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Python 3.11 is ~25% faster… Lambda is billed based on compute duration… if you are AWS PM Lead, it’s a challenging eng investment to justify.

by dax77 4y ago

nwah1 4y ago
Jevons Paradox, though
scarface74 4y ago
Disclaimer: I work at AWS in Professional Services. I can honestly say that I have never been pressured to create a more expensive solution for a customer. Everyone from sales, to account managers, to TAMs are are always trying to figure out how to help customer spend less money on their existing workloads. Before anyone says I’m drinking the kool aid, I’m 49 years old and this is my 8th job since 1996. I’m the most cynical person you can imagine. Now there is a difference between wanting customers to spend less on existing workloads and helping them optimize and trying to convince customers to spend more money by bringing in new work.
- Terretta 4y ago
  I've been an AWS customer since the thing before S3 I think was called SQS. And whether I've been small, or massive, ProServ and TAMs always always did what you're saying. When we were big enough, you'd even (no joke) get in an actual automobile and drive to us, to yell at us about wasting money. It was great you did that.
8note 4y ago
With dogfooding, it's a pretty easy argument -non-aws Amazon engineer It definitely feels like Amazon wants everyone to use lambdas for everything in the non-aws world (opinions my own)
PartiallyTyped 4y ago
It's actually pretty easy: > Customer Obsession: Leaders start with the customer and work backwards. They work vigorously to earn and keep customer trust. Although leaders pay attention to competitors, they obsess over customers. >Frugality: Accomplish more with less. Constraints breed resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and invention. There are no extra points for growing headcount, budget size, or fixed expense. > Deliver Results: Leaders focus on the key inputs for their business and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, they rise to the occasion and never settle. https://amazon.jobs/content/en/our-workplace/leadership-principles https://amazon.jobs/content/en/our-workplace/leadership-prin...

Python 3.11 is ~25% faster… Lambda is billed based on compute duration… if you are AWS PM Lead, it’s a challenging eng investment to justify.

by dax77 4y ago

Python 3.11 is ~25% faster… Lambda is billed based on compute duration… if you are AWS PM Lead, it’s a challenging eng investment to justify.

nwah1 4y ago

Jevons Paradox, though

scarface74 4y ago

Disclaimer: I work at AWS in Professional Services. I can honestly say that I have never been pressured to create a more expensive solution for a customer. Everyone from sales, to account managers, to TAMs are are always trying to figure out how to help customer spend less money on their existing workloads. Before anyone says I’m drinking the kool aid, I’m 49 years old and this is my 8th job since 1996. I’m the most cynical person you can imagine. Now there is a difference between wanting customers to spend less on existing workloads and helping them optimize and trying to convince customers to spend more money by bringing in new work.

Terretta 4y ago
I've been an AWS customer since the thing before S3 I think was called SQS. And whether I've been small, or massive, ProServ and TAMs always always did what you're saying. When we were big enough, you'd even (no joke) get in an actual automobile and drive to us, to yell at us about wasting money. It was great you did that.

8note 4y ago

With dogfooding, it's a pretty easy argument -non-aws Amazon engineer It definitely feels like Amazon wants everyone to use lambdas for everything in the non-aws world (opinions my own)

PartiallyTyped 4y ago

It's actually pretty easy: > Customer Obsession: Leaders start with the customer and work backwards. They work vigorously to earn and keep customer trust. Although leaders pay attention to competitors, they obsess over customers. >Frugality: Accomplish more with less. Constraints breed resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and invention. There are no extra points for growing headcount, budget size, or fixed expense. > Deliver Results: Leaders focus on the key inputs for their business and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, they rise to the occasion and never settle. https://amazon.jobs/content/en/our-workplace/leadership-principles https://amazon.jobs/content/en/our-workplace/leadership-prin...