AWS/Azure Choices for Mid-Market Workloads

Who this is for

Ignore the buzzwords. For AWS/Azure Choices for Mid-Market Workloads, the hard constraint is usually data ownership or ops capacity — not how many features fit on a roadmap slide.

Decisions that still look smart in 18 months

Instrument the happy path and the ugly path. Silent failures are what turn a launch into a weekend incident.

Build checklist we actually use

Use boring technology where the risk is operational. Save novelty for the one wedge that makes the product worth buying.

Failure modes we keep seeing

Instrument the happy path and the ugly path. Silent failures are what turn a launch into a weekend incident.

How we measure rollout

Instrument the happy path and the ugly path. Silent failures are what turn a launch into a weekend incident.

We update this when delivery patterns change on live client work.