Yeah I’m not quite sure you understand how webpages or the massive backend processes that keep it afloat work.
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HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I seriously don’t understand how something as static as Amazon, a fucking webpage serving up pictures and ads, generating orders, needs to constantly write software in these quantities.
traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That’s not the point. Once it is done, isn’t it done? Either it works or not. It worked 5 years ago. Should work today. I don’t find myself being awed at how much better my Amazon visits are today compared to five years ago.
traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
It isn’t done. It really is never done. Purely from a “keeping the lights on” mode, you still fix minor bugs, update dependencies, fix vulnerabilities and maybe even make small code changes. Outside of that, you are always implementing new features, fixing old features, or creating tests/automation. All of that takes a lot of work and requires manpower.
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Product managers are constantly pushing for new features. Those break and break things around them.
utopiah@lemmy.world 3 days ago
There you go stockanalysis.com/stocks/…/revenue-by-segment/ but TL;DR: AWS is more than 15% of their revenue and it keeps on growing.
merdaverse@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Also note that AWS is more than half of income, with a much higher margin than commerce
Zak@lemmy.world 3 days ago
AWS is not a simple web page.
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
This is cited as the e-commerce dept