---
title: "Cloud as a library"
description: "Sam Goodwin argues that cloud services can be consumed as libraries inside an application."
group: concept
terms:
  - "cloud as a library"
  - "cloud becomes a library"
sources:
  - https://youtu.be/MtKHzAH6uXM?t=1790
  - https://youtu.be/xUnRQ9vLXxo?t=913
---

# Cloud as a library

Sam's phrase is that "the whole cloud becomes a library." [Watch from 29:50](https://youtu.be/MtKHzAH6uXM?t=1790).

Theo closes his talk with a related line about building your own AWS. [Watch from 15:13](https://youtu.be/xUnRQ9vLXxo?t=913). In the same talk, he says an extensible product can let users add vertical features the author did not predict. [14:37](https://youtu.be/xUnRQ9vLXxo?t=877).

Sources: [Sam Goodwin on Alchemy](/lore/devtools-fm-sam-goodwin-alchemy) and [AI Engineer World's Fair 2026](/lore/aiewf-2026-everything-we-knew-about-software-has-changed-theo-browne).