Comment on AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 days ago
Oof okay so they definitely fucked up architecture wise BUT:
We are currently outage-proofing your Pod experience and we will be working tonight-24/7 until that is done.
Douchebag CEO right there. God knows he was just like FIX IT NOWWWW to them and forced them to work overtime because of this. This is a complete rearchitecture. Sure it can be done, but it’s not a one night change.
And how did no one think about a fallback in case of a outage? I bet some of the tech people thought about it and management said: “No, we don’t want the consumers to have a functioning unit without internet access. We need the data!”.
Btw. same with the new Windows 11 setup. There’s no technical reason for a computer without internet access to deny the installation.
Surely it doesn’t do this when your internet drops out, right? RIGHT??
Weirdly enough, most companies collecting your data are actually really bad at doing so. Business people don’t prioritize data at all, and data collection is a total afterthought, often treated as a major inconvenience. It costs money, and they can’t charge for it.
The reason why there was no fallback is because that would have cost money to implement, and they can’t imagine someone wanting to use their product that way.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 4 days ago
And then he went to bed, leaving it to his serfs.