Thread by @QuinnyPig

All right, it's a #requinnvent livetweet thread here at #reinvent: the Databases leadership session wherein we dive into great @awscloud databases like Route 53, and less great databases like whatever the hell a Neptune is.

The waiting room hold music is good today. @awscloud has painted a funky looking target on its back.

And here's @shawnbice to talk to us about the future.

"With a strong foundation, you stand the best chance to overcome the unexpected" like some internet jackhole calling Route 53 a database and turning the joke into a cultish movement. #reinvent

"Remember when you had to go into a bank and talk to a teller in person" asks @shawnbice as he waxes nostalgic about growing up in the 1840s. #reinvent

I'm still here, this talk is still in the "and this is why inventing the wheel was transformative to businesses like Ogg and Thogg's Fire Delivery Inc" intro stage. #reinvent

I'm going to throw a flag on the play of referring to Aurora as "open source." #reinvent

Yes, it's got a PostgreSQL interface, but that's not the same thing.

Now a Babelfish demo by someone nobody bothered to introduce. Shout out to this guy! #reinvent

The problem with demos in general is that most IDEs are written to improve workflow, not to empower flashy onscreen demos. It's why a lot of demos don't land as well as people'd hope. #reinvent

While @TobiasSQL is killing this, I'm of the opinion that a leadership session is like a keynote in that "deep dives into the technical bits of a service don't fit." Tell me about the grand vision, not the implementation details. #reinvent

Ugh, super disappointing that (as so many people do) @shawnbice doesn't pronounce PostgreSQL with the correct pronunciation of "post-gruh-SQUEAL."

Oof. This slide was followed by "now let's talk about @Nike." That's a bit on the nose. Maybe you just have oddly sized feet! #reinvent

No Route 53 YET AGAIN. On balance, no Managed Blockchain (with a purpose of "dicking around") either. #reinvent

Shout out to another unnamed demoer for calling out Space Jam in an example. Come on and slam!
#reinvent

No, the Ledger is for a bunch of super valuable use cases internally at AWS that they're apparently forbidden from articulating in public so the service is forced to be perennially misunderstood.
#reinvent

https://twitter.com/jbrodley/status/1334191859183218688?s=20

They managed to diving-save their job by forcing the "(with MongoDB Compatibility)" to be a formal part of the service name. #reinvent

https://twitter.com/heinz_gies/status/1334192663885737990?s=20

Well that's good for another 500 thought pieces on why the answer is or isn't Kubernetes. #reinvent

And the session has concluded. Route 53 was snubbed again and I am inconsolable. #reInvent

You could have done so much more with the service, @shawnbice!

The nameless demoer has been named.

Fortunately *NOT* by an @awscloud Service Namer.

https://twitter.com/herain/status/1334194728334606336?s=20