[redler]

One of their screenshot examples flags inefficient code in crypto libraries, and the suggested "fix" is "Evaluate switching to the Amazon Corretto Crypto Provider ACCP". I don't know enough about the subject matter area to know whether that's the right move, but it's interesting that CodeGuru is apparently, among other things, an opportunity to pay Amazon to upsell you on replacing some of your code with one of the panoply of services in the AWS universe.

[ensignavenger]

Amazon Corretto is their OpenJDK Java distro that is free and Open Source. I don't know if the project was already using Corretto or not, but it makes sense for them to recommend their own, supported, open source solution.

[redler]

Your point is a fair one, and I admit unfamiliarity with Corretto, specifically. But they're telegraphing, right on the tin, that this new service will indeed recommend solutions of the form "we see a problem pattern in your code; try Amazon _____". The fact that Corretto is actually open source further muddies the waters.

[weego]

We'll need to see what comes out in the wash. Maybe the more OSS they encounter the more suggestions it will be able to make. Or maybe not and it will indeed be a sales pitch masquerading as a feature.

[quin3]

In the future, You should do a quick search before naysaying. This crypto lib is free and offers non-negligible performance gains.

[NegativeLatency]

It's still increasing your dependence on AWS systems and software.

(The upsell price may be free for now, but who knows maybe they add a premium version or enterprise features in the future)

I imagine that the tool will be used for recommending more amazon services in the future, and this is possibly a poor POC of more to come.

[Sebguer]

It's not an AWS system or service at all though...

This is like saying that using React will lead you to be locked into Facebook?

[quin3]

Why does Google have google in the Guava namespace?

[ghostpepper]

Why does it have Amazon in the name then? Amazon Coretto?

[cowsandmilk]

Amazon Corretto Crypto Provider ACCP Is a Java library you can install using Maven or Gradle that works with any JDK 8 on Linux x86_64. It has Amazon in the name because Amazon wrote the library....

The name might be awkward, and codeguru might be slanted towards suggesting open source libraries written at Amazon, but it is about as neutral as can be, not even requiring you to use Amazon’s OpenJDK distro.

Why does Amazon have an OpenJDK district though? Because sometimes Amazon sees performance issues at scale that they have a hot fix for. Then they share the patch with the wider OpenJDK community and have discussions about if there are better approaches to fix. Amazon has been one of the top contributors to OpenJDK releases recently (typically in top 3 for contributions to a given release), so they really are upstreaming patches.

[Sebguer]

Because it's maintained by Amazon? But it's entirely open source: https://github.com/corretto/corretto-8 with a very permissive license (GPLv2)

[Yizahi]

More like locked out of Facebook. They stated that you can't sue Facebook corporation for any possible reason and can't react to lawsuites by FB to you in any way (even write a post about it), even in unrelated cases to React, or they will revoke your React license. I remember several highly upvoted posts here and on other resources about this.

[takeda]

So why is it under AWS[1]?

[1] https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

[Sebguer]

The same reason React is under Facebook's github org? https://github.com/facebook/react

FYI, as I commented below, it's also available on Github under its own user and with a very permissive (GPLv2) license: https://github.com/corretto/corretto-8

[takeda]

No, that's not the same. This is github, http://aws.amazon.com is explicitly AWS.

[5ersi]

ACCP is an Apache licensed crypto library that has a standard JCA/JCE interface, meaning it's a drop-in replacement for the standard java crypto.

https://github.com/corretto/amazon-corretto-crypto-provider

They claim to be 25% faster than standard implementation: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/introducing-amazon-c...