Learnings From A Lifelong Career in Open-Source with Amir Szekely

Amir Szekely, Owner at CloudSnorkel, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss how he got his start in the early days of cloud and his solo project, CloudSnorkel. Throughout this conversation, Corey and Amir discuss the importance of being pragmatic when moving to the cloud, and the different approaches they see in developers from the early days of cloud to now. Amir shares what motivates him to develop open-source projects, and why he finds fulfillment in fixing bugs and operating CloudSnorkel as a one-man show. 

About Amir

Amir Szekely is a cloud consultant specializing in deployment automation, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, and CI/CD. His background includes security, virtualization, and Windows development. Amir enjoys creating open-source projects like cdk-github-runners, cdk-turbo-layers, and NSIS.

Links Referenced:

• CloudSnorkel: https://cloudsnorkel.com/
• lasttootinaws.com: https://lasttootinaws.com
• camelcamelcamel.com: https://camelcamelcamel.com
• github.com/cloudsnorkel: https://github.com/cloudsnorkel
• Personal website: https://kichik.com