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Why Cloud-Native Startups Are Going Back to Simpler Infrastructure
Episode 14 of The Cloud Business Podcast. Lucas and Luna examine a surprising trend among cloud-native startups: after years of layering on Kubernetes, service meshes, and serverless functions, some of the most engineering-driven companies are deliberately simplifying their infrastructure. Lucas breaks down the specific cost and complexity numbers from a real Series A startup that moved off Kubernetes to a single-region virtual-machine setup, cutting their monthly cloud bill by 34 percent and reducing their on-call incidents. Luna pushes back on whether this is a retreat from cloud-native…
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