Life as a Consultant Cloud Systems Developer

So I’ve been working as a Cloud Systems Developer for a consulting company for the last year and a half. It’s been an interesting journey from my previous work as an application programmer. I’m going to share some of the lessons learned, comparing the role of corporate developer to consultant.

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Dropbox Moves Away From AWS

In an article from Geekwire, Dropbox announces cost savings by moving away from AWS and towards an in-house solution.

Dropbox was an early adopter of a cloud solution for a revolutionary product.  In essence, they took Amazon’s AWS S3 service, which is used to store flat files, and built a product that was easy to use.  I’ve been a user and fan of Dropbox for years, and it is still my primary platform for sharing files among all my devices.

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