We're nearly two decades into cloud. Where have all the apps gone? You'd think it'd be simple to answer that question: probably all in the cloud, right? It turns out the answer is elusive. I've tried for years! It could be as much as 70%, or as low as 30%. Maybe. Those numbers could be hokum. These are apps you manage and write, you should know where they tend to live. This talk will go over my latest investigations into this mystery with no goal other than gather up the clues and wire them up with red crazy board string. I'll then speculate how that newly updated crazy board can drive how you think about what about it, if anything.
I'll pull together recent research, analysis, surveys, and all that to try to answer the quandary.
Presented at cfgmgmtcamp 2025.