Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the promotion of Malphas to Senior Vice President of Bad Decisions, effective immediately. In this expanded role, Malphas will oversee the company’s strategic initiatives in byzantine pricing models, confusing product nomenclature, and Generative AI.

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AWS announces a fictional promotion of 'Malphas' to Senior Vice President of Bad Decisions and introduces a satirical 17th leadership principle 'Find and Kill God.' The satirical piece mocks AWS's complex pricing models, confusing service names, and Byzantine billing structures, particularly targeting RDS pricing exclusions from Savings Plans and the complexity of Aurora DSQL pricing that factors in multiple variables including storage, compute, and backups.

Amazon Promotes Malphas to Senior Vice President of Bad Decisions, Unveils 17th Leadership Principle

New Leadership Principle: Find and Kill God