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May 11, 2021 20 tweets 6 min read Read on X
Take an @awscloud survey and receive $50 in credits? That'll pay for the better part of a Managed NAT Gateway! It's threadin' time...
It's never reassuring when your cloud provider greets you with a "who're you, again?"
"How familiar with our nonsense are you?"

Oh so very, very familiar. How long have I been their customer
“Customers are always beautifully, wonderfully dissatisfied, even when they report being happy and business is great.” — Jeff Bezos How dissatisfied am I?
If you're going to ask me a question, the least I can do is answer honestly. Parents recommend that their non-parenting friends have kids
Ever notice that the @awscloud bill only ever goes one direction? I am likekly to use more AWS
I have used all of these and oh so many more over the past three months. I will choose to rep Route 53. I have used Cognito, Lambda, and Route 53
I know how Thought Leadership works. The first rule of Serverless Club is you never stop running
Tell me you phoned in your survey creation without telling me you phoned in your survey creation. Route 53 remains the premier database AWS offers.
I do love the Cognito team members I've met, but I'm sorry: your service is Quite Bad. Real friends stab you in the front. The only reason I would recommend Cognito in its current sta
If I didn't want to talk to @awscloud people I've made some terrible career decisions. Will I talk to them about my answers?
We're 10-12ish. It's hard to keep track some days. How many people work here?
"You have no idea how services companies work, do you..."
I don't know how, but somehow I read this question as condescending. We're bootstrapped here.
My role is always "Other." It's the only thing that makes sense / is honest.
I've not heard of Render before. This is a weird marketing campaign for them but I dig it. What clouds have I used? "Yes."
I guess *technically* I have final say, but I don't exactly hire people here to overrule their judgement, y'know? Who has final say about infrastructure decisions?
They have so many options for what kind of company I am it doesn't fit in a screenshot. "Media and Entertainment" but almost certainly not the kind they're thinking of.
I could have sworn I was already on their Customer Council, but sure; I'll sign up again so I can get two meals at the events. Will I join their feedback council?
And it blew me out to the customer council and ended the survey.
I better get my $50 gift card!

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Let's explore deeper into their press release.
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