I wrote the article in a fit of anger because someone (on hackernews) said that Amazon spent a lot of money on security therefore its better than whatever [you] could possibly need.
The main thesis of the post is that sometimes incentives are not aligned and you still need to think critically about what you bought and what its intended purpose is, the cost of a thing does not mean it fits your need.
You can pull a train with a Bugatti Veyron, but its not the right tool just because it costs as much or more than a train does.
"The main thesis of the post is that sometimes incentives are not aligned"
Sure, but your example of AWS and security is exactly the opposite where incentives are aligned.
"but its not the right tool just because it costs as much or more than a train does. "
Yes, and you didn't investigate the impedance mismatch between your tool (PgBackRest) and your backup system. What this has to do with your stray bullet to AWS I have no idea.
If I had been streaming and not reading then Ubisofts solution would have been the right one.
But the situation was as such: I didn't know what the incentives or intentions were; and others didn't either because all they thought was that "the investment had been made".
Turning off your brain is the wrong solution, you have to check that your incentives are the same as Amazons
> The main thesis of the post is that sometimes incentives are not aligned and you still need to think critically about what you bought and what its intended purpose is, the cost of a thing does not mean it fits your need.
The main thesis of the post is that sometimes incentives are not aligned and you still need to think critically about what you bought and what its intended purpose is, the cost of a thing does not mean it fits your need.
You can pull a train with a Bugatti Veyron, but its not the right tool just because it costs as much or more than a train does.