Colin Percival
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FreeBSD works well as a desktop operating system when paired with a graphical user interface.Their words
Most people think of FreeBSD as being a server OS which is used only via the command line, but as anyone who has attended a BSD conference can attest, it works just fine with a GUI too.
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From one piece 20 Years on AWS and Never Not My Job 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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exceptions are an inherently poor way of handling errors because they make it easier to write bugs which won't be immediately obvious on casual code inspection
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but I still think the model of Eventually Known Consistency is the better theoretical model even if it is harder for users to reason about.
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With requests going over TLS it is obviously less critical now, but end-to-end signing is always going to be better than transport-layer security.
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Automation is a lie: every automated thing needs a human on top of it making sure it is working.Their words
That's great, but I don't think it can replace a human poking at virtual machines; my experience with EC2 is that images break in all sorts of wild ways, and nothing beats a human for saying "huh, I have no idea what's going on here but something seems weird".
1 September 2025
From one piece Thoughts on (Amazonian) Leadership 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Shipping a half-baked product permanently damages customer trust, even after it is later fixed.Their words
When AWS ships a service which is half-baked, it diminishes customer trust in AWS as a whole; even if the problems in that service ultimately get corrected (either by fixing them or in some cases by simply getting rid of a service which should never have existed in the first place) the memory of a failed launch will live on in customers' minds for years to come.
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While the same does not directly apply in other fields, working with others to produce the best results for everyone will be much better in the long-term than focusing solely on what Amazon needs right now.
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Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for.Their words
Customer Obsession is great, but I often see Amazonians taking this too simplistically: "Start with the customer" doesn't have to mean "ask customers what they want and then give them faster horses".
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