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by throwaway892238 1502 days ago
> 2. File persistence is fine but not typically necessary. S3 works just fine.

I'm so glad you pointed this out. Cloud-native development is an important factor in newly architected systems. Defaulting to an S3 API for persistent I/O brings loads of benefits over using traditional file I/O, and brings significant new design considerations. Until a majority of software developers learn exactly how and why to use these new designs, we'll be stuck with outmoded platforms catering to old designs.