[liveoneggs]

> pontificate on theoretical limits

These "limits" are real and are hit pretty quickly (and it's easy to ask for bumps but they are still there)

S3 buckets is one of the first ones most people hit

[moduspol]

Parent comment is talking about hard limits--those which they will not raise. The soft limits aren't architectural--they're arbitrary to help prevent newbies racking up huge bills by mistake. And (as you noted) they do raise them.