[loganbertram]

Honest question: why is there so much AWS news up today? I mean, X-Ray is particularly exciting for me, but there are currently 5/30 stories on the front page which are basically just product announcements. I'm pretty new, but is this normal? I thought the basic upvote criteria was meant to be that we should focus on upvoting articles of some depth as well as interest.

[iamed2]

There's a big Amazon event (AWS re:Invent) and they are announcing an extraordinary number of new tools. Think an Apple or Google event but one where they announce a new product every 15 minutes. People with many different kinds of jobs are excited for different reasons. It's double-Christmas for people who work extensively with AWS.

[winthrowe]

AWS major conference/product showcase is going on this week.

https://reinvent.awsevents.com/

Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon each dominate the frontpage for several days when their respective developer conferences are ongoing or just completed.

[ShakataGaNai]

Today is the second day of AWS Re:Invent. So just like when Apple releases products and the site is slammed with Apple news, these two days are Amazon days. Don't worry, tomorrow will be back to normal.

[seanp2k2]

AWS is having their developer conference this week: https://reinvent.awsevents.com