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by yftsui 1716 days ago
That’s pretty much why during the downtime visit instagram.com showed a 503 from AWS instead.
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mschuster91 1716 days ago
Wonder why they're still using AWS given that FB operates its own data centers...
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mnordhoff 1716 days ago
No idea. I'd speculate that it's some kind of historical reasons from before FB acquired IG.
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hinkley 1716 days ago
Could be that nobody thought to ask. If it was an oversight that'll be rectified shortly, now that everyone in the company knows about it.
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hansel_der 1716 days ago
probably a testimony to the cost of aws lock-in
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