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Re: AWS X-Ray – Distributed Tracing System

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Post by Rapzid »

mmcclellan wrote: post #9
koolba wrote: post #2

So is this AWS's New Relic competitor?

that was my thought. Though no Python yet: > AWS X-Ray supports tracing for applications that are written in Node.js, Java, and .NET.

And no Ruby.

Edit: The blog post mentions they will be adding this to the other SDK's.

Re: AWS X-Ray – Distributed Tracing System

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Post by brazzledazzle »

andrewvc wrote: post #12

I haven't used many of the new AWS services. Someone tell me, what's the quality level? I'll be surprised if all the new AWS stuff works that well given how divided their focus must be now.

AWS makes me wonder what the future of open source infrastructure will look like. I'm sure they contribute back at least a little but providers have little reason to contribute back the distributed/scale modifications they make. They can take any project with a friendly license and essentially siphon away its future user base by turning it into a service. It's basically what a lot of open core companies do but it's different since those companies are usually the creators/maintainers so they have a vested interest in preserving and maintaining it.

I'm probably over thinking it but big bang announcements of multiple products does make me wonder.

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Post by deegles »

brazzledazzle wrote: post #22
andrewvc wrote: post #12

I haven't used many of the new AWS services. Someone tell me, what's the quality level? I'll be surprised if all the new AWS stuff works that well given how divided their focus must be now.

AWS makes me wonder what the future of open source infrastructure will look like. I'm sure they contribute back at least a little but providers have little reason to contribute back the distributed/scale modifications they make. They can take any project with a friendly license and essentially siphon away its future user base by turning it into a service. It's basically what a lot of open core companies do but it's d…

If I were developing a new project I'd probably go with an AGPL style license. It just seems appropriate for anything that could be hosted. Not sure what the downsides are.

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Post by pquerna »

brazzledazzle wrote: post #22
andrewvc wrote: post #12

I haven't used many of the new AWS services. Someone tell me, what's the quality level? I'll be surprised if all the new AWS stuff works that well given how divided their focus must be now.

AWS makes me wonder what the future of open source infrastructure will look like. I'm sure they contribute back at least a little but providers have little reason to contribute back the distributed/scale modifications they make. They can take any project with a friendly license and essentially siphon away its future user base by turning it into a service. It's basically what a lot of open core companies do but it's d…

> I'm sure they contribute back at least a little

Almost from 2 years ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9358843

But gist is, Amazon employees are generally discouraged from contributing to open source at all.

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Post by brazzledazzle »

ranman wrote: post #13
andrewvc wrote: post #12

I haven't used many of the new AWS services. Someone tell me, what's the quality level? I'll be surprised if all the new AWS stuff works that well given how divided their focus must be now.

(I WORK FOR AWS) Each service has it's own dedicated service team. I've used some (not all) of the new services and I believe there is room to improve but I didn't think they were unstable or anything like that.

I know there's no obligation to invest in services that don't make money, so please don't take this as some kind of expectation of that. A dedicated team doesn't always mean there's an equal distribution of quality and innovation. You can have a dedicated team that's so small they only have time to do bug fixes or a team with less talent/experience because everyone wants to move to teams working on the projects with the most organizational momentum.
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