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[GCT13]

Thanks pylon. I wasn't looking in the right board.

I love the Amazon Guy's "world class" remark. Who's got the 7+ figure development budget here?

[flyingpylon]

Yeah, as you could see, I got a little peeved at that remark. I can't even count the number of hours I've spent developing workarounds for things in AWS that either don't work as advertised, aren't documented properly, or are just plain bad programming. AWS is cool and all, but it's still a long way from anything I would call "world class".

[chromate]

I agree. Even in the short time I've been using AWS, I've found the whole thing to be pretty "scrappy". There's so much wrong with it and most of it seems to be stupid mistakes on Amazon's part that you would have thought they would have fixed long ago. Even their message board is absolute cr*p.

I always used to be pretty impressed with Amazon. I think their business sense is good. But their technical ability sucks!

However, the extent of their database and their "pulling power" makes the whole thing worth using

[Best.Flash]

Originally posted by chromate
Even their message board is absolute cr*p.

Agreed.

Given the popularity of AWS on these forums I wonder if Chris would consider adding an AWS topic forum here.

[chromate]

Interesting idea. Maybe a sub-forum topic of this one? Considering the number of PM's I'm getting asking for help with various AWS projects, it would be good to direct them all to the "aws" forum instead. Not that I mind getting and answering PM's, but it would mean everyone could benefit from the responses.

...By the way PM'ers... GCT13 is the man to ask if you have any questions regarding AWS. I'm useless at it (sorry Dan, lol)

[MarkB]

*makes note*

Seeing as I got as far as AWS with SOAP as staring dumbly at the screen...

[GCT13]

I remember there were a huge amount of AdSense posts on website forums when it first came out. The # of AWS posts may receed in the near future (or maybe not )

Be on the lookout for an AWS article here on WebSitePublisher soon. I'm writing it over the weekend, it's aimed at showing what can be done with AWS, complete with a sample tutorial in REST.

[Mike]

I wondered when that was going to happen, the article that is

[incka]

Originally posted by GCT13
I remember there were a huge amount of AdSense posts on website forums when it first came out. The # of AWS posts may receed in the near future (or maybe not )

Be on the lookout for an AWS article here on WebSitePublisher soon. I'm writing it over the weekend, it's aimed at showing what can be done with AWS, complete with a sample tutorial in REST.

Can't wait! Will it be including example codes?

[GCT13]

Originally posted by incka
Can't wait! Will it be including example codes?

Yeah.

[chromate]

Wohoo! Even better. Now I can just say... "read the article!" instead of directing people towards devshed.

[Mike]

When are amazon going to sort this out? I've got a bad feeling that google's gonna come along soon.

[MattM]

Still no updates on the discussion board.

[MattM]

I'm still not receiving them, but it appears that Mike and Shawn are.

[Mike]

Yeh, I'm getting a few, but most are still not there.