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Re:AWS Lambda Silent Crash – A Platform Failure, Not an Appl... by appreciatorBus on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:15AM (#44567768)
He’s already added an entry about the whole incident to his resume:

https://lyons-den.com/CV/David_Lyon_CTO_CV_2025.pdf

EDIT: he has added three(!) separate mentions of the same incident to his résumé

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Re:AWS Lambda Silent Crash – A Platform Failure, Not an Appl... by tczMUFlmoNk on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:27AM (#44567820)
At least it is helpfully located in the "Thought Leadership" section as an early flag for the reader.
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Re:AWS Lambda Silent Crash – A Platform Failure, Not an Appl... by redleader55 on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @10:30AM (#44571537)
This guy is obviously the most senior person in a small startup.

To me personally, calling yourself a CTO with a CV entry that amounts to what an L5 in a FAANG does in a half, is a bit ridiculous. What title would HN recommend for such a position, instead?

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Re:AWS Lambda Silent Crash – A Platform Failure, Not an Appl... by icedchai on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:14PM (#44572703)
"Lead Engineer" usually suffices.
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Re:AWS Lambda Silent Crash – A Platform Failure, Not an Appl... by encomiast on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @10:41AM (#44571637)
The whole site is sketchy. A PhD and a JD. All these high level positions at well-known places. A website with very vague claims about heroically saving things. Almost no google presence other than this site. And 4 LinkedIn connections. Maybe I'm just cynical, but it's pegging my BS meter.
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Re:AWS Lambda Silent Crash – A Platform Failure, Not an Appl... by dfedbeef on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:18PM (#44572769)
Nope, BS meter is correct. You can find the 2017 commencement documents for New York Law School online and David Lyon is not on the list of JD graduates...
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Re:AWS Lambda Silent Crash – A Platform Failure, Not an Appl... by encomiast on Friday July 18, 2025 @05:07PM (#44609841)
Interesting…both the linkedIn profile and the website appear to be gone.
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Re:AWS Lambda Silent Crash – A Platform Failure, Not an Appl... by paulc51 on Saturday July 19, 2025 @11:35AM (#44616388)
Archive.org did a round of saving his entire website, including the posts and "papers" just before it was taken down: https://web.archive.org/web/20250715045222/https://lyons-den...

Interesting if the whole character was a scam. The current employer is not disclosed in his CV, qualifications are fake (also flagged on Reddit by someone who says they are an ex colleague https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/1m0198c/comment/n3fiwk...) - what else?

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Re:AWS Lambda Silent Crash – A Platform Failure, Not an Appl... by dfedbeef on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:27PM (#44572876)
https://issuu.com/nylslibrary/docs/2017_commencement_program...

No David Lyon in there. It goes straight from Luncheon to Martinez and Lynch to Mackey for Graduates and Candidates, respectively. Page 35

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Re:AWS Lambda Silent Crash – A Platform Failure, Not an Appl... by skeeter2020 on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @11:43AM (#44572336)
>> Outdiagnosed L5 AWS engineers using Docker-based rebuilds, AL2023 parity, and deep forensic isolation.

what a weird thing to brag about on your resume. And then he says "case study cited on ... HackerNews" - that's funny!

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