Cloud on Yongjie Xue

Don't run AI assistant on cloud

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Before you hit “one-click deploy” on that cloud AI assistant, ask yourself: what exactly are you giving up?

There’s a reason why people by Mac mini rather than running clawdbot on the cloud.

When AI Becomes Your Butler

Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) just exploded on GitHub. Tens of thousands of stars in days. Mac Minis sold out.

FinOps: Endgame Cloud-Exit

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

At the SACC 2023 FinOps session, I fiercely criticized cloud vendors. This is a transcript of my speech, introducing the ultimate FinOps concept — Cloud-Exit and its implementation path.

EBS: Pig Slaughter Scam

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The real business model of cloud: “Cheap” EC2/S3 to attract customers, and fleece with “Expensive” EBS/RDS.