Indeed. I'd urge everyone here to pay attention how many sites/companies are dead in the water the next time there is a full blown AWS outage and see if they are as quick to heave the same criticisms at those fortune 500 companies that they are at this two man operation.

What happened w/ Digital Ocean is inexcusable, and has potentially dire consequences for two individuals livlihood. In the immediate aftermath of such an event, focusing on the devs percieved lack of disaster preparedness seems petty.

I agree. Who are all these people that pull backups, that maybe GBs or TBs in size for offline storage? How does that even work in practical terms in disaster scenarios like this where resolution times are expected within hours and not days?