Another update from Amazon: "9:55 PM PDT We have identified the issue and are currently working to bring effected instances and volumes in the impacted Availability Zone back online. We continue to see increased API error rates and latencies in the US-East-1 Region." Been thinking that maybe most startups are seeing that cloud computing is the most reliable way to go, but today I'm reconsidering having another type of backup server. Just hope there is no data loss in the apps.

I think also that if you are not a tech founder, you should learn this stuff. Not in a complex way to be the best engineer, instead to understand the concepts, so you can work with other developers and know what to ask for.