Re:Amazon packages pile up after AWS outage spawns delivery ...
by anamexis on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @11:57PM
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Possibly stems from one of the tenets of the apocryphal Bezos decree that started AWS[1]
> All service interfaces, without exception, must be designed from the ground up to be externalizable. That is to say, the team must plan and design to be able to expose the interface to developers in the outside world. No exceptions.
Re:Amazon packages pile up after AWS outage spawns delivery ...
by hef19898 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:35AM
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That attitude, and the ability to enforce it at the scale Amazon is at, are probably the biggest strength of Bezos. It does cover all aspects so, including work culture...
> All service interfaces, without exception, must be designed from the ground up to be externalizable. That is to say, the team must plan and design to be able to expose the interface to developers in the outside world. No exceptions.
1: https://nordicapis.com/the-bezos-api-mandate-amazons-manifes...