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I think the downvotes are because your post is somewhat off topic.

OP responded to "Amazon.com is down" with "this is a lesson in over-engineering" - which it isn't, because Amazon.com is most certainly not overengineered for its purpose (I've seen the code with my own two eyes).

Your response is "not everyone needs extensively engineered systems", which is true, but is a non-sequitor from the previous posts.