Since the article was almost content-free I not would use it on either side of the argument. The only thing I pulled from it was Amazon changed databases and hit the learning curve. That will happen in either direction.
I agree but this is the key:
"Savepoints are an important database tool for tracking and recovering individual transactions. On Prime Day, an excessive number of savepoints was created, and Amazon's Aurora software wasn't able to handle the pressure, slowing down the overall database performance, the report said."