The HN community 1) likes building and hacking, and 2) has nostalgia for old technology. This makes them feel a lot of affinity toward "doing things themselves" -- server infrastructure, running desktop linux, avoiding dependencies in their code.
The reality, though, is that the steady march of progress encourages us to outsource what we can to people who are better at the thing that is auxiliary to what we do. I don't grow food because I'm bad at growing. I don't repair my car because I'm bad at auto repair.
I do build software, and my company builds a very specific type of software to solve very specific problems. I'm happy to focus on that, because that's how we make money. Other people are much better at building infrastructure than I am, and so I let them do it for me. If there comes a time when the cloud offerings are either worse than what I can build or too expensive, then I trust someone else will come along and fill the gap in the market before it becomes worthwhile for me to do it.
The reality, though, is that the steady march of progress encourages us to outsource what we can to people who are better at the thing that is auxiliary to what we do. I don't grow food because I'm bad at growing. I don't repair my car because I'm bad at auto repair.
I do build software, and my company builds a very specific type of software to solve very specific problems. I'm happy to focus on that, because that's how we make money. Other people are much better at building infrastructure than I am, and so I let them do it for me. If there comes a time when the cloud offerings are either worse than what I can build or too expensive, then I trust someone else will come along and fill the gap in the market before it becomes worthwhile for me to do it.