Column AWS put out a hefty analysis of its October 20 outage, and it's apparently written in a continuing stream of consciousness before the Red Bull wore off and the author passed out after 36 straight hours of writing.

I'm serious here. It's to the point where if I included a paragraph half as long as some of these, El Reg's editor would hit me with his belt. Go read the thing but be sure to pack a lunch – it's rather dense.

AWS outage turned smart homes into dumb boxes – and sysadmins into therapists

I want to call out a few points that I've seen folks making. Some of these are driven by simple ignorance, while others by a form of malicious salesmanship or desire for attention. I too desire attention, but you've gotta earn it, so let's see what we can do here.

No, this was not cause

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