AWS Morning Brief

AWS Morning Brief for the week of September 29th, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Links:You can now preview Amazon S3 Tables in the S3 consoleAWS Organizations supports full IAM policy language for service control policies (SCPs)Amazon Route 53 Resolver Query Logging now available in Asia Pacific (New Zealand)A guide to reducing waste and improving efficiency with AWSAmazon RDS announces cross-Region and cross-account snapshot copyAWS announces EC2 instance attestationHumane World for Animals uses AWS to scale global animal welfare programs deprecating its SOAP APIPrompt Library | AWS StartupsAWS named as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistants

AWS Morning Brief for the week of September 22nd, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Links:Qwen models are now available in Amazon BedrockAWS Budgets now supports custom time periodsAmazon CloudWatch launches Cross-Account and Cross-Region Log CentralizationAmazon S3 now supports conditional deletes in S3 general purpose bucketsNew fault action in AWS FIS to inject I/O latency on Amazon EBS volumesAWS has once again announced a change (in this case, changing the email address from which invoices show up), only to walk it back prior to implementation.Use Raspberry Pi 5 as Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes for edge workloadsMalware Protection for S3 Expands File Size and Archive Scanning LimitsAWS named as a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms and Container ManagementMigrate from Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet to Claude 4 Sonnet on Amazon Bedrock

AWS Morning Brief for the week of September 15th, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Links:Enforcing organization-wide Amazon S3 bucket-tagging policiesECS Exec is now available in the AWS Management ConsoleAWS Control Tower now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)Introducing AWS CDK Refactor (Preview)Accelerate serverless testing with LocalStack integration in VS Code IDEAWS WAF now includes free WAF Vended Logs based on request volumeAWS recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) with Amazon ConnectIntroducing universal installers for AWS CLI v2 on macOS

AWS Morning Brief for the week of September 8th, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon disrupts watering hole campaign by Russia’s APT29AWS IAM launches new VPC endpoint condition keys for network perimeter controlsRDS Data API now supports IPv6Now Open — AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) RegionAWS Resource Explorer is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) RegionProtect your Amazon Route 53 DNS zones and records Efficiently verify Amazon S3 data at scale with compute checksum operationAWS Elemental celebrates 10 years of innovationChoosing the right AWS live streaming solution for your use case

AWS Morning Brief for the week of September 2nd, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Links:How Ancestry optimizes a 100-billion-row Iceberg tableMastering Amazon Q Developer with Rules Bob’s Used Books: Build a .NET Serverless Application on AWS – Part 2: ArchitectureHow Amazon Finance built an AI assistant using Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Kendra to support analysts for data discovery and business insights Building Your Open Source Commercial Strategy with AWSHow to optimize Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora database costs/performance with AWS Compute OptimizerGracefully handle failed AWS Lambda events from Amazon DynamoDB StreamsAnnouncing the AWS Billing and Cost Management MCP serverAWS joins the DocumentDB project to build interoperable, open source document database technologyCount Tokens API supported for Anthropic’s Claude models now in Amazon Bedrock

AWS Morning Brief for the week of August 25th, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Links: AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool 'a wallet-wrecking tragedySQL injection vulnerability in the AWS Aurora DSQL MCP Server | by Michael Kandelaars | Aug, 2025 | MediumTop AWS chip engineer reportedly defects to ArmCopilot Broke Your Audit Log, but Microsoft Won’t Tell You - Pistachio Blog - Cybersecurity Awareness TrainingAWS blames bug for Kiro pricing glitch that drained developer limits | InfoWorldAmazon Cloud Chief: Replacing Junior Staff With AI Is 'Dumbest' Idea - Business InsiderAWS CEO says AI replacing junior staff is 'dumbest ideaHR giant Workday says hackers stole personal data in recent breach | TechCrunchAWS in 2025: The Stuff You Think You Know That’s Now Wrong free senior engineer level code reviews right in your IDECelebrating 10 years of Amazon Aurora innovationVibe code with AWS databases using Vercel v0Enhanced throttling observability in Amazon DynamoDBUnder the hood: how AWS Lambda SnapStart optimizes function startup latencyAWS Security Incident Response introduces integrations with ITSMAmazon Cognito adds terms of use and privacy policy documents support to Managed LoginAWS Billing and Cost Management now provides customizable DashboardsAWS Billing and Cost Management Console adds new recommended actionsAmazon VPC IPAM adds in-console CloudWatch alarm managementhttps://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings

AWS Morning Brief for the week of August 18th, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Links:a billion dollars in savings highlights why I'm wrongDemystifying Amazon Bedrock Pricing for a Chatbot AssistantImproving Your Visibility to AWS Sales: A Practical Guide for PartnersAnthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 in Amazon Bedrock Expanded Context WindowAmazon EC2 Single GPU P5 instances are now generally available Announcing Extended Support for Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) version 3.6CVE-2025-8904 - Issue with Amazon EMR Secret Agent componentAmazon DynamoDB now supports more frequent throughput mode updates from provisioned to on-demand capacity Validate radiology reports using Amazon NovaAmazon FSx for OpenZFS now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)AWS Resource Explorer now Supports Filtering for Multiple ValuesAWS IAM Identity Center introduces support for user background sessions with Amazon SageMaker Studio Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP now supports decreasing your SSD storage capacity AWS Security Incident Response now supports membership coverage for individual AWS organizational unitsUnderstanding AWS Savings Plan Recommendations: Payer vs. Linked Account Views 

AWS Morning Brief for the week of August 11th, 2025, with Corey Quinn.Links: AWS Cloud Visibility Best PracticesThis Ars articleAWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated by EU citizensAmazon killing a user’s accountMountpoint for Amazon S3 CSI driver v2: Accelerated performance and improved resource usage for Kubernetes workloadsStreamlining outbound emails with Amazon SES Mail ManagerAWS Lambda now supports GitHub Actions to simplify function deploymentAnthropic’s Claude Opus 4.1 now in Amazon BedrockAmazon CloudWatch introduces organization-wide VPC flow logs enablementUnderstanding and Remediating Cold Starts: An AWS Lambda PerspectiveAmazon SQS increases maximum message payload size to 1 MiBOpenAI open weight models now available on AWS Best practices for analyzing AWS Config recording frequenciesAmazon EKS adds safety control to prevent accidental cluster deletionAWS Console Mobile App now offers access to AWS SupportAmazon EC2 now supports force terminate for EC2 instances Amazon DynamoDB adds support for Console-to-CodeUsing generative AI for building AWS networksSimplify network connectivity using Tailscale with Amazon EKS Hybrid NodesCost tracking multi-tenant model inference on Amazon Bedrock

Discover the latest in AWS with updates on Amazon Aurora MySQL, now boasting 256 TiB storage! Dive into the new v2 of Powertools for AWS Lambda and learn how Amazon DocumentDB is going serverless. There's a humorous critique of AWS decisions as Lambda faces challenges with response payloads. Find out how AWS Lambda handles isolated tasks and some exciting changes like EC2's fractional GPUs. Plus, the episode highlights Amazon CloudFront's new features and discusses the quirky promotion of Malphas. Get ready for a blend of tech insights and laughs!

Explore the intriguing world of AWS innovations, including the launch of generative AI observability and the complexities of IPv6 support. Delve into the humorous contrasts between legacy systems and modern solutions. Discover the challenges AWS faces in managing public perceptions after security incidents and government data requests. Dive into the philosophical reflections on the unseen struggles of engineers in cloud technology, and hear about the implications of the CLOUD Act on data compliance—all wrapped in engaging commentary.