Fortunately before working hours on the west coast so it shouldn't impact that many people.

I hear you on the west coast, but two thirds of the population lives east of the Mississippi and is in working hours

Ah yes, because only the west coast of a single country are the priority for a globally distributed company.

HN users assuming the US are the only country in the World, episode #53985902582.

Only one half of the US :)

Us east coasters here are having a chuckle (what else can we do? we can't get work done while Claude is down... I'll be damned if I have to type in code letter by letter ever again!).

We all have a chuckle when AWS east is down.

Yikes man.

Just a healthy reminder that places outside of the USA exist.