What accidentally taking down Amazon.com in 1997 taught Joshua Burgin; tech industry veteran and one of Amazon’s first 100 employees

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The article explores the evolution of modern backend engineering practices by discussing the roots of these practices. It covers topics such as the challenges faced in early backend development, the birth of ARPANET and its influence on distributed systems, and the rise of the internet and web-based computing. The article emphasizes the importance of learning from the past to understand current backend engineering practices.

The Roots of Today's Modern Backend Engineering Practices

1. Year 1 on the job: accidentally taking Amazon.com offline

3. The rise of the internet and web-based computing (1989)

<p>I enjoyed this walk through memory lane and the focus on backend engineering. We don’t often discuss how backend challenges have evolved (and become more interesting IMO) over time :)</p>
