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IMO - because it is hosted on the net and you can send the link to others.

I was just about to set up an EC2 micro with node and mongo this weekend.

I also get the opportunity to build a server, deploy in an environment that I can scale in "one day"

I think there are a lot of valuable skills to be gained by doing this for free and for fun right now, so that I can do it for a startup later on.

If I don't know how to build an EC2 system, I can't be confident in my ability to sell that skill later on.




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