4 ms·
Hey Jeff, long-term AWS fan and daily user of it here. One thing I see time and time again for new user confusion: the names given to AWS services. It has alwa
by lenova 9y ago
Hey Jeff, long-term AWS fan and daily user of it here. One thing I see time and time again for new user confusion: the names given to AWS services.
It has always felt that AWS has been too playful with the naming of services, to the point of obfuscation. Sure, you and I know what EC2 and S3 are, and what an instance and a bucket are. But for new companies adopting AWS, I swear that a third of my time is translating AWS service names into industry terminology for them, and often here statements like:
- "Why don't they just call it a virtual machine or cloud storage?"
- "What the heck is an EBS or a Cognito?"
- etc, etc
Also, the first run of the AWS console can be overwhelming when compared to that of Digital Ocean (though I know the two aren't really comparable in terms of breadth of services offered, but look how obvious DO's call to action is).
Just immediate thoughts that pop into my head.
[1] AWS web console: http://imgur.com/GwAeBrC http://imgur.com/GwAeBrC
[2] Digital Ocean console: http://imgur.com/a/cO3Kn http://imgur.com/a/cO3Kn