# Simplified, or outsourced? A reply to Nadzeya Stalbouskaya on removing servers and databases: what changed in v1.1.0, sgit.ai > The changes to the article "Simplified, or outsourced? A reply to Nadzeya Stalbouskaya on removing servers and databases" in v1.1.0, paragraph by paragraph. *Source: · sgit.ai v0.7.87 · this file is generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift. Every page on this site has a `.md` twin; internal links below point at them.* --- [Home](../../../index.md) / [Articles](../../index.md) / [Simplified, or outsourced? A reply to Nadzeya Stalbouskaya on removing servers and databases](../../simplified-or-outsourced.md) / [Versions](../simplified-or-outsourced.md) / v1.1.0 # Simplified, or outsourced? A reply to Nadzeya Stalbouskaya on removing servers and databases: what changed in v1.1.0 From v1.0.0 (2026-10-25, `f44a0e820`) to v1.1.0 (2026-10-25, `b4bf7bb20`), paragraph by paragraph. 0 paragraphs added, 0 removed, 3 changed in place, 31 unchanged. About 7 words added and 4 removed. Insertions are marked like this, deletions like this; unchanged runs are folded to one line; figures appear as their file names. [all versions](../simplified-or-outsourced.md) · [v1.2.0 →](v1.2.0.md) 2 unchanged paragraphs !shot nz-thread.webp | images/ | The thread on LinkedIn, 25 October 2026:LinkedIn: my reply to Stephan Bitton, that my strategy has been to have no databases, run serverless services and now no server-side code I maintain, and Nadzeya Stalbouskaya's challenge: removing databases and server-side code does not necessarily remove complexity; sometimes it moves it into external services we do not fully control. "How do you distinguish between genuinely simplifying architecture and simply outsourcing its complexity?" | small | aside 8 unchanged paragraphs, under In short {#in-short}, The question {#question} Under aStephan Bitton's post aboutonopenhowsourcefoundersascanamakebusinessthemodel,most of Google's AI capabilities to build efficient, AI-first startups, I replied to Stephan Bitton[replied](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7514330476652859394/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287517520031300120576%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7514330476652859394%29&dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287520169754456911873%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7514330476652859394%29) that my strategy has been to have no databases, run serverless services, and these days even have no server-side code that I maintain, which keeps the architecture simple and cost-effective. Nadzeya Stalbouskaya, a co-founder working in enterprise architecture and transformation, replied with a challenge I want to answer properly: 21 unchanged paragraphs, under Map it {#map}, Where our own products sit {#ours}, Who would certify it? {#certify}… The[The LinkedIn threadthread](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7514330476652859394/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287517520031300120576%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7514330476652859394%29&dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287520169754456911873%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7514330476652859394%29),ofunder25StephanOctoberBitton's2026,post, from a screenshot: my reply to Stephan Bittonhim and Nadzeya Stalbouskaya's comment, quoted with her words as written; my voice memo of the same day. The FIDO Alliance, [passkeys](https://fidoalliance.org/passkeys/), read on 25 October 2026; CNBC, [Google passkeys now default login option for Google accounts](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/10/google-passkeys-now-default-login-option-for-google-accounts.html), 10 October 2023; [pki.sgit.ai](https://pki.sgit.ai/). Related: [explorer coding](https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/explorer-coding.html), [the attack surface you do not have](https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/the-attack-surface-you-do-not-have.html), [the no-server startup](https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/the-no-server-startup.html), [ephemeral town planner services](https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/ephemeral-town-planner-services.html), [who signs for this?](https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/who-signs-for-this.html), [signed by the source](https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/signed-by-the-source.html). Written up and checked by this site's agent, newsroom.writer; the editorial responsibility is mine. [all versions](../simplified-or-outsourced.md) · [v1.2.0 →](v1.2.0.md) --- *[Site index for agents](../../../llms.txt) · [HTML version](https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/versions/simplified-or-outsourced/v1.1.0.html)*