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Re: Show HN: I made a down detector for down detector

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Post by marcosdumay »

mhb wrote: post #94
graemep wrote: post #37

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When forced to use AWS I only use the extra features I am specifically told to or that are already in use in order to make the system less tied to AWS and easier for me to manage (I am not an AWS specialist so its easier for me to just run stuff like I would on any server or VPS). I particularly dislike RDS (of things I have used). I like Lightsail because its reasonably priced and very like just getting a VPS. S3 is…

Looking forward to the Show HN: I built a web site that uses all of AWS services.

That would be an expensive Show HN.

Re: Show HN: I made a down detector for down detector

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Post by dirkc »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #92
graemep wrote: post #30

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Those are all much smaller. Smaller providers have a much stronger incentive to be reliable, as they will lose customers if they are not. In a corporate settings management will say "this would not have happened if you had gone with AWS". its the current version of "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" (we had MS and others in between). Hetzner provides a much simpler set of services than AWS. Less complexity to go…

> A lot of people want the brand recognition too. Not to mention the familiarity of the company, its services and expectations. You can hire people with experience with AWS, Azure or GCP, but the more niche you go, the higher the possibility that some people you hire might not know how to work with those systems and their nuances, which is fine they can learn as they work, but that adds to ramp up time and could lead…

This could also be an anti-pattern for hiring - getting people with Amazing Web Service (tm) certification and missing out on candidates with a solid understanding of the foundational principles these services are built on

Re: Show HN: I made a down detector for down detector

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Post by tacker2000 »

pydubreucq wrote: post #90
GordonS wrote: post #80

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Are you using a US-based transactional email service like Twilio? Curious about EU-based alternatives.

Hello, You can test Sweego - https://www.sweego.io/ We (I'm the CTO) are fully European Bye Pierre-Yves

nice, im looking to ditch SES, one of the last services i have running on AWS

Re: Show HN: I made a down detector for down detector

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Post by giancarlostoro »

dirkc wrote: post #105
giancarlostoro wrote: post #92

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> A lot of people want the brand recognition too. Not to mention the familiarity of the company, its services and expectations. You can hire people with experience with AWS, Azure or GCP, but the more niche you go, the higher the possibility that some people you hire might not know how to work with those systems and their nuances, which is fine they can learn as they work, but that adds to ramp up time and could lead…

This could also be an anti-pattern for hiring - getting people with Amazing Web Service (tm) certification and missing out on candidates with a solid understanding of the foundational principles these services are built on

I agree, though the industry does this all the time by hiring someone with a degree vs someone who built key infrastructure and has no degree, solely because they have a degree. Remember, the creator of brew couldn't get past a Google interview because they asked him to hand craft some algorithm, I probably would have not done well with those either. Does that make him or me worse developers? Doubtful. Does it mean Google missed out on hiring someone who loves his craft? Yes.
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