[alexyim]

What does this post even mean? What is a front-end business vs. a back-end business?

As far as complexity goes, I believe Amazon touches some hundred something services before a page is even served. It's no surprise that they decided to make some of that into a business and start charging for it.

[steveklabnik]

To put it slightly crudely, he thought GitHub was in the business of making a pretty UI on top of git repos, not designing Serious Technology that nobody sees.

[alexyim]

Ah, gotcha. Thanks, this makes a little more sense