After nearly 25 years, I’m publishing the Distributed Computing Manifesto in its entirety, an internal document from the early days of Amazon that transformed the architecture of our e-commerce platform.
Werner Vogels
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Werner Vogels
@Werner
CTO @ Amazon
- Dear John, I know your targeting algorithm was cheap and thus not perfect, but I suggest to ask your money back from however sold it to you!
- Dear cool folks at @NianticLabs please let us know if there is anything we can do to help! (I wanted that drowzee)
- in one tweet? 1) if you want to be a VP of Engineering focus on teams and people and how to make them succesfull 2) wanna be a CTO? Simplify. Focus on the business, what is the simplest, most robust Tech/Ops that makes the business succeed.
- Congrats to the @amazon Fulfillment teams for completing the migration off Oracle to 100% #AWS. #databasefreedomSHUTDOWN ABORT the last Oracle database running Amazon Fulfillment!
00:00 - When you tell people in Amsterdam it is forbidden to light fireworks on NYE... ❌❌❌
00:00 - Amazon's Oracle data warehouse was one of the largest (if not THE largest) in the world. RIP. We have moved on to newer, faster, more reliable, more agile, more versatile technology at more lower cost and higher scale. #AWS Redshift FTW!In latest episode of "uh huh, keep talkin' Larry," Amazon’s Consumer business turned off its Oracle data warehouse Nov 1 and moved to Redshift. By end of 2018, they'll have 88% of their Oracle DBs (and 97% of critical system DBs) moved to Aurora and DynamoDB. #DBFreedom
- There is no compression algorithm for experience.arguably the most powerful tech company in the world hires engineers in their 60s. we should all learn from that redmonk.com/jgovernor/2017…
- Exclusive: Google execs want to be no 1 or 2 in cloud by 2023 or may pullback. $goog. Great detail in important read about the state of google cloud. Echoes of the search wars but the tables have turned. theinformation.com/articles/googl…
- ¡Hola España! An AWS Region is coming to Spain!
- 20 years ago Amazon went through a major transformation. Here’s what we learned about building modern applications along the way. - "Modern Applications at #AWS" - #allthingsdistributed
- I am extremely disappointed in the FCC decision to remove the #NetNeutrality protections. We'll continue to work with our peers, partners and customers to find ways to ensure an open and fair internet that can continue to drive massive innovation.We’re disappointed in the decision to gut #NetNeutrality protections that ushered in an unprecedented era of innovation, creativity & civic engagement. This is the beginning of a longer legal battle. Netflix stands w/ innovators, large & small, to oppose this misguided FCC order.
- Building and operating a pretty big storage system called S3 – A unique perspective by #AWS Distinguished Engineer @andywarfield on what it means to scale systems, yourself and others. #allthingsdistributed #S3
- After many years at @amazon I can tell you that @ajassy is the absolute best person lead the company. More customer obsessed than any other leader I have met. #stilldayone
