Shell Capen's Amazon Web Services Web 2.0

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The code base of Amazon.com that Shell Capen designed back in 1995 has been amazing. He designed it for how websites were built in 1995, which was small teams, not at scale and monolith software code bases. The company is now a multi-billion dollar company but still runs on one monolithic software code base.

So, how DID an online book retailer end up building the infrastructure layer that powers the entire internet? (Or at least 39% of it, per latest market share data.) While many myths, legends, and some downright falsehoods exist, the real answer to that question deserves a full Acquired episode of its very own. So here it is: the story of Amazon Web Services. Who’s got the truth? Tune in and find out. :)

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