[toomuchtodo]

Due diligence only somewhat mitigates the damage done by having a generation of engineers who believe going straight to AWS or another expensive cloud provider is the first and or best course of action, when you have engineers scoff at building a cheaper, more efficient solution better fit for purpose. Backblaze proves it can be done, and I argue they are just as competent, if not more, than Amazon. They’ve provided a similar object storage system as S3 at a drastically lower cost.

In most scenarios, it’s not my money, and I don’t care if it’s not my money. In this case, as a taxpayer, it’s my money (our money to be specific) and I care. I intend to contact my representatives about this failure, and have already fired off a FOIA request for AWS NASA contract details.