first things first: I’m onboarded with the idea and I think dogfooding is how we make something improved.
I wanted to build something simple but powerful: a small unstoppable cloud function, running on a decentralized network, independent of any single provider.
I started with Apillon, then moved to Acurast directly. The idea was to have a minimal function forwarding an API call — nothing complex. But despite the bold vision, the reality isn’t there yet.
The Apillon deployment kept failing, and I had to DM five ambassadors just to get attention on the issue. Eventually, I learned they plan to deprecate the cloud functions feature because it’s unstable. On Acurast, I faced high fees and unpredictable behavior even for the most basic deployments.
The experiment made me realize how far we still are from an actually unstoppable decentralized cloud. If AWS went down today, we’d have no viable alternative for a “boring,” non-DeFi business that just needs reliable compute.
The dream is real: an open, censorship-resistant backend — but the stack isn’t ready.
What needs to happen next for this vision to move from idealism to something that actually runs and is useful to people out there?