Hyperscalers' 2015-Era Architecture Creates Structural Risks

A developer's investigation into recurring failures across major cloud providers reveals a pattern of architectural drift—including identity, state, and execution drift—that leads to vendor lock-in and systemic fragility. The article argues that hyperscalers like Microsoft, AWS, Google, and Meta are building on fragmented substrates that haven't evolved since 2015, creating dependencies at national and international scale. This structural issue poses risks for critical infrastructure, especially during global stress events, and raises sovereignty concerns beyond mere political slogans.