The AWS Developers Podcast

In this episode, Dave continues his chat with Danilo Poccia, Chief Evangelist, EMEA at Amazon Web Services. Amazon Web Services is focused on powering all operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025 and committed to achieving Amazon's goal of net-zero carbon by 2040. In this second part, Danilo shares specific guidance for developers around using storage and compute services, instance types, data retention, open-source libraries, and more to help maximize sustainability in their modern applications. You can listen to part one of this conversation in Episode 052. Danilo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danilop Danilo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpoccia/ Danilo’s Website: https://www.danilop.net/ [CODE] Rust – Rayon, Data-parallelism Library: https://docs.rs/rayon/latest/rayon/ [CODE] Rust – Tokio, Async runtime for Rust: https://tokio.rs/ [GIT] Firecracker - Secure and Fast microVMs for Serverless: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker [GIT] simdjson Library – Fast Parsing of Files in JSON: https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson [PORTAL] AWS Bottlerocket - Linux-based OS Purpose-built to Run Containers https://aws.amazon.com/bottlerocket/ [PORTAL] AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool: https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-customer-carbon-footprint-tool/ [PORTAL] AWS Graviton Processor: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/graviton/ [PORTAL] AWS Inferentia - High Performance ML Inference Chip: https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/inferentia/ [PORTAL] Sustainability at AWS and Across Amazon: https://aws.amazon.com/sustainability [PORTAL] Sustainability Resources: https://aws.amazon.com/sustainability/resources [PORTAL] Sustainability in the Cloud: https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/the-cloud [YOUTUBE] AWS re:Invent 2021 - Architecting for Sustainability: https://youtu.be/3-Zq2W1-odU [YOUTUBE] AWS re:Invent 2021 - Sustainability in AWS Global Infrastructure: https://youtu.be/Dmz45WhXENs 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

In this episode, Dave chats with Danilo Poccia, Chief Evangelist, EMEA at Amazon Web Services. Danilo shares his journey from online trainer, solutions architect, to the Chief Evangelist at AWS for EMEA. Amazon Web Services is focused on powering all operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025 and committed to achieving Amazon's goal of net-zero carbon by 2040. Danilo shares what this initiative means from a developer perspective, including specific advice across AWS services, and the importance of observability to understand the sustainability of your own modern applications. Danilo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danilop Danilo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpoccia/ Danilo’s Website: https://www.danilop.net/ [PORTAL] Sustainability at AWS and Across Amazon: https://aws.amazon.com/sustainability [PORTAL] Sustainability Resources: https://aws.amazon.com/sustainability/resources [PORTAL] Sustainability in the Cloud: https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/the-cloud [YOUTUBE] AWS re:Invent 2021 - Architecting for Sustainability: https://youtu.be/3-Zq2W1-odU [YOUTUBE] AWS re:Invent 2021 - Sustainability in AWS Global Infrastructure: https://youtu.be/Dmz45WhXENs 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

In part two, Dave and Emily continue their conversation with Ali Spittel, head of developer advocacy for AWS Amplify at Amazon. Ali covers the general availability release of Amplify Studio, the history behind the service, and how it can help designer and developers work better together. She also discusses the role of developer advocacy, social media, and the trio shares some of the history behind early developer relations. As part of this conversation, Ali announced the AWS Amplify Hackathon running the entire month of September and giving developers a chance to win both cash prizes and AWS swag! If you missed it, you can listen to part one of this conversation in Episode 050. Ali on Twitter: twitter.com/ASpittel Emily on Twitter: twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: twitter.com/thedavedev [HACKATHON] AWS Amplify Hackathon - running September 1st-30th, 2022 - Win up to $1000, and AWS Free Credits! https://bit.ly/amplifyhackathon [PODCAST] Ali's Ladybug Podcast: https://www.ladybug.dev [PODCAST] AWS Developers Podcast - Episode 030 - AWS Amplify Hosting with Nikhil Swaminathan: https://soundcloud.com/awsdevelopers/episode-030-aws-amplify-hosting-with-nikhil-swaminathan [PODCAST] AWS Developers Podcast - Episode 026 - AWS AppSync with Brice Pelle: https://soundcloud.com/awsdevelopers/episode-026-aws-appsync-with-brice-pelle PODCAST] AWS Developers Podcast - Episode 020 - AWS Amplify Geo with Harshita Daddala: https://soundcloud.com/awsdevelopers/episode-020-aws-amplify-geo-with-harshita-daddala AWS Amplify on Twitter: https://twitter.com/awsamplify AWS Amplify on Github: https://github.com/aws-amplify AWS Amplify: 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

In this episode Emily and Dave catch up with Ali Spittel, head of developer advocacy for AWS Amplify at Amazon. Ali covers the general availability release of Amplify Studio, the history behind the service, and how it is helping designer and developers work better together. She also covers how the Amplify team works directly with the community to shape the product, and announces the AWS Amplify Hackathon. This hackathon will be running the entire month of September and giving developers a chance to win both cash prizes and AWS swag! Ali on Twitter: twitter.com/ASpittel Emily on Twitter: twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: twitter.com/thedavedev [HACKATHON] AWS Amplify Hackathon - running September 1st-30th, 2022 - Win up to $1000, and AWS Free Credits! https://bit.ly/amplifyhackathon [PODCAST] Ali's Ladybug Podcast: https://www.ladybug.dev [PODCAST] AWS Developers Podcast - Episode 030 - AWS Amplify Hosting with Nikhil Swaminathan: https://soundcloud.com/awsdevelopers/episode-030-aws-amplify-hosting-with-nikhil-swaminathan [PODCAST] AWS Developers Podcast - Episode 026 - AWS AppSync with Brice Pelle: https://soundcloud.com/awsdevelopers/episode-026-aws-appsync-with-brice-pelle PODCAST] AWS Developers Podcast - Episode 020 - AWS Amplify Geo with Harshita Daddala: https://soundcloud.com/awsdevelopers/episode-020-aws-amplify-geo-with-harshita-daddala AWS Amplify on Twitter: https://twitter.com/awsamplify AWS Amplify on Github: https://github.com/aws-amplify AWS Amplify: 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

In this episode, Dave and Emily chat with Linda Haviv, a Developer Advocate at Amazon Web Services. Linda has a large social media following on both TikTok and Instagram, where she covers numerous AWS and cloud concepts, offers advice to people looking to start a cloud career, and highlights many other members of the developer community. Linda shares her journey from being a full-time journalist, how she found a love a tech, and the decision she made to start a developer career. She offers plenty of advice to new developers ramping up, the importance of meetups and community, as well as tips for passing AWS certifications. Linda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindavivah Linda on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lindavivah Linda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindavivah/ Linda’s Medium: https://medium.com/@LindaVivah Linda’s Website: https://lindavivah.com/ Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev [BLOG] What is AWS in 60 secs: https://medium.com/@LindaVivah/what-is-aws-in-60-seconds-ec88edaa750c [BLOG] Linda’s Working from Home Setup: https://lindavivah.com/my%20wfh%20setup [BLOG] Six Years Later: Was Flatiron School Worth It for Linda https://www.coursereport.com/blog/six-years-later-was-flatiron-school-worth-it-for-linda Credits - Frozen 2 - Into the Unknown Clip – Performed by Peter Hollens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpC9r3TspCI 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

In this episode, Dave and Emily chat with Troy Ameigh, Sr. Partner Solutions Architect, and Dave May, Partner Solutions Architect who both work on the Integration and Automation Team at AWS (I&A). The AWS I&A team is responsible for building Quik Starts, which are automated reference deployments using AWS Services. These Quick Starts help customers deploy popular technologies on AWS according to AWS best practices and can reduce deployments from hundreds of manual procedures to just a few steps. Troy on GitHub: https://github.com/troy-ameigh Troy on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/troy-ameigh Dave on GitHub: https://github.com/davmayd Dave on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maydave/ [BLOG] AWS I&A Team Blog - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/infrastructure-and-automation [CONTACT] Email - quickstart@amazon.com [DOCS] I&A Team Terraform Standards - https://aws-ia.github.io/standards-terraform/ [DOCS] AWS Quick Start Catalog - https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart [DOCS] AWS Quick Start FAQ - https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/faq [DOCS] AWS Quick Start Contributor’s Guide - https://aws-quickstart.github.io [DOCS] AWS Quick Start Self-Paced Workshop - https://workshop.quickstart.awspartner.com [GIT] AWS Quick Starts - https://github.com/aws-quickstart [GIT] AWS I&A Team - https://github.com/aws-ia [TECH HISTORY] VAX: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX [TOOLS] TaskCat testing tool - http://taskcat.io 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

In this episode, Emily and Dave chat with Cobus Bernard, Sr Developer Advocate, Technical Experience at AWS. Cobus talks about his experience moving from Africa to the United States, the tech scene in Africa, and what it was like working in developer relations with such a diverse geography. Cobus then dives into an introduction to using Terraform on AWS, understanding HCL and modules, and shares some of the gotchas developers might run into. Cobus on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cobusbernard Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev Cobus YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/cobus-youtube Cobus Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/cobusbernard [BLOG] Terraform: Beyond the Basics with AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/terraform-beyond-the-basics-with-aws/ [DOCS] Terraform Documentation: https://www.terraform.io/language [DOCS] Getting Started with Terraform on AWS: https://learn.hashicorp.com/collections/terraform/aws-get-started [IMAGE] Not Darko Not Cobus Meme: https://ibb.co/GPr5kSD [YOUTUBE] Getting Started with Terraform on AWS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZirQnwfCHo&ab_channel=CobusBernard [YOUTUBE] DevBeardOps - Terraform with Kerim Satirli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxABeguq2kU&ab_channel=CobusBernard 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

Francesco Pochetti, Senior Machine Language Engineer at Bolt, dives deep into ML tools on AWS, such as NVIDIA Triton and TensorRT, improving processing time for Computer Vision. He also covers Amazon SageMaker, deploying ML models using Docker, and the importance of understanding the business problem when developing a machine learning model.

Francesco Pochetti, Senior Machine Language Engineer at Bolt and an AWS Machine Learning Hero, discusses his transition from chemist to computer vision engineer, the value of diverse learning in machine learning, and challenges of computer vision on AWS such as face matching and OCR. They also cover topics like network bandwidth challenges, deploying models on SageMaker, optimizing neural networks, and face blurring for privacy.

In part two, Dave and Emily continue their chat with Matty Stratton. If you missed it, please listen to part one of this conversation in Episode 043. Matt is a Staff Developer Advocate at Pulumi, founder and co-host of the popular Arrested DevOps podcast, and the global chair of the DevOpsDays set of conferences. He is a well-known international speaker and brings over 20 years of IT Operations experience. Matt recants the early days of DevOps, shares more tech history, and offers an exciting look at what is yet to come for the industry. Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattstratton Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev Matt’s Website: https://matty.wtf/ Matt’s Podcast – Arrested DevOps: https://www.arresteddevops.com Matt on Twitch – DevOps Party Games: https://www.twitch.tv/devopspartygames Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattstratton/ Matt’s Presentations and Upcoming Speaking Events: https://speaking.mattstratton.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