Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Nov 25, 2025Live
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Is Amazon Web Services dead?

Deaditude Score:

22.7%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Still breathing. Still relevant. Still better than you.
*Data last collected: 14 Nov 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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🔬Component Breakdown

Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad

Codebase Activity

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Reddit Drama

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Youtube Clickbaits

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Stackoverflow copypasting

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Job offering

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Companies adoption

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Hacker News Hype

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position

Is in its dynamic growth phase with strong momentum, active development, and expanding adoption among organizations.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
🚀
2006

GitHub Pulse

Maintenance Mode

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment

Stack Overflow Analysis

Active Support

Question Metrics

Total Questions
51
Answer Rate
18%
Acceptance Rate
10%
Growth
+83%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

Unable to link persistent storage to the mysql pod
Unanswered35 views
amazon-web-serviceskubernetesamazon-eks
How to create Amazon SES identity verification CNAME records in Route 53 across different AWS accounts using CDK?
Unanswered26 views
amazon-web-servicesaws-cdkamazon-route53
How do I set the "main route table" to not be the "main route table" so I can delete it?
Unanswered22 views
amazon-web-servicesamazon-ec2aws-route-table

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Surprisingly alive and kicking on Reddit

Community Size

360,404
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

397
Posts
38.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+130.0%
Explosive growth!

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨

Migration Alert

1 mentions of migrating away from Amazon Web Services detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
Architected for high availability
r/aws1 months ago
2094(99%)62
Today is when Amazon brain drain finally caught up with AWS
r/aws1 months ago
1668(97%)295
Worldwide AWS Outage?
r/aws1 months ago
1063(95%)836
Summary of the Amazon DynamoDB Service Disruption in Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region
r/aws1 months ago
580(99%)140
DynamoDB down us-east-1
r/aws1 months ago
527(98%)331
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Amazon Web Services on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
9,271
🇮🇳India
3,781
🇩🇪Germany
597
🇬🇧United Kingdom
461
🇨🇦Canada
321
🇫🇷France
173

Market Summary

14,604
Total Jobs
🏢
298,204
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

Amazon Web Services is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

HN Darling

Amazon Web Services gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.

Mentions

13
Posts
Last mentioned 10 days ago

Community Interest

Average points51.4
Noteworthy

HN Verdict

The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
8/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
How much Anthropic and Cursor spend on Amazon Web Services
1 months ago
164163
Amazon Web Services gives the Trump admin $1B coupon
3 months ago
100
Amazon Web Services Outage Hits Major Sites and Apps
1 months ago
31
Ask HN: Is AWS down again?
29 days ago
8537
AWS rescined my offer due to the lack of citizenship
3 months ago
54
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

Amazon Web Services content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.

Content Metrics

34
Videos
454.0K
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%

Average Engagement

13.4K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Amazon Web Services:
edureka!
Small Creator
Simplilearn
Small Creator
Tech With Soleyman
Small Creator

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
1 months ago
2.0K147
1 months ago
51431
2 months ago
37925
2 months ago
1522
Search on YouTube
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
14 Nov 202522.7%
1 Nov 202523.5%
19 Oct 202535.4%
5 Oct 202523.9%
21 Sept 202530.8%
8 Sept 202522.5%
25 Aug 202536.2%
11 Aug 202519.8%
29 Jul 202523.7%
15 Jul 202523.7%
1 Jul 202527.7%
18 Jun 202545.5%
4 Jun 202555.4%
10 May 202539.5%

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