AWS BugBust

#1

Post by belter » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 2:22 PM UTC

Re: AWS BugBust

#2

Post by hughrr » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 2:41 PM UTC

No thanks. This smells like a new way to do more work I don’t want to do and at the same time gain a reputation for working for carrots.

Re: AWS BugBust

#3

Post by danpalmer » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 2:43 PM UTC

Has anyone had a positive experience with Code Guru? All I've seen so far is that it's _very_ expensive, and provides the sort of feedback I expect from open-source linters and static-analyzers, and without any understanding of how appropriate those recommendations might be in context. I've only really seen it for Python though, maybe it's better for other languages?

Re: AWS BugBust

#4

Post by boldslogan » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 2:44 PM UTC

kind of cool how they just "Created" a market place out of nowhere with their huge aws offerings.

I can see this as a future repository challenging stack overflow, and with automation, challenging other CI pipelines, and then as someone else mentioned these magic carrots could be used as hackerrank/linkedin/hiring.

Re: AWS BugBust

#5

Post by salil999 » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 2:45 PM UTC

Sounds like free training for AWS CodeGuru. And the rewards aren't that great.

What's the incentive for people to actually do this?

Re: AWS BugBust

#6

Post by theden » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 2:47 PM UTC

I'm struggling to find a compelling reason why someone would participate in this?

Looking at https://aws.amazon.com/bugbust/ the prizes are yet more corporate trash that don't need to exist ("AWS BugBust Varsity Jacket" okay ), and they have a pricing page so it's not even free.

All this tells me is that Amazon doesn't value your time

Re: AWS BugBust

#7

Post by hobofan » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 2:47 PM UTC

salil999 wrote: post #5

Sounds like free training for AWS CodeGuru. And the rewards aren't that great. What's the incentive for people to actually do this?

> and customers pay only for their use of Amazon CodeGuru

Doesn't even sound free.

Re: AWS BugBust

#8

Post by k__ » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 2:50 PM UTC

Half-OT: What do you use for JavaScript/TypeScript? (CodeGuru only works for Java and Python)

I looked into Snyk Code, but it's mad expensive.

Re: AWS BugBust

#9

Post by k__ » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 2:51 PM UTC

danpalmer wrote: post #3

Has anyone had a positive experience with Code Guru? All I've seen so far is that it's _very_ expensive, and provides the sort of feedback I expect from open-source linters and static-analyzers, and without any understanding of how appropriate those recommendations might be in context. I've only really seen it for Python though, maybe it's better for other languages?

I didn't use Code Guru, but looked into Snyk Code. It gives much more and better tips, especially for security related things.

Re: AWS BugBust

#10

Post by harikb » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 2:52 PM UTC

For those who are wondering the rewards aren’t worth it… this is not Amazon asking for oss contribution to their AWS source code. This is for private companies to offer bug fest to their own employees / target audience.

> customers can set up private AWS BugBust virtual events

Why should the jacket be sponsored by Amazon? I don’t get it.