RDS is Crap

Everyone uses RDS. Almost nobody should. You’re paying a massive premium for “managed” that doesn’t manage the hard parts, locked into versions the community left behind quarters ago, building a team that can’t operate databases without filing a support ticket. Corey Quinn makes the case that RDS isn’t just overpriced, it’s actively making you worse at databases. Expect specific numbers, uncomfortable truths, and a roadmap for what the open-source community has built while AWS was busy adding more expensive checkboxes to the console.