I was curious, so the context is that current Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was the head of AWS and he hired an outside executive, Adam Selipsky, as his replacement when he was promoted. Adam worked at Amazon a long time ago, but left to found Tableau and then sold it to Salesforce.
By contrast, the incoming CEO of AWS is a longtime AWS veteran. But he's head of sales? Should be interesting
AWS has always been a place of change. Adam has been a good leader, and I’m excited to see how AWS traverses the future. I never would have thought that the AI landscape would have such a dramatic effect on the cloud. Clay Christensen insight in innovation curves still rules to this day.
For the 99% of use cases, you don't actually need AWS. I would stick to open source software/services, efficient code and algorithms in the fastest languages, cheaper smaller clouds, AI APIs, and even an in-house cluster for GPUs when needed. Keep iterating. If you're still running say Java with its enormous memory requirements, you are however stuck with the big clouds.
For cloud-like provisioning experiences and paying by the hour you can use DigitalOcean, Vultr, or alternatives.
Deploying GPUs? Something like CoreWeave may be optimal.
Want inexpensive costs for dedicated hosts? Hetzner, OVH.
There are many, many advantages to using AWS but equally many alternatives that are viable and which aren’t “doing it yourself” in a hardware and network sense.
None of this is to say DIY is a terrible choice either and everyone’s got an opportunity to consider time (initial setup; ongoing maint), costs, and also expertise and ability to do a good job.
ChrisArchitect|1 year ago
More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40355255
Corrado|1 year ago
habitue|1 year ago
By contrast, the incoming CEO of AWS is a longtime AWS veteran. But he's head of sales? Should be interesting
i_k_k|1 year ago
Selipsky did not found Tableau by a long stretch. He moved to Tableau from AWS, where he'd been for 11 years, and then went back five years later.
mehulashah|1 year ago
unknown|1 year ago
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OutOfHere|1 year ago
ceinewydd|1 year ago
For cloud-like provisioning experiences and paying by the hour you can use DigitalOcean, Vultr, or alternatives.
Deploying GPUs? Something like CoreWeave may be optimal.
Want inexpensive costs for dedicated hosts? Hetzner, OVH.
There are many, many advantages to using AWS but equally many alternatives that are viable and which aren’t “doing it yourself” in a hardware and network sense.
None of this is to say DIY is a terrible choice either and everyone’s got an opportunity to consider time (initial setup; ongoing maint), costs, and also expertise and ability to do a good job.
triblemaster|1 year ago