Slack, Snapchat, Signal and Perplexity were some of the affected apps and websites, among a host of big names. AWS offers cloud servers that allow these services, and millions of other websites and platforms, to run. AWS is a cloud-computing platform that provides the infrastructure underpinning much of the internet.

Experts say outages like the one that Amazon experienced this week are almost inevitable given the complexity and scale of cloud technology—but the duration serves as a warning.

With containers and serverless computing options somewhat occupying a similar position in terms of cloud utilization, could there be room for both? Commentary on whether both containers and serverless computing can co-exist depends some on the amount of hyperbole you are willing to endure.