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He's a partner at a pretty reputable AWS consulting company. I think he knows a thing or two about AWS and probably likes it OK.

LatteLazy 6y ago
The article gives the impression he hates the place. Again, maybe that’s justified. I’m happy to admit he’d know them better than me. But why write an article about how much you hate AWS and pretend it’s “breaking news”?
- QuinnyPig 6y ago
  Author here. A fair question! I do like AWS--a lot. I snark, but that's my personality. If I genuinely hated them, this level of focus on their business would be something pathological. AWS hires amazing people, and build incredible things. I'm a customer, and a happy one. Actions like this demonstrate a base level of being unworthy of those amazing people that they've hired, and get my hackles up something fierce. It's one of the few ways in which AWS unequivocally Is Wrong, A Lot.
  - LatteLazy 6y ago
    Thanks for replying here and sorry for being rude above. I guess I missed the subtlety in the article :) Mind is I ask: are all large corps in this space the same or are Amazon particularly bad? It seems to me that get a bad wrap in retail more because they have no PR than because they do things more harshly than other retailers...
- julianeon 6y ago
  I see he responded above, but as someone who follows along on Twitter: he doesn't hate AWS, actually he gets the word out about a fair number of AWS services. I spend more on AWS than anything else for my company, so I think I know a thing or two about them. If I want the official AWS view on things I can consult their blog page, follow their guys on Twitter (which I do), and read their press releases. I don't really want that, though, and neither do most people, because I want to know when I'm being led astray, when AWS is pushing my trust a little too far. If some service looks cheap or easy to implement but has a lot of gotchas, I want to know that. I want a friendly-but-independent perspective, and that's what he offers.

LatteLazy 6y ago

The article gives the impression he hates the place. Again, maybe that’s justified. I’m happy to admit he’d know them better than me. But why write an article about how much you hate AWS and pretend it’s “breaking news”?

QuinnyPig 6y ago
Author here. A fair question! I do like AWS--a lot. I snark, but that's my personality. If I genuinely hated them, this level of focus on their business would be something pathological. AWS hires amazing people, and build incredible things. I'm a customer, and a happy one. Actions like this demonstrate a base level of being unworthy of those amazing people that they've hired, and get my hackles up something fierce. It's one of the few ways in which AWS unequivocally Is Wrong, A Lot.
- LatteLazy 6y ago
  Thanks for replying here and sorry for being rude above. I guess I missed the subtlety in the article :) Mind is I ask: are all large corps in this space the same or are Amazon particularly bad? It seems to me that get a bad wrap in retail more because they have no PR than because they do things more harshly than other retailers...
julianeon 6y ago
I see he responded above, but as someone who follows along on Twitter: he doesn't hate AWS, actually he gets the word out about a fair number of AWS services. I spend more on AWS than anything else for my company, so I think I know a thing or two about them. If I want the official AWS view on things I can consult their blog page, follow their guys on Twitter (which I do), and read their press releases. I don't really want that, though, and neither do most people, because I want to know when I'm being led astray, when AWS is pushing my trust a little too far. If some service looks cheap or easy to implement but has a lot of gotchas, I want to know that. I want a friendly-but-independent perspective, and that's what he offers.