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Already aware. Amazon also gets away with this because of following the Bezos API mandate and these issues each being in isolation. As long as everything keeps

Already aware. Amazon also gets away with this because of following the Bezos API mandate and these issues each being in isolation. As long as everything keeps functioning at the "api calls between services" level the code can be sick with rot without killing the organism. Some of the best people I've ever worked with come from Amazon though.

Zigurd 3y ago
Amazon is one of the few top tier companies with a generally good reputation where I know engineers who have left voluntarily. The amount of baling wire and duct tape holding it together is only one reason.
- busterarm 3y ago
  On the other hand, here in the operations world we talk about designing for failure all the time. You could make the argument that Amazon has baked into their operating model the failings of human beings and the failings of the processes of teams. Being behind the curtain might be a nightmare but being in front of the curtain might just be the best ticket in town.