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AWS AI Promised a Refund. AWS Humans Threatened Collections.
A cautionary tale for CTOs: An AWS AI promised a user a refund, but human support denied it and threatened collections. Learn why automated SLA enforcement is critical.
AWS reliability blog
Analysis and practical takes on AWS reliability, outages, and running resilient workloads in the cloud.
Cloud Resilience
That Hacker News Post on Failover Highlights a Hard Truth About Cloud Resilience
A Hacker News post on custom failover tools reveals the hidden complexity of cloud resilience. Learn why provider SLAs aren't enough and what you can do to protect your applications.
AI
Claude 3.5 Sonnet on AWS Is Great. The SLA Is Still The Same.
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet is now on AWS Bedrock. While powerful, it's governed by the same standard SLAs. Learn the practical steps to manage performance, risk, and cost for production AI workloads.
IoT
When the 'Things' in IoT Stop Working: A Real-World Bug and Your Edge Strategy
Learn how CVE-2026-7424, a vulnerability in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP, exposes a critical gap in edge and IoT security. Understand the operational risks and the steps to build a more resilient strategy.
Cloud Outage
When the Internet Blinks: What That 'Global Outage' Really Means
A recent widespread outage felt 'global,' but the cause was a concentrated dependency. Learn why your provider's status page isn't enough and what you can do about it.
AWS
When Your Cloud Provider Tells You to Leave: Deconstructing the AWS Bahrain Outage
A deep dive into the AWS ME-SOUTH-1 outage and what the advice to 'migrate workloads' really means for your DR strategy, SLAs, and bottom line.
AWS
When Your Cloud Region Has a Real-World Problem
The AWS ME-CENTRAL-1 outage highlights the often-overlooked geopolitical risks tied to cloud regions. Learn why multi-AZ isn't enough and what practical steps you need to take for true resilience.