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> Twitter Except the most important part of Twitter -- timelines, of course. [1] > Snapchat Except the $1 billion contract from AWS, of course. [2] [1] http
by 0xy 5y ago
> Twitter
Except the most important part of Twitter -- timelines, of course. [1]
> Snapchat
Except the $1 billion contract from AWS, of course. [2]
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/15/twitter-taps-aws-for-its-latest-foray-into-the-public-cloud/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/15/twitter-taps-aws-for-its-l...
[2] https://fortune.com/2017/02/09/snap-inc-signs-big-aws-deal/ https://fortune.com/2017/02/09/snap-inc-signs-big-aws-deal/
- dialogbox 5y agoThat doesn't mean GCP is bad unless they totally switched to AWS. I believe this is just part of multi cloud approach.
- 0xy 5y agoIf AWS is running 100% of timelines it's not a "multi cloud approach". AWS is the bedrock of the entire Twitter experience. Multi cloud means cross cloud redundancy, but there's none of that here.