

AWS Morning Brief
Corey Quinn
The latest in AWS news, sprinkled with snark. Posts about AWS come out over sixty times a day. We filter through it all to find the hidden gems, the community contributions--the stuff worth hearing about! Then we summarize it with snark and share it with you--minus the nonsense.
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Dec 19, 2022 • 5min
Screwing Up the Cloud Economics Math
Discussion on cloud providers and recent AWS updates, such as Google Cloud's developer experience, AWS Control Tower enhancements, and Launch Darkly's experience with Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

Dec 15, 2022 • 5min
Censoring Myself Out of Pure Self-Interest
Links:Infosys leaked FullAdminAccess AWS keys on PyPi for over a year.Rackspace has suffered a ransomware attack AWS Security Hub now integrates with AWS Control TowerAWS Verified Access Preview — VPN-less Secure Network Access to Corporate ApplicationsThe Open Source Security Index

Dec 14, 2022 • 7min
A Multi-Cloud Rant (Holiday Replay)
This episode was originally released on August 20, 2021.Want to give your ears a break and read this as an article? You’re looking for this link.https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/a_multicloud_rant/Want to watch a rant about Multi-Cloud? Watch our Multi-Cloud is a Terrible Idea YouTube Video here: https://youtu.be/Mlr7vioQqwgNever miss an episodeJoin the Last Week in AWS newsletterSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsHelp the showLeave a reviewShare your feedbackSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsBuy our merch https://store.lastweekinaws.comWhat's Corey up to?Follow Corey on Twitter (@quinnypig)See our recent work at the Duckbill GroupApply to work with Corey and the Duckbill Group to help lower your AWS bill

Dec 12, 2022 • 6min
The Dryer Ate the SOC
Links:Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) RegionsAWS CloudShell is now System and Organization Controls (SOC) compliantEmail delta cost usage report in a multi-account organization using AWS LambdaAWS re:Invent 2022 CEO Keynote through the Cloud Financial Management lensBuild a robust text-based toxicity predictor

Dec 7, 2022 • 6min
The Unfulfilled Promise of Serverless
Want to give your ears a break and read this as an article? You’re looking for this link.https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/The-Unfulfilled-Promise-of-Serverless/This episode was originally released on November 3, 2021. Never miss an episodeJoin the Last Week in AWS newsletterSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsHelp the showLeave a reviewShare your feedbackSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsBuy our merch https://store.lastweekinaws.comWhat's Corey up to?Follow Corey on Twitter (@quinnypig)See our recent work at the Duckbill GroupApply to work with Corey and the Duckbill Group to help lower your AWS bill

Dec 5, 2022 • 15min
re:Invent 2022 Retrospective: Releases & Opinions
Links:VPC Lattice -- network overlay.AWS Supply ChainAWS Application ComposerEventBridge pipesAmazon Security LakeAmazon OpenSearch ServerlessAmazon CodeCatalystAWS Wickr is now availableAWS Backup supports CloudFormation StacksAWS stimface weaver – space sim weaver… screw it. AWS SpiderBro it is.AWS launched a whole bunch of new EC2 instance types and sizes

Nov 30, 2022 • 4min
The Releases are Coming Fast and Furious Now
Links:Last Week in AWS Community SlackVPC LatticeAWS Supply ChainOpenSearch ServerlessAWS Verified AccessStay Up To Date with re:QuinnventSign up for the re:Quinnvent NewsletterCheck out the re:Quinnvent playlist on YouTubeIf you’re on site:Join Corey for a Nature Walk through the Expo Hall beginning at the Fortinet booth today (11/29/22) at 1pm PST or For drinks at Atomic Liquors tonight at 8:15 pm PST.Tomorrow evening is re:Play, if you see Corey there, please say hello!Help the showShare your feedbackSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsBuy our merchWhat's Corey up to?Follow Corey on Twitter (@quinnypig)See our recent work at the Duckbill GroupApply to work with Corey and the Duckbill Group to help lower your AWS bill

Nov 29, 2022 • 6min
The Releases of re:Invent are in Full Swing
Links:Last Week in AWS Community SlackAmazon ECS Service ConnectAmazon RDS Optimized Reads and WritesFully Managed Blue / Green Deployments in Aurora and RDSProtect Sensitive Data with CloudWatch LogsAmazon cloudWatch Cross-Account ObservabilityStay Up To Date with re:QuinnventSign up for the re:Quinnvent NewsletterCheck out the re:Quinnvent playlist on YouTubeIf you’re on site:Join Corey for a Nature Walk through the Expo Hall beginning at the Fortinet booth tomorrow (11/29/22) at 1pm PST or For drinks at Atomic Liquors tomorrow evening at 8:15 pm PST.Help the showShare your feedbackSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsBuy our merchWhat's Corey up to?Follow Corey on Twitter (@quinnypig)See our recent work at the Duckbill GroupApply to work with Corey and the Duckbill Group to help lower your AWS bill

Nov 28, 2022 • 7min
Pre:Invent Edition
Links:Tiered storage for MSKLambda telemetry APIResource Explorer LaunchedGP3 comes to RDSAmazon Time Sync is now available as a public NTP serviceZurich regionSpain RegionHyderabad RegionFaster glacier restoresmultiple MFA devicesFinchAWS Fault Isolation Boundaries whitepaperStay Up To Date with re:QuinnventSign up for the re:Quinnvent NewsletterCheck out the re:Quinnvent playlist on YouTubeHelp the showShare your feedbackSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsBuy our merchWhat's Corey up to?Follow Corey on Twitter (@quinnypig)See our recent work at the Duckbill GroupApply to work with Corey and the Duckbill Group to help lower your AWS bill

Nov 23, 2022 • 9min
The Feudal Lords of Amazon: AWS' Infinite Service Launches and Counterproductive Culture
Want to give your ears a break and read this as an article? You’re looking for this link.https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/the-feudal-lords-of-amazon/Want to watch the full dramatic reenactment of this podcast? Watch the YouTube Video here: https://youtu.be/g1guW6tiR50Never miss an episodeJoin the Last Week in AWS newsletterSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsHelp the showLeave a reviewShare your feedbackSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsBuy our merch https://store.lastweekinaws.comWhat's Corey up to?Follow Corey on Twitter (@quinnypig)See our recent work at the Duckbill GroupApply to work with Corey and the Duckbill Group to help lower your AWS bill


