Didn't we just read a story about the exact same issue?
Traffic picked up heavily on some website or app, AWS didn't auto-scale fast enough or at all and the very systems that are designed to be elastic just tumbled down to a grinding halt?
Update: it was Advent Of Code 2020, where he reported the exact same issue. The AWS auto scaling framework rocked a pooper when the site exploded on release day.
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Didn't we just read a story about the exact same issue?
Traffic picked up heavily on some website or app, AWS didn't auto-scale fast enough or at all and the very systems that are designed to be elastic just tumbled down to a grinding halt?
Update: it was Advent Of Code 2020, where he reported the exact same issue. The AWS auto scaling framework rocked a pooper when the site exploded on release day.