cloud

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Photographic view down a long data-center aisle of glowing server racks receding into blue haze, with a lone figure walking toward the far end

"The cloud" is someone else's computer, rented by the minute

Not fluffy, not far away — real machines in buildings you rent over the internet and hand back when you're done. The plain-English version, for anyone vibe coding an app.

Aliteq Team · Sep 26 · 4 min

Isometric cutaway illustration of a small data-center room: rows of dark server racks with blinking lights, a person holding a tablet, a cooling unit, and a round usage meter on the wall

BuildInteractive

Free until people show up: what a live app actually costs

Hosting is renting the always-on computer your app runs on — mostly free until real users arrive, then metered where it counts, and AI calls are the surprise line. Try the calculator.

Aliteq Team · Sep 26 · 4 min