When someone says "you should use the cloud", I'm never sure if they mean:
1: use a virtual server rather than running your own hardware, or
2: use hosted services rather than running your own e.g. database
2 is often surprisingly expensive IME.
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Effects and code as a database in Unison: https://jaredforsyth.com/posts/whats-cool-about-unison/
Unison is looking at changing their program representation to plain sqlite!
On the remarkable inertia of database and programming language choices early in the life of a company:
@friend sqlite is a great example!
I used to use a Proper Database Server (typically postgres) for my hobby projects, but I'm so glad I switched. Initial deployment is way easier and my data is always pretty small.