These guys moved to real hardware, it cost them half as much as AWS, and it w...

These guys moved to real hardware, it cost them half as much as AWS, and it was better in almost every way. Why is the cloud so popular? Is it time for Netflix to publish another AWS love story? Links How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardware - High Scalability - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9212467 Shared with: Public Comments Christopher Hicks - 2015-03-16T18:55:38Z good comments in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9212467 Peter Hamilton - 2015-03-17T02:33:36Z ...

March 16, 2015 · 1 min · 136 words · Christopher Hicks

Or just run the other way.

Or just run the other way. Links AWS Tips I Wish I’d Known Before I Started - W(e)blinks Shared with: Public

January 14, 2015 · 1 min · 21 words · Christopher Hicks

This is a great presentation of the available instance types for AWS.

This is a great presentation of the available instance types for Amazon Web Services. (Why didn’t Amazon make it?) Links Amazon EC2 Instance Comparison Shared with: Public +1’d by: Scott Francis

July 31, 2014 · 1 min · 31 words · Christopher Hicks

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Had His Top Execs Read These Three Books

I shared https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130925133311-291225-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-had-his-top-execs-read-these-three-books/ by Jon Fortt, CNBC Anchor.

September 26, 2013 · 1 min · 8 words · Christopher Hicks

LEGOs can do anything.

LEGOs can do anything. Links How a Man in Austria Used Legos to Hack Amazon’s Kindle E-Book Security Shared with: Public +1’d by: Jerry Landry, Paul Fernandez

September 24, 2013 · 1 min · 27 words · Christopher Hicks