Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 21, 2014Tried EC2 hands-on for the first time. Harder and fussier than using a traditional ISP. Easier and less fussy than applying for a US visa.42
cdixon.eth@cdixon·Dec 21, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr what do you mean by ISP? Real alternative to aws is co-lo.2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 21, 2014Replying to @cdixon@cdixon Dreamhost. Where you just ssh or sftp into an old-fashioned shell account. The sort of thing @ftrain considers museum tech.11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @cdixon@cdixon @ftrain for the kind of simple things I'm playing with (cgi scripts), makes no diff really. Just an excuse to try 2014 stuff.5:26 AM · Dec 21, 2014