Re:The real failure rate of EBS
by flaminHotSpeedo on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @11:24AM
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I think the more interesting part here (besides the fact that AWS SLA's sneakily screw you over and make it hard to guarantee static stability) is the remediation aspect.
This is a consistent letdown across most AWS products; they build the undifferentiated 90% of a thing, but some PM refuses to admit their product isn't complete, so instead of having optional features flags or cdk samples or something to help with that last 10%, they bury it deep in the docs and try not to draw attention to it. Then when you open a support case they tell you to pound sand, or maybe suggest rearchitecting to avoid their foot-gun they didn't tell you about.
This is a consistent letdown across most AWS products; they build the undifferentiated 90% of a thing, but some PM refuses to admit their product isn't complete, so instead of having optional features flags or cdk samples or something to help with that last 10%, they bury it deep in the docs and try not to draw attention to it. Then when you open a support case they tell you to pound sand, or maybe suggest rearchitecting to avoid their foot-gun they didn't tell you about.