Amazon’s CTO shared the @pragmaticengineer.com architecture deepdive about Bluesky. If he’s reading it then if you’re a dev, and here on Bluesky, it could be an interesting read: (Also, I if you are interested in e.g. software architecture, @werner.social should be a solid follow here!) - ThreadSky

gergely.pragmaticengineer.com • 98 days ago

Amazon’s CTO shared the @pragmaticengineer.com architecture deepdive about Bluesky.

If he’s reading it then if you’re a dev, and here on Bluesky, it could be an interesting read:

(Also, I if you are interested in e.g. software architecture, @werner.social should be a solid follow here!)

Reposted from Werner

Building Bluesky: a Distributed Social Network - in @pragmaticengineer.com's Real-World Engineering Challenges series
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky

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marcelojscosta.bsky.social•98 days ago

It's really cool, even though they're aware that Bluesky moved off of AWS to run on their own infrastructure.

This is maturity and a recognition that in real life, software engineering is about making good decisions that are relevant to your context, regardless of the vendor.

grg.pw•98 days ago

Can't speak for Werner but working for (or being sort of the founder of in his case) AWS doesn't imply ignoring the rest of the world. Part of working for a cloud provider is staying connected to trends, and to the outside world. It helps evolving and supporting customers.

grg.pw•98 days ago

Ultimately - even in the most sales-y of the conversations, how are you supposed to talk about the benefits of YOUR solution if you aren't deeply familiar with the alternatives!

gracekind.net•98 days ago

Great article! I liked this tidbit

tirednotwired.bsky.social•98 days ago

It’s cool that the CTO of Amazon is sharing this. However, given recent RTO mandates + layoffs it’s clear to every tech employee Amazon isn’t a company interested in innovation, just cold-blooded ruthless exploitation from top to bottom 🤷🏼‍♂️

gergely.pragmaticengineer.com•98 days ago

If you associate RTO with no innovation I have news for you...

Startup https://indcident.io: works from the office, building a better PagerDuty. Since founding

Startup Antithesis: building an innovative, time-traveling debugger. From office, using desktops https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/antithesis

gergely.pragmaticengineer.com•98 days ago

There are companies that do RTO, ones that work full-remote and ones in-between. In my experience innovation is not tied to which one they are in.

All have upsides and downsides and this information is available, so people can self-select for what they want / and is available

tirednotwired.bsky.social•98 days ago

I like the Antithesis example because it restricts work to within office hours, but I will agree to disagree on employees “self selecting”. We live in an era of Big Tech monopolies, they’re monopolies for both consumers & employees. The ability to choose is an illusion. Thanks for responding!

gergely.pragmaticengineer.com•98 days ago

Yes, agree on the Big Tech monopoly part.

We also live at a time when full-remote work options are narrowing: so while still possible to select, opportunities are fewer. Also not the best time for the job market (likely why eg Amazon can pull off a full RTO with backfilling)

wolfgang.bremer.co•98 days ago

That’s fantastic and must be feeling good. ♥️ Keep up the great work! 💪

sundarnarasimhan.bsky.social•98 days ago

📌

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