The TechBeat: The Case for a Decentralized Cloud: How Vendor Lock-in Broke Cloud Storage (6/14/2025)

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**[The Case for a Decentralized Cloud:

How Vendor Lock-in Broke Cloud Storage](https://hackernoon.com/the-case-for-a-decentralized-cloud-how-vendor-lock-in-broke-cloud-storage)** By @siafoundation [ 7 Min read ] Cloud storage once promised freedom, but turned into vendor lock-in. Learn how Sia’s decentralized design is challenging this and rewriting the future of data. Read More.

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By @confluent [ 9 Min read ] Learn how ant colonies, Conway’s Game of Life, and Apache Kafka can inspire smarter, scalable AI through modular, multi-agent system design. Read More.

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