Just a few years ago, moving everything to the cloud was a no-brainer. The cloud was cheaper and more flexible than running your own data center. But the cloud is not always the right answer. This post is about one specific case where we decided to move back to our data center, and the reasons behind it.
On the 21st of March I traveled to Wrocław for the Boiling Frogs conference — my first in a while. I expected a day of technical talks. What I got instead was a surprisingly philosophical look at what it means to be a software engineer right now: why we work, whether AI is coming for our jobs, and how many LEGO bricks fit in a tube.
Senior Software Engineer at Allegro. Avid code wrestler and seasoned ponderer. In his free time he probably wishes he were hiking in the mountains.
