[away271828]

One can simultaneously be impressed by the engineering while wondering if this level of custom implementation at what will probably be pretty low scale really makes sense.

[hello_computer]

Bezos had a clear proposition: "I can handle your workload better than you can for X cents per hour." Cantrill doesn't.

[linksnapzz]

Bezos's proposition needed to be qualified for each customer; in some cases, he was wrong. Yes, sometimes renting other people's hardware makes sense, for a time, until it doesn't.