What is 'the cloud', really? Someone else's computer, rented by the minute

Lesson 5 of making it real: the cloud, in plain terms, for anyone vibe coding an app. It isn't fluffy or far away — it's real computers in buildings… Aliteq Sam Ortega · Build Editor

The cloud is renting computing over the internet instead of owning the machines

It's on-demand and pay-as-you-use: spin up in seconds, give back when done

Your app and its data already live on a provider's hardware once deployed

You don't manage cloud servers directly; your host does it for you. What's worth internalising: you're renting, the meter runs on usage (not a flat fee), and your users' data physically lives on a…

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