data home. The staged pipeline — rclone, zstd, snapshot exports — that cuts a $9,000 egress bill down to a fraction, plus the regulatory waiver most teams don't know they can claim.
DRAM and server procurement costs rose, and hyperscalers are passing 5–10% increases straight to steady-state workloads. A line-by-line teardown of what your predictable workload really costs — and what the same iron costs to own.