Let Freedom: Political News, Un-Biased, Lex Fridman, Joe Rogan, CNN, Fox News Major AWS Outage Exposes Internet Fragility
Oct 22, 2025
A massive AWS outage plunged countless websites and apps into chaos, showcasing the internet's fragility. The host navigates through the causes, highlighting a DNS failure that complicated service resolutions. Personal anecdotes reveal how these disruptions hit everyday users, with Venmo payments failing. The discussion raises important questions about our reliance on tech giants and the need for backup plans. Additionally, the interplay of political views on tech regulation surfaces, posing intriguing considerations for the future of cloud infrastructure.
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Handyman Payment Snagged By Venmo Outage
- The host describes a personal impact when Venmo was unavailable during a handyman payment attempt.
- This story illustrates how everyday transactions can be halted by cloud outages.
Single Region Failure Cascaded Widely
- An AWS US-East-1 DNS load balancer failure cascaded into applications failing to resolve critical services.
- A single regional failure can disrupt streaming, finance, telecoms and even parts of the internet backbone.
Build Personal Redundancies For Payments
- Keep personal redundancies like cash on hand instead of relying solely on cloud-based payment apps.
- Build redundancies in your personal and business life because services you don't own can shut off unexpectedly.