โš ๏ธ Status: All systems operational (please ignore the smoke)
It's probably fine...

Yeah, the db is in us-east-1, but we will move it later.

"Later" has been redefined as "when the heat death of the universe forces our hand."

"us-tirefire-1"

โ€” @grepory, July 30, 2016

๐Ÿ”ฅ Fun AWS Facts

  • Every region is technically "us-tirefire" if you're doing it wrong
  • The "A" in AWS stands for "Absolutely going to cost more than you budgeted"
  • Cross-region replication means your data gets corrupted in multiple locations simultaneously
  • Auto-scaling: automatically scaling your costs to bankruptcy