Everyone is talking about AWS Infinidash, but it doesn’t exist

Fake AWS service has led to new job postings, a textbook and more

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A recent online post fromTwiliodeveloper educator Joe Nash about a newAWSservice has led some companies to update their job requirements.

In histweet, Nash argued that if he and other developers mentioned a new AWS product on social media, some companies would add it to their job ads, saying:

“I am convinced that a small and dedicated group of twitter devs could tweet hot takes about a completely made up AWS product, idk AWS Infinidash or something, and it would appear as a requirement on job specs within a week.”

While there are currently more than200 AWS services, Infinidash isn’t one of them as it is an entirely made up product. However, in just a few short days, Nash’s theory was proven correct.

Infinidash developers wanted

Just three days after Nash’s tweet, the encrypted messaging appSignalposted a job ad for a server engineer that required Infinidash experience. The ad also said that experience with theopen source softwareOpenDash was also acceptable as Infinidash had already been forked.

Signal’s job ad required applicants to have “considerable time spent” working with Infinidash despite the fact that the fake AWS product was only recently released. For those unfamiliar, this is a nod to a job ad fromIBMposted last year that required job applicants to have twelve years of experience working withKubernetesalthough the project launched in 2014.

The AWS Infinidash joke continued when a fake textbook titled “Advanced Infinidash: The Definitive Guide” that mimicked the look of similar textbooks from O’Reilly appeared online.

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AsThe Registerwas interested to get to the bottom of Nash’s Infinidash post, the news outlet spoke with the developer who said he created it as a reaction toGitHub’s Copilot servicewhich is a “vaguely named blackbox technology, available on a limited basis to a small number of people” that most developers will only get to see through posts from developer influencers online.

ViaThe Register

After working with the TechRadar Pro team for the last several years, Anthony is now the security and networking editor at Tom’s Guide where he covers everything from data breaches and ransomware gangs to the best way to cover your whole home or business with Wi-Fi. When not writing, you can find him tinkering with PCs and game consoles, managing cables and upgrading his smart home.

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