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The optimizing compilers are part of the "build tools" or "build chain" or "make system". They weren't ever runtime libraries (except in isolated examples), and the general patterns have been around since the 70s.
Yes, it's good to learn how a compiler works.
or, you know, Google Maps.
Also the effect appears gradually.
As for AWS, they're almost ubiquitous. Half the world seems to run on AWS. Regions go down time to time, but half the point of AWS is that it's a distributed architecture that allows apps running on that platform to stay up - usually. Extreme examples (such as dependent PaaS Heroku being taken down) are the edge cases that make it to the press.
Thank you Tim :)
Thank you for the fantastic product, by the way! :)