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Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by tchbnl on Saturday August 02, 2025 @06:00PM (#44771981)
>Before anyone says “you put all your eggs in one basket,” let me be clear: I didn’t. I put them in one provider

Ah, but that's still one basket.

Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by Bratmon on Saturday August 02, 2025 @06:02PM (#44771993)
Does... Does the writer of this piece think the phrase only applies to literal baskets?
Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by jsiepkes on Saturday August 02, 2025 @06:07PM (#44772031)
Wild that people don't realize that these "separate" systems in AWS all share things like the same control plane.
Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by PartiallyTyped on Saturday August 02, 2025 @06:13PM (#44772076)
That is wrong in every way possible. Each service is isolated, has its own control plane, and often even split into multiple cells.

Source: I worked there.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/reducing-...

Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by akerl_ on Saturday August 02, 2025 @06:21PM (#44772128)
You’ve missed the point by leaning into your pedantry. The point is that from the perspective of vendor/platform risk (things like account closure, billing disputes, etc), all of AWS is the same basket, even if you use multiple regions and services.
Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by PartiallyTyped on Sunday August 03, 2025 @03:18AM (#44774764)
I dismissed the claim that they share a single control panel across services because it is false.

I dismissed that claim alone and talked about nothing else. The comment I replied to added nothing to the conversation except an unsubstantiated and plainly false remark.

> Wild that people don't realize that these "separate" systems in AWS all share things like the same control plane.

This comment does not say anything about all being in one basket. It only claims that all services run the same control plane which is so far from truth it must have been made from somebody utterly unaware of how big cloud teams operate.

Seems that this community has lost the ability to reason and converse and would rather be outraged.

Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by jsiepkes on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @09:27AM (#44811708)
> must have been made from somebody utterly unaware of how big cloud teams operate.

Nice, an attack on the person rather then the argument. Made from an anonymous Internet account.

> Seems that this community has lost the ability to reason and converse and would rather be outraged.

This might be a good time to reflect on your own online behavior.

Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by senderista on Saturday August 02, 2025 @06:23PM (#44772145)
Not sure why you’re being downvoted, this is 100% correct from someone else who worked there.
Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by ImPostingOnHN on Saturday August 02, 2025 @06:28PM (#44772190)
> Not sure why you’re being downvoted

If you're not sure why someone is being downvoted, there's a good chance there is a misunderstanding somewhere, and a good way for you to understand is to wait for people to comment, and then read those comments.

Alternatively (and in a more general sense), if you want to take a more active role in your learning, a good way to learn is to ask questions, and then read the answers.

Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by PartiallyTyped on Sunday August 03, 2025 @03:21AM (#44774775)
There is no misunderstanding involved. HN is often too emotional and will downvote and upvote whatever supports their beliefs or outrage du jour.
Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by stefan_ on Saturday August 02, 2025 @06:24PM (#44772155)
Do all these cells and control planes run different software built by different teams?

I mean, sure every Ford Pinto is strictly it's own vehicle, but each will predictably burst into flames when you impinge its fuel tank and I don't wanna travel on a company operating an all Pinto fleet.

Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by PartiallyTyped on Sunday August 03, 2025 @03:18AM (#44774767)
Yes. And parts of each control plane are written by different teams and each component is isolated.