Isaac Saldana https://isaacsaldana.com/blog Distributed systems, storage, AI, and email Stateful is why you're still on the cloud https://isaacsaldana.com/blog/stateful-is-why-you-re-still-on-the-cloud https://isaacsaldana.com/blog/stateful-is-why-you-re-still-on-the-cloud Why we fled to the cloud at SendGrid, the questions every stateful system forces you to answer, and an honest look at running state on your own hardware in 2026. First in a series. Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT