Cloud as a library

Sam’s phrase is that “the whole cloud becomes a library.” Watch from 29:50.

Theo closes his talk with a related line about building your own AWS. Watch from 15:13. In the same talk, he says an extensible product can let users add features within a product area that the author did not predict. 14:37.

Sources: Sam Goodwin on Alchemy10 and AI Engineer World’s Fair 20267.

Sources

  1. Sam Goodwin - Alchemy - YouTube. Sam Goodwin. Cloud-as-library discussion; used for Sam's central phrase. Accessed 2026-10-01.
  2. Everything we knew about software has changed — Theo Browne, @t3dotgg ​ - YouTube. Theo Browne. Closing argument; used for Theo's related build-your-own-AWS framing. Accessed 2026-10-01.

Last changed 2026-10-07 in 0e2d656. Source on GitHub. Change log.

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    Cloud as a library — edited: feat(learn): teach cards 23 to 42 with plain lines, diagrams and snippets

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    Sam Goodwin’s argument sets the bar: the whole cloud becomes a library, limited by the accounts you have, and the type system should guarantee that the infrastructure is correct.

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    Cloud as a library — Sam Goodwin argues that cloud services can be consumed as libraries inside an application.

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    Cloud as a library — edited: feat(learn): teach cards 23 to 42 with plain lines, diagrams and snippets