In this episode, Emily and Dave chat with Darko Mesaros, Senior Developer Advocate at Amazon Web Services. In part one of this two-part series, Darko talks about growing up in Serbia, his journey to the cloud, his love of vintage computers, and the power of coding within limited hardware constraints. Darko on Twitter: twitter.com/darkosubotica Emily on Twitter: twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: twitter.com/thedavedev Darko on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darko-mesaro%C5%A1-02b66622/ Darko’s Website: https://www.rup12.net/ Darko on GitHub: https://github.com/darko-mesaros Darko on Getting Started with AWS CLI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gg0AyLhEHM Darko on Getting and restoring a Sun Ultra 1 Workstation: https://www.rup12.net/posts/2021/adventures-with-sun-ultra-1-workstation/ Lolcats – rainbow output in terminal: https://www.tecmint.com/lolcat-command-to-output-rainbow-of-colors-in-linux-terminal/ Simple PlainText Presentation Tool: https://tools.suckless.org/sent/ Arch Linux: https://archlinux.org/ Zshell: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/ VIM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor) Atari 2600: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600 Commodore C64c: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64#Commodore_64C Hayes Command Sets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_command_set Hayes Smart Modem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_Microcomputer_Products#The_Smartmodem AWS CLI: https://aws.amazon.com/cli/ AWS Cloud Development Kit: https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/ AWS Cloud Formation: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/ AWS SDK - Multiple Programming Languages: https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/tools-sdks/ Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss

In this episode, Dave continues his chat with Luca Bianchi, Chief Technology Officer at Neosperience and WizKey. Luca covers his career in Machine Learning, an overview of Machine Learning on AWS, Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Comprehend, Amazon Sagemaker, and AWS Glue. Luca also discusses current 2022 ML trends including Transformers, and Edge Computing. Luca on Twitter: twitter.com/bianchiluca Dave on Twitter: twitter.com/thedavedev Luca on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lucabianchipavia/ Luca on Medium: medium.com/@aletheia Amazon Rekognition: aws.amazon.com/rekognition/ Amazon Comprehend: aws.amazon.com/comprehend/ Amazon Sagemaker: aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/ AWS Glue: aws.amazon.com/glue Towards Data Science: towardsdatascience.com/ Clean or Dirty HVAC? Using Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels to Automate Detection: bit.ly/3rvpNDJ Building a Neural Network on Amazon SageMaker with PyTorch Lightning: bit.ly/3xAmxLc ---------------------------------------------- Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss

In this episode, Dave chats with Luca Bianchi, Chief Technology Officer at Neosperience and WizKey. Luca covers his career in Machine Learning, an overview of Machine Learning on AWS, Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Comprehend, Amazon Sagemaker, and AWS Glue. Luca also discusses Edge ML and what can be achieved using commodity hardware. Luca on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bianchiluca Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev Luca on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucabianchipavia/ Luca on Medium: https://medium.com/@aletheia Amazon Rekognition: https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/ Amazon Comprehend: https://aws.amazon.com/comprehend/ Amazon Sagemaker: https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/ AWS Glue: https://aws.amazon.com/glue Towards Data Science: https://towardsdatascience.com/ Clean or Dirty HVAC? Using Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels to Automate Detection: https://bit.ly/3rvpNDJ Building a Neural Network on Amazon SageMaker with PyTorch Lightning: https://bit.ly/3xAmxLc Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss

In this episode, Dave chats with Sebastian Korfmann, Tech Lead for CDK for Terraform at Hashicorp. Sebastian gives an overview of what CDK for Terraform (CDKTF) is, how developers can get started, what unit testing looks like, success stories of customers using CDKTF today, and the CDKTF team’s future plans. Sebastian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skorfmann Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev CDK for Terraform project on git: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk CDK Weekly Newsletter: https://www.cdkweekly.com/ Introduction to CDK for Terraform: https://terraform.io/cdktf Build AWS Infrastructure with CDK for Terraform: https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/cdktf-build CDK for Terraform in Production: Learning from Pocket: https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/cdk-for-terraform-in-production-learning-from-pocket CDK for Terraform with Python and its Operational Experience at ShopStyle: https://www.hashicorp.com/resources/cdk-for-terraform-with-python-and-its-operational-experience-at-shopstyle Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss

In this episode, Dave chats with Nader Dabit, Developer Relations Engineer at Edge & Node. In his career, Nader has worn the hats of a web developer, mobile developer, AWS cloud developer, and now Web3 developer. Nader is the author behind many of the popular, free, developer guides for the Web3 space including: The Complete Guide to Full Stack Web3 Development, The Complete Guide to Full Stack Ethereum Development, and The Complete Guide to Full Stack Solana Development. In part two of this two-part conversation, Nader explains the developer lessons he has learned moving from Web2 vs Web3, some of the misconceptions about Web3, and what Web3 can bring to people around the world. Note: This episode is an attempt to cover the developer benefits of Web3. It does not represent financial advice, or any specific Amazon endorsement of Bitcoin and Crypto Currencies. Nader on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dabit3 Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev Nader’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naderdabit/ Nader’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/naderdabit Nader on Dev.to: https://dev.to/dabit3 Nader’s Git: https://github.com/dabit3 Developer DAO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/developer_dao The Complete Guide to Full Stack Web3 Development: https://dev.to/dabit3/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-web3-development-4g74 The Complete Guide to Full Stack Solana Development with React, Anchor, Rust, and Phantom: https://dev.to/edge-and-node/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-solana-development-with-react-anchor-rust-and-phantom-3291 The Complete Guide to Full Stack Ethereum Development: https://dev.to/dabit3/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-ethereum-development-3j13 Building GraphQL APIs on Ethereum: https://dev.to/edge-and-node/building-graphql-apis-on-ethereum-4poa Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss

In this episode, Dave chats with Nader Dabit, Developer Relations Engineer at Edge & Node. In his career, Nader has worn the hats of a web developer, mobile developer, AWS cloud developer, and now Web3 developer. Nader is the author behind many of the popular, free, developer guides for the Web3 space including: The Complete Guide to Full Stack Web3 Development, The Complete Guide to Full Stack Ethereum Development, and The Complete Guide to Full Stack Solana Development. In part one of this two-part conversation, Nader shares getting started with a full-time career as a developer coming from almost no technical background. He then covers the vision of what Web3 is, and regardless of your exposure to blockchain, how Web3 will ultimately benefit everyone. Note: This episode is an attempt to cover the developer benefits of Web3. It does not represent financial advice, or any specific Amazon endorsement of Bitcoin and Crypto Currencies. Nader on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dabit3 Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev Nader’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naderdabit/ Nader’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/naderdabit Nader on Dev.to: https://dev.to/dabit3 Nader’s Git: https://github.com/dabit3 Developer DAO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/developer_dao The Complete Guide to Full Stack Web3 Development: https://dev.to/dabit3/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-web3-development-4g74 The Complete Guide to Full Stack Solana Development: https://dev.to/edge-and-node/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-solana-development-with-react-anchor-rust-and-phantom-3291 The Complete Guide to Full Stack Ethereum Development: https://dev.to/dabit3/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-ethereum-development-3j13 Building GraphQL APIs on Ethereum: https://dev.to/edge-and-node/building-graphql-apis-on-ethereum-4poa Graph Day Keynote by Yaniv Tal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZcbWkrTMtg ------------------ Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss

In this episode, Dave and Emily chat with Matthew Bonig, Senior Cloud Architect at Defiance Digital. Matthew is an AWS DevTools Hero, one of the authors of the CDK Book, and a contributing member of the developer community. Matthew chats about his journey to the cloud, and shares his insights into building your own automated workflow orchestration using AWS Step Functions, Workflow Studio, and the CDK. Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattbonig Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev Matthew on Github: https://github.com/mbonig Matthew’s Website: https://matthewbonig.com/ CDK.dev Slack Channel: https://cdk.dev/ The Open Construct Foundation: https://www.openconstructfoundation.org/ The CDK Book: https://thecdkbook.com/ Developing Step Functions with the AWS CDK: https://matthewbonig.com/2022/02/19/step-functions-and-the-cdk/ AWS Step Functions Workflow Studio: https://go.aws/3vUXpOx Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss

In this episode, Dave chats with Nikhil Swaminathan, Sr. Manager, Product Management at AWS Amplify, to discuss AWS Amplify Hosting. AWS Amplify Hosting is a fully managed CI/CD and hosting service for fast, secure, and reliable static and server-side rendered apps that scale. It supports many modern web frameworks including React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, Gatsby, Hugo, Jekyll, and more. Nikhil covers how AWS Amplify Hosting can help developers, how to get started, and examples of how customers are using it today. Nikhil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theswaminator Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev AWS Amplify Hosting: https://go.aws/3sJXouA AWS Amplify on Twitter: https://twitter.com/awsamplify AWS Amplify Documentation: https://docs.amplify.aws Amplify Discord Server: https://discord.gg/amplify Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss

In this episode, Emily and Dave chat with Matt Coulter, Senior Architect at Liberty IT. Matt is a well-known helper and educator in the Cloud Development Kit (CDK) developer community. In addition to his work at Liberty IT, Matt is also an AWS DevTools Hero, and organizer of many community events. Matt shares his journey to the cloud, building CDK Patterns, writing the new CDK Book, and offers insights into deploying CDK within a large company. There may be some special announcements around the next CDK Day as well! Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NIDeveloper Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nideveloper/ Matt’s Blog: https://www.matt-coulter.com/ CDK Patterns: https://www.cdkpatterns.com/ CDK Day: https://www.cdkday.com/ The CDK Book: https://thecdkbook.com/ Panel discussion on Serverless First at Liberty IT: https://www.liberty-it.co.uk/stories/articles/tomorrow-talks-how-build-serverless-first-developer-experience Liberty IT Case Study on AWS Architecture Blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/liberty-it-adopts-serverless-best-practices-using-aws-cdk/ Liberty IT Case Study on AWS Open-Source Blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/the-cdk-patterns-open-source-journey/ Official Liberty Mutual case study on AWS Solutions Site: https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/liberty-mutual-case-study/ Video of Werner Talking about CDK Patterns https://youtu.be/AYYTrDaEwLs Case Study of Matt and Receiving the Now Go Build Award https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/liberty-mutual-2021-reinvent-video/ How AWS CDK Released this Architect from the Ivory Tower: https://www.matt-coulter.com/blog/post/2 Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss

In this episode, Dave continues his conversation with Julian Wood, Senior Developer Advocate for AWS Serverless. In part two of this two-part series, Julian digs into real world serverless, lessons learned, AWS services to think about, event-driven computing, recent serverless launches, and tips for serverless development with local environments. Julian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/julian_wood Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev Julian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianrwood/ Julian’s Website: http://www.wooditwork.com/ Best Practices of Advanced Serverless Developers – Julian’s recent re:Invent 2021 Talk: https://bit.ly/3JGiSyt Innovator Island Lab - Deploy a Completely Serverless Web App: https://bit.ly/3rXJF3e Accelerating Serverless Development with AWS SAM Accelerate: https://go.aws/3I0YZS2 CDK Construct Library to Run a Serverless Valheim Server: https://bit.ly/3BrLnwK AWS Step Functions – Visual Workflows for Modern apps: https://go.aws/3BwqFf3 Serverless on AWS: https://go.aws/3HJAR6w Serverless Land – News on all things AWS Serverless - https://serverlessland.com/ Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss