Season 4, Episode 7 Maps, Stacks, And AI Tracks LogiCast AWS News podcast

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In Season 4, Episode 17 Karl & Jon are joined by Community Builder and User Group Lead, Damien Jones .They discuss AWS Advanced Payment Option, Amazon Redshift Discounted Pricing, Prompt Optimization in Amazon Bedrock, AWS Well-Architected Generative AI Lens, AWS SkillBuilder Trivia and then the guys joked about Jon's cat being deeply unimpressed with his AWS summit presentation practice, suggesting the audience might have a similar reaction. 07:25 - AWS now allows customers in Europe to pay For their usage in advance AWS now allows customers in Europe to pay for their usage in advance. This option doesn't offer discounts but allows customers to prepay their AWS bills. The hosts discussed potential use cases, such as for businesses with seasonal usage patterns or those wanting to simplify their finance processes. 15:07 - Announcing Serverless Reservations, a new discounted pricing option for Amazon Redshift Serverless Amazon Redshift now offers a new discounted pricing option for service reservations. This applies to Redshift Serverless and provides cost savings for customers who can commit to longer-term usage. The hosts discussed how this could make Redshift Serverless more viable for production use cases. 23:30 - Prompt Optimization in Amazon Bedrock now generally available Amazon Bedrock's prompt optimization feature is now generally available. This tool helps users create more efficient prompts for AI models, potentially reducing costs by minimizing token usage. The hosts discussed the importance of effective prompt engineering in AI applications. 31:41 - Announcing the AWS Well-Architected Generative AI Lens AWS announced a new Well-Architected Lens focusing on generative AI. This lens provides guidance for designing and implementing generative AI solutions using AWS best practices. The hosts expressed surprise that this hadn't been introduced earlier, given the growing importance of AI in cloud computing. 37:49 - Game on: Introducing AWS Skill Builder Trivia AWS introduced a new gamified learning tool called SkillBuilder Trivia. This free feature allows users to create and participate in trivia sessions using AWS-related questions. The hosts discussed its potential use in user group meetings and as a team-building tool for organizations adopting AWS.…

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Season 4 Episode 16: Apex Domains, Backup Testing, and Cloud Sustainability 45:41

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In Season 4, Episode 16 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Hero, Sathyajith Bhat. They discuss Amazon CloudFront Anycast static IPs for Apex domains, AWS simplifying VPC peering billing, AWS Backup restore testing, sustainability challenges with AI and hyperscale data centers, CMA probe into cloud provider dominance and licensing costs and the guys went off on a tangent about the carbon footprint of generating AI action figure dolls. 08:53 - Amazon CloudFront now supports Anycast static IPs for Apex domains This new feature allows users to point their Apex (naked) domains directly to CloudFront without using CNAME flattening or alias records. It simplifies DNS configuration and reduces the number of IPs needed for allowlisting. The feature is particularly useful for organizations still using basic DNS providers and those requiring IP whitelisting for CDNs. 15:08 - AWS simplifies VPC peering billing AWS has made changes to simplify billing for VPC peering by separating inter-availability zone data transfer charges from VPC-to-VPC traffic. This change makes it easier for customers to understand their costs related to VPC peering and inter-AZ data transfer. While it doesn't affect the actual charges, it provides more clarity in billing statements. 21:22 - AWS Backup restore testing and its importance AWS Backup now offers automated restore testing, allowing users to validate their backups regularly. This feature is crucial for ensuring data recoverability and meeting various compliance standards. The article emphasizes the importance of testing backups and provides insights into how the restore testing process works within AWS Backup. 31:04 - Sustainability challenges with AI and hyperscale data centers The article discusses the growing concern over the massive energy consumption of AI and hyperscale data centers. It highlights the conflict between tech companies' sustainability pledges and the increasing power demands of AI workloads. The discussion touches on various potential solutions, including nuclear power and carbon capture technologies, while acknowledging the complexity of the issue. 40:04 - CMA probe into cloud provider dominance and licensing costs The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the dominance of major cloud providers. AWS and Google are claiming that Microsoft's licensing practices for running Windows servers on their clouds are unfair. The article discusses AWS's claim that 50% of Azure workloads would move to other clouds if licensing costs were more favorable, though this claim is met with skepticism by the podcast participants.…

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Season 4 Episode 15: Models, Money, and Monitoring 42:38

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In Season 4, Episode 15 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder and core member of the Armenia UG*, Tigran Gevorgyan . They discuss Meta's Llama 4 models on Amazon SageMaker, prompting for best price performance with AWS AI models, patched vulnerability in the Amazon EC2 SSM agent, using OpenSearch and Managed Grafana for telemetry data correlation, updates to the AWS Well-Architected Framework and then the guys started discussing the merits of different sports teams' merchandise, completely forgetting they were supposed to be talking about AWS news. 09:02 - Meta's Llama 4 models on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart The article discusses the availability of Meta's Llama 4 models on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. The speakers highlight the importance of model naming conventions and note that SageMaker is getting new models, which is significant given the recent focus on Bedrock. They discuss the differences between Bedrock and SageMaker, with SageMaker offering more control and customization options. 15:26 - Prompting for best price performance with AWS AI models This article from the AWS Machine Learning blog focuses on optimizing price performance through efficient prompting. The discussion compares the costs of OpenAI's GPT models with Amazon's Nova models, highlighting potential cost savings. The speakers also touch on the differences in prompting techniques between the two systems and the potential challenges of transitioning from GPT to Nova. 22:37 - Amazon EC2 SSM agent vulnerability patched The article discusses a recently patched vulnerability in the Amazon EC2 SSM agent. The speakers explain the nature of the vulnerability, which involved privilege escalation via path traversal. They emphasize the importance of keeping systems updated and note that while the vulnerability required multiple steps to exploit, it's crucial to address such issues promptly. 28:29 - Correlating telemetry data with Amazon OpenSearch Service and Amazon Managed Grafana This article from the AWS Big Data blog discusses using OpenSearch and Managed Grafana for telemetry data correlation. The speakers debate the complexity and cost of this solution, particularly for Kubernetes environments. They suggest considering alternatives like AWS X-Ray or Datadog, depending on specific needs and budget constraints. 34:53 - New guidance in AWS Well-Architected Tool The podcast discusses recent updates to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, including 78 new best practices. The speakers emphasize the importance of staying updated with these best practices and encourage solution architects and DevOps professionals to utilize this resource. They also criticize the pricing structure of the Well-Architected Tool, which is tied to AWS support subscription levels. *AWS Armenia user group ( https://www.linkedin.com/company/aws-user-group-armenia/ ), and community day ( https://aws-community-day.am/ )…

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Season 4 Episode 14: Monitoring, Guardrails, and Open Source 42:43

24 days ago42:43

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In Season 4, Episode 14 Karl & Jon are joined by Tangara Aymen . They discuss Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals, AWS Step Functions SDK Expanded Integrations, Amazon Bedrock Guardrails Image Content Filters, Australian Fintech Data Leak, AWS Commitment to Open Source and then the guys joked about writing horror films called "Attack of the Leaky Buckets" and "Attack of the Bad Internet" after experiencing connectivity issues during the podcast. 04:25 - Monitor service dependencies with Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals SLOs CloudWatch is getting more features, including application signals for monitoring service dependencies and Service Level Objectives (SLOs). This allows for more precise tracking of performance at the individual request level, improved error budgeting, and cross-account observability. The functionality is becoming comparable to third-party monitoring tools like Datadog or New Relic. 13:27 - AWS Step Functions expands SDK integrations with Amazon Backup Search and 137 additional APIs AWS has added 137 new API integrations to Step Functions, including Amazon Backup Search. This allows for easier orchestration of backup discovery and management without writing additional code. While it expands capabilities, it may make Step Functions less testable due to the complexity of testing around these integrations. 20:35 - Amazon Bedrock Guardrails announces the general availability of industry-leading image content filters Bedrock Guardrails has released generally available image content filters to detect and block harmful content. This can be useful for protecting sensitive audiences and reducing the need for manual content moderation. However, there are concerns about potential over-blocking of legitimate content. 28:52 - 27,000 records in Australian fintech database were exposed An Australian fintech company exposed approximately 27,000 records due to an unsecured S3 bucket. This highlights the ongoing issue of "leaky buckets" and the importance of proper security measures and monitoring for cloud storage. 33:06 - AWS Cloud Credits for Open Source Projects: Affirming Our Commitment AWS has reaffirmed its commitment to open source projects by offering cloud credits, including $3 million annually to the Kubernetes project. While the credits are beneficial, there was discussion about whether direct financial support would be more valuable for open source communities.…

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Season 4 Episode 13: Simulating Failures, Scanning Resources, and Securing Secrets 35:19

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In Season 4, Episode 13 Karl & Jon are joined by Sam Waweru They discuss Amazon Application Recovery Controller's new AWS FIS recovery action, AWS CloudFormation's targeted resource scans, Secrets Management, AWS's detailed geographic information, S3 bucket data leak and then the guys joked about Jon's ever-changing office furniture, wondering if he'd finally settle on a therapist's couch given how often he needs therapy after recording the podcast. 03:11 - Amazon Application Recovery Controller announces AWS FIS recovery action for zonal autoshift This new feature allows users to simulate the loss of an AWS availability zone, helping to validate multi-AZ architectures and disaster recovery plans. It's particularly useful for industries like finance and healthcare that require rigorous testing of failover scenarios. The feature can help identify overlooked issues in complex environments with multiple microservices. 09:43 - AWS CloudFormation now supports targeted resource scans in the IaC generator This update to the IAC generator allows users to specify which types of resources they want to include in their CloudFormation templates. This makes the tool more viable for real-world use, as it reduces the amount of unnecessary resources included in the generated templates. The feature is particularly useful for those working within the AWS ecosystem, though it may not sway users away from other tools like Terraform. 15:38 - Why Secrets Management Should Be A Central Pillar Of Cloud Security The article discusses the importance of proper secrets management in cloud security. It covers common ways secrets are exposed, such as hardcoded credentials and misconfigured cloud storage. The piece also outlines best practices, including centralizing secret storage, implementing least privilege access, and automated secret rotation. The discussion highlighted the ongoing challenges of secrets management and access control in cloud environments. 23:50 - Detailed geographic information for all AWS Regions and Availability Zones is now available AWS has released more explicit information about the geographic locations of its regions and availability zones. While much of this information could be inferred before, it's now clearly stated, potentially to appease regulators. The information includes specific countries and cities for regions and edge locations, which can help organizations select locations to reduce latency and meet compliance requirements. 29:52 - Juicy customer data’ leaked from Nine The article reports on a data leak from a misconfigured S3 bucket, exposing customer names, addresses, and contact information. While the leaked data wasn't as "juicy" as the headline suggested, it highlights the ongoing issue of misconfigured cloud storage. The incident emphasizes the importance of proper access controls, regular audits, and careful management of third-party contractors who may have access to sensitive data.…

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Season 4 Episode 12 - Code Pipeline, KMS Metrics, and AI-Powered Contact Centers 50:41

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In Season 4, Episode 12 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS DevTools Hero and User Group Lead Johannes Koch . They discuss AWS CodePipeline new feature, AWS KMS CloudWatch metrics, Amazon Q Business browser extension upgrades, AWS SNS potential abuse, AI-powered features in Amazon Connect and then the guys started comparing their gym routines, completely forgetting they were supposed to be talking about AWS news. 03:55 - AWS CodePipeline supports invoking pipeline execution with a new action type The new feature allows direct execution of other CodePipelines within an existing pipeline. This enables better orchestration of complex deployments, especially in enterprise environments. The speakers discussed the evolution of CodePipeline and its positioning in the AWS ecosystem. 17:23 - AWS KMS CloudWatch metrics help you better track and understand how your KMS keys are being used This feature helps track and understand KMS key usage through CloudWatch metrics. The discussion touched on the importance of monitoring KMS usage for cost optimization and security purposes. The speakers noted that this feature should have been available earlier. 25:17 - AWS announces new upgrades to the Amazon Q Business browser extension The update allows users to access company knowledge bases and handle images/attachments within the browser extension. The speakers discussed the potential benefits for businesses but also raised concerns about data security and AWS's strategy in targeting end-users. 34:05 - AWS SNS Abused To Exfiltrate Data & Phishing Attack The article discussed how AWS Simple Notification Service could potentially be used to exfiltrate data in certain scenarios. The speakers agreed that while possible, this requires multiple security failures and emphasized the importance of following security best practices. 41:01 - Introducing the next generation of Amazon Connect: AI-powered interactions that strengthen customer relationships and improve business outcomes AWS introduced new AI capabilities in their contact center solution, Amazon Connect. The speakers discussed the potential improvements in customer service, analytics, and efficiency that these features could bring to contact centers.…

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Season 4 Episode 11: Dynamo DB Myths, Database Backups, and Leaky Buckets 40:12

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In Season 4, Episode 11 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Joe Stech . They discuss Amazon EC2 allowing AMIs now integrating with AWS Config, Amazon DynamoDB on-demand capacity mode, long-term backup options for Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora, DeepSeek R1 model, misconfigured AWS S3 bucket exposing US nurses' data and then the guys started debating whether to call it "Glacier Potato" or "Deep Freeze Fries" as the next AWS storage tier! 04:00 - Amazon EC2 Allowed AMIs now integrates with AWS Config This feature allows easier monitoring of the impact of enabling allowed AMIs in EC2. It's particularly useful for regulated and secure environments where only approved, hardened images can be used. The integration with AWS Config simplifies the process of tracking and auditing AMI usage across accounts. 07:52 - Demystifying Amazon DynamoDB on-demand capacity mode The article addresses 11 myths about DynamoDB's on-demand capacity mode, covering cost, performance, scaling, and implementation misconceptions. The discussion highlights that many of these "myths" are not widely held beliefs among experienced users, but may be helpful for those less familiar with the service or dealing with outdated information. 19:00 - Long-term backup options for Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora The article outlines various options for long-term database backups beyond the standard 35-day retention period. These include manual snapshots, using AWS Database Migration Service, exporting snapshots to S3, and database-specific dump tools. The discussion emphasized that while long-term backups are rarely used for recovery, they may be necessary for compliance and auditing purposes. 27:26 - DeepSeek-R1 now available as a fully managed serverless model in Amazon Bedrock The DeepSeek R1 model is now available as a fully managed serverless model in Amazon Bedrock. This means users don't need to run the model themselves, and it's now priced per token like other managed models. The discussion touched on potential concerns about the model's Chinese origins and data security. 34:26 - Misconfigured AWS S3 Bucket Exposes Us Nurses' Data A misconfigured S3 bucket led to the exposure of sensitive data belonging to 86,000 US nurses. The discussion highlighted that while such incidents have become less common due to AWS's improved security measures, there might be a potential increase in similar incidents due to the rise of AI-assisted coding by less experienced developers. Our guest's blog: https://joeste.ch and: https://learn.arm.com…

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Season 4 Episode 10 - Clippy's Comeback, CLI Confusion, and Cloud Competition 40:08

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In Season 4, Episode 10, Karl & Jon are joined once again by AWS Hero, Brian Tarbox . They discuss automating Amazon RDS credential rotation with AWS Secrets Manager, Microsoft Amazon Q Business integrations, an enhanced local IDE experience for AWS Step Functions, a new agentic coding experience within Amazon Q Developer, the ongoing UK Competition and Markets Authority probe, and the guys joke that Amazon Q Business is the new Clippy (or Qlippy!). 04:08 - Automating Amazon RDS credential rotation with AWS Secrets Manager The article discusses a complex process for managing credential rotation for RDS instances with read replicas using Secret Manager. The hosts criticize the approach as overly complicated and question why this isn't a built-in feature, given that both read replicas and secret rotation are recommended best practices. 10:31 - Microsoft 365 for Word and Outlook integrations for Amazon Q Business This integration is compared to Microsoft's old Clippy feature. The hosts question its usefulness, especially for those already using Microsoft's Copilot. They discuss the challenges of AI-generated content matching a user's tone and style. 18:15 - Enhanced local IDE experience for AWS Step Functions The article introduces improvements to the Step Functions experience in VS Code. While the functionality is acknowledged as potentially useful, there's criticism about it being limited to VS Code and not available in other IDEs. The discussion touches on the complexity of large Step Functions workflows and the balance between visual and code-based approaches. 24:24 - Agentic coding experience within Amazon Q Developer CLI This feature introduces AI-assisted coding within the command-line interface. The hosts express skepticism about its necessity and usefulness, with concerns raised about potential security risks of giving AI access to the shell environment. 31:18 - UK Competition and Markets Authority probe into AWS and Microsoft cloud market dominance The article discusses the ongoing investigation into cloud market competition in the UK. The hosts note that the major players (AWS and Microsoft) refute the concerns, while smaller providers endorse the findings. They discuss the complexity of fairly assessing the cloud market and the potential outcomes of such investigations.…

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Season 4 Episode 9 - Chainsaws, Chatbots, and Cross-Account Access 32:46

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In Season 4, Episode 9 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Craig Johnson . They discuss Centralized Root Access Management for Organizations, Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet, ways to grant cross-account access in AWS, Q Developer, AWS being named a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for data integration tools and the guys go off on a tangent about chainsaws! 04:43 - AWS Introduces Centralized Root Access Management for Organizations AWS has introduced centralized route access management for organizations, allowing easier management of root users across multiple accounts. While not entirely new, this feature consolidates existing capabilities and aligns with best practices for securing root accounts. It's particularly useful for large organizations managing numerous AWS accounts. 10:00 - Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet is now available in Amazon Bedrock The latest version of Anthropic's Claude AI model is now available in Amazon Bedrock. It offers improved capabilities, including extended thinking modes. However, its availability is still limited to certain US regions, which may be problematic for users concerned with data sovereignty or those outside the US. 16:48 - Four ways to grant cross-account access in AWS The AWS Security blog outlines four methods for granting cross-account access. The article provides insights into the nuances of each method, such as the differences between trusting an entire account versus a specific role. While informative, the article doesn't offer specific recommendations for which method to use in different scenarios. 20:08 - AWS Chatbot is now named Amazon Q Developer AWS has rebranded its Chatbot service as Amazon Q Developer, adding it to the growing Amazon Q product line. This change is seen as primarily a marketing move, with some concerns about potential confusion and the actual benefits of integrating generative AI features into what was previously a straightforward chatbot service. 26:24 - Amazon Web Services named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools AWS has been positioned in the leaders' quadrant of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for data integration tools. While this recognition highlights AWS's growing presence in the data integration space, the discussion also touched on the limitations and potential biases of Gartner's Magic Quadrant methodology.…

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Season 4 Episode 8 - Cloud Formation, Fargate Frugality, and Vanishing Security Advice 39:35

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In Season 4, Episode 8 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS User Group Lead for "Leeds User Group, Edmund Craske . They discuss Amazon SES Virtual Deliverability Manager tiered pricing, AWS CloudFormation 2024 year in review, free automated tool to hunt for exposed AWS secrets in public repos, AWS Fargate on a budget, best practices to respond to security risks across AWS organizations and Jon shows off his AWS swag blanket that keeps him warm while he waits for his CloudFormation stacks to deploy. 08:05 - Amazon SES now offers tiered pricing for Virtual Deliverability Manager Amazon SES now offers tiered pricing for its Virtual Deliverability Manager (VDM) feature. The new pricing structure makes it cheaper for high-volume email senders, with rates decreasing as the number of emails sent increases. While this change benefits large-scale users, the hosts suggest that for small to medium businesses, other email services might be more suitable due to SES's complexity and stringent requirements. 15:14 - AWS CloudFormation: 2024 Year in Review AWS CloudFormation saw numerous improvements in 2024, including faster deployments (up to 40% quicker), improved error handling, and streamlined troubleshooting. The discussion compared CloudFormation to Terraform, with the hosts noting that while CloudFormation has made progress, Terraform still has advantages in certain areas. They highlighted CloudFormation's strengths in handling rate limits and its deployment graph visualization. 23:47 - Check out this free automated tool that hunts for exposed AWS secrets in public repos A new open-source tool has been released to scan public repositories for exposed AWS secrets. The hosts discussed the tool's educational purpose and compared it to existing solutions like GitHub's built-in secret scanning. They emphasized the importance of avoiding long-lived credentials and implementing proper security measures to prevent accidental exposure of secrets. 29:48 - AWS Fargate on a Budget Exploreing cost-saving strategies for running AWS Fargate. The hosts praised the article for its practical approach to reducing Fargate costs by up to 70% for short-lived tasks. They discussed the use of Fargate Spot instances and best practices for handling task interruptions and deregistration delays. 34:10 - Best practices to respond to security risks across your AWS Organizations This article, which mysteriously disappeared from the AWS blog, covered security best practices for AWS organizations. The hosts speculated on reasons for its removal but noted that the content seemed valuable and not controversial. They discussed the importance of automating security responses, the AWS Solutions Library for security guidance, and the potential benefits of AWS's security incident response services for organizations with high security requirements.…

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Season 4, Episode 7 Maps, Stacks, and AI Tracks 38:58

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In Season 4, Episode 7 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Ryan Cormack . They discuss AWS Step Functions, reshaping AWS CloudFormation stacks with stack refactoring, AWS Verified Access support for non-HTTP resources, AWS's full-year profit and revenue growth, AWS documentation updates and future plans and the guys think Mark Zuckerberg's AI predictions are about as accurate as his metaverse hype – both seem to exist in a virtual reality! 05:43 - AWS Step Functions expands data source and output options for Distributed Map This update allows Step Functions to process different file formats from S3, including JSONL and delimited files (semicolon and tab). It improves the ability to handle large datasets and reduces the need for data manipulation before processing. The distributed map feature can now handle up to 10,000 concurrent executions, making it powerful for big data processing. 10:45 - Reshape your AWS CloudFormation stacks seamlessly with stack refactoring This new feature allows users to more easily break down large CloudFormation stacks into smaller, more manageable stacks. It addresses the issues of slow updates and potential errors in large stacks. While not entirely seamless, it provides a much-needed solution for those stuck with large CloudFormation stacks and offers a way to improve infrastructure management. 16:19 - AWS Verified Access support for non-HTTP resources is now generally available This feature allows users to connect to private resources like databases without needing bastion hosts or jump boxes. It provides a more secure, token-scoped access method integrated with single sign-on providers. While it requires a client on the user's machine and currently lacks Windows support, it's a step towards simplifying secure access to private resources in AWS. 23:25 - AWS sees full-year profit and revenue growth as AI and public cloud demand soars AWS reported significant growth in revenue (19% to $28.8 billion) and profits (up to $10.6 billion) compared to the previous year. The growth is attributed to increased demand for AI and public cloud services. While the exact contribution of AI services to this growth is unclear, the company plans to invest heavily in infrastructure to support AI and related technologies. 31:59 - AWS Documentation update — progress, challenges, and what’s next for 2025 AWS is improving its documentation with new features like decision guides to help users choose the right services. The company is also exploring AI integration to enhance documentation searchability and summarization. While AWS documentation is generally considered good, there's room for improvement in areas like search functionality and providing more comprehensive examples.…

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Season 4 Episode 6: DynamoDB, Dollars, and Disappearing Buckets 38:36

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In Season 4, Episode 6 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Dave Hall . They discuss Dynamo DB innovations, cost optimization highlights, migration to AWS MediaConvert, S3 Bucket security risks, AWS Lambda and Serverless computing and it looks like the AWS Community Builders are drinking 'Dirty Lambda' cocktails and playing buzzword bingo while nervously refreshing their renewal applications! 05:24 - 2024: A year of innovation and growth for Amazon DynamoDB They discuss various improvements to Amazon DynamoDB in 2024, including significant price reductions for on-demand throughput and global tables. Other innovations mentioned include zero ETL integrations with Redshift and SageMaker Lakehouse, and improvements to DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX). The speakers debate the practical value of some features like DAX, with Jon suggesting many teams may not need it. 12:19 - re:Invent 2024 Cost Optimization highlights that you were not expecting They discuss the unexpected cost optimization opportunities from re:Invent 2023. Key points include new features for Bedrock, intelligent tiering for FSX for Open ZFS, and improvements to SageMaker scaling. The speakers particularly highlighted the blurring lines between EFS and FSX, and the benefits of new auto-scaling capabilities for cloud applications. 20:03 - Migrating workflows from Amazon Elastic Transcoder to AWS Elemental MediaConvert They discuss the upcoming discontinuation of Amazon Elastic Transcoder and the need to migrate to AWS Elemental Media Convert. Jon explains the differences and advantages of Media Convert, including better codec support and higher resolution capabilities. The speakers emphasize the importance of this migration for users of Elastic Transcoder. 26:02 - Abandoned AWS S3 buckets can be reused in supply-chain attacks that would make SolarWinds look 'insignificant' They talk about the potential security risks associated with abandoned AWS S3 buckets, as these buckets can be reused in supply chain attacks. Dave explains that this is not a new issue and advises against exposing S3 buckets publicly, recommending the use of CloudFront as a protective measure. 31:19 - A Decade Of AWS Lambda — Has Serverless Delivered On Its Hype They discuss the adoption of serverless in enterprises versus smaller businesses, noting that perception might be skewed due to how costs appear on bills. They also touch on the lack of GPU support in serverless offerings and strategies for optimizing serverless costs.…

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Season 4 Episode 5 - Metadata, Models, and Milestones: Celebrating 100 Episodes of AWS News 34:56

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In Season 4, Episode 5 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Hero, Peter Sankauskas. They discuss Amazon S3 metadata, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, DeepSeek R1, Amazon Simple Email Service, AWS survey on AWS service usage and trends and Jon finally got to go Apple reaction crazy for our 100th episode! 06:14 - Amazon S3 Metadata is now generally available This feature, announced at re:Invent, is now generally available. It provides automated metadata for S3 objects, potentially reducing the need for manual metadata management. However, it's currently only available in three US regions and has a complex pricing structure that may be challenging to calculate. 10:52 - AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds default support of EC2 Launch Template when creating new environments Elastic Beanstalk, which has seen renewed development recently, now supports EC2 launch templates when creating new environments. This update aligns with the deprecation of launch configurations. The speakers discussed Beanstalk's position as a starter service and its potential limitations for more advanced users. 14:46 - DeepSeek-R1 models now available on AWS AWS quickly made DeepSeek's efficient AI models available on Bedrock following recent media attention. This move is seen as reactionary but necessary to compete with other AI providers. The pricing model differs from other Bedrock offerings, being based on infrastructure costs rather than per-token pricing. 20:17 - Amazon SES celebrates 14 years of email sending and deliverability The Simple Email Service's 14th anniversary was discussed, with mixed opinions on its usefulness. While it has improved over time, some users find third-party email services more convenient, particularly due to SES's initial restrictions and approval processes. 27:03 - Answers for AWS survey Peter Sankowskas discussed his annual survey of AWS service usage and sentiment. The survey provides insights into which services are popular, trending, or declining in the AWS ecosystem. Notable findings include high satisfaction with services like SQS and DynamoDB, and interesting trends in CI/CD tool preferences. Peter's survey for this year: https://answersforaws.com/survey/ Guest was Peter Sankauskas https://www.linkedin.com/in/petersankauskas…

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Season 4 Episode 4 - Serverless Insights, Backup Best Practices, and Multi-Region Myths 34:40

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In Season 4, Episode 4 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Bojan Zivic. They discuss observability in ECS, Amazon EventBridge, AWS Backup best practices, AWS security best practices to mitigate ransomware attacks, architecting with multiple AWS regions for enhanced resilience and Jon found his missing piece of the puzzle - a Lego Millennium Falcon! 05:37 - AWS Adds Container Insights with Enhanced Observability to Elastic Container Service AWS has added Container Insights with enhanced observability to ECS, providing a more cost-effective alternative to third-party solutions like DataDog. This feature offers out-of-the-box dashboards and metrics, making it easier for users to monitor their container environments without the need for extensive setup or additional tools. 10:03 - Amazon EventBridge announces direct delivery to cross-account targets EventBridge now supports direct delivery to cross-account targets, simplifying event-driven architectures across multiple AWS accounts. This feature reduces latency, eliminates the need for complex routing setups, and allows for more streamlined and efficient event processing in multi-account environments. 14:03 - 4 AWS Backup best practices for reliable data protection They discuss four key AWS backup best practices: balancing retention periods and storage costs, optimizing management with tagging, implementing cross-regional replication, and setting RPO and RTO goals. The discussion also highlighted the importance of testing backups and the challenges in accurately predicting backup costs due to AWS's incremental backup pricing model. 22:57 - AWS Releases Best Security Practices To Mitigate Ransomware Attacks AWS released best practices to mitigate ransomware attacks, particularly focusing on S3 buckets. Recommendations include implementing short-term credentials, using MFA, monitoring for anomalous activity, and restricting SSE-C usage when unnecessary. The discussion emphasized the importance of balancing security measures with cost considerations and practical implementation. 28:53 - Enhance the resilience of critical workloads by architecting with multiple AWS Regions They discuss enhancing workload resilience by using multiple AWS regions. While the concept sounds appealing, the discussion revealed that multi-region architectures are complex, expensive, and often unnecessary for most applications. The speakers suggested that multi-AZ setups are usually sufficient for most use cases, and multi-region architectures are more relevant for large-scale, critical applications. Guest was Bojan Zivic https://www.linkedin.com/in/bojan-zivic-65431033/…

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Season 4 Episode 3: Spots, Servers, and Security 39:08

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In Season 4, Episode 3 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Miguel Calles. They discuss AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS launching a new region in Mexico, Amazon Q Developer, interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman, ransomware attack on unsecured AWS S3 buckets and once again they got onto the subject of swag, this time AWS Community Builder swag, with renewal time looming... 04:56 - AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds additional Spot allocation strategies AWS has introduced new spot allocation strategies for Elastic Beanstalk, including capacity optimized prioritized, lowest price, and price capacity optimized. This addition provides users with more options for optimizing their instances based on capacity and cost requirements. 12:12 - AWS Launches Infrastructure Region in Mexico AWS is investing over $5 billion in a new Mexico Central region, which will create about 7,000 full-time jobs and add an estimated $10 billion to Mexico's GDP. This expansion will better serve Latin America with improved latency and data residency options for customers in the region. 18:24 - Unlocking AWS Console: Diagnosing Errors with Amazon Q Developer Amazon Q Developer now offers a feature to help diagnose and solve AWS console errors. It provides step-by-step solutions for common issues, potentially saving developers time and improving the user experience for those less familiar with AWS. 25:53 - Why CEO Matt Garman is willing to bet AWS on AI AWS's approach to AI, with Garman emphasizing the importance of investing in all aspects of AI, including large language models, inference, and practical applications. He likens the potential impact of AI to that of the internet revolution. 33:18 - AWS S3 feature abused by ransomware hackers to encrypt storage buckets A new ransomware attack method targeting AWS S3 buckets was discussed. Attackers use leaked IAM credentials to upload their own encryption keys, lock down buckets using SSE-C, and then use lifecycle policies to delete the contents. The importance of proper key management and security practices was emphasized. Guest was Miguel Calles Mastering AWS Serverless book https://masteringawsserverlessbook.com Serverless Security book https://serverlesssecuritybook.com Serverless CISO website https://serverlessciso.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguel-a-calles-mba/ https://github.com/miguel-a-calles-mba/ https://miguelacallesmba.medium.com/…

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Season 4 Episode 2: Patching, Sustainability, and AI Hallucination 40:25

15 weeks ago40:25

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In Season 4, Episode 2 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Ambassador & Community Builder, Niklas Westerstråhle. They discuss new configurable Point in Time Recovery periods for Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Compute Optimizer, automating Systems Manager patching reports, optimizing container workloads for sustainability, AI hallucination and potential fixes and Niklas becomes the first LogiCast guest to sport the coveted AWS gold jacket while recording! 07:08 - Announcing configurable point-in-time recovery periods for Amazon DynamoDB 12:21 - AWS Compute Optimizer now expands idle and rightsizing recommendations for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups 17:23 - Automate Systems Manager patching reports via email and slack notifications in an AWS Organization 25:00 - Optimize your container workloads for sustainability 32:04 - Can AWS really fix AI hallucination? We talk to head of Automated Reasoning Byron Cook Guest was Niklas Westerstråhle https://www.linkedin.com/in/niklaswesterstrahle/…

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Season 4 Episode 1 - VPC Origins, Backup Searches, and Jeff Barr's Farewell 35:56

16 weeks ago35:56

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In Season 4, Episode 1 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Gabriel Torres. They discuss AWS Community Builder program benefits and application process, Amazon CloudFront, AWS Backup's new search and item-level recovery features, decreasing storage volumes for RDS databases, troubleshooting AWS Systems Manager patching using Amazon Bedrock, Jeff Barr stepping down as lead AWS evangelist/blogger after 20 years and Karl & Jon are envious of Gabriel's summer weather in Ecuador! 06:39 - Amazon CloudFront Introduces Support for VPC Origins and Static IPs 13:22 - AWS Backup launches support for search and item-level recovery 18:32 - Shrink storage volumes for your RDS databases and optimize your infrastructure costs 23:53 - Troubleshooting AWS Systems Manager patching made easy with Amazon Bedrock’s automated recommendations 30:49 - And that’s a wrap! Guest was Gabriel Torres https://www.linkedin.com/in/gtorreswm/ https://gabrieltorreswm.medium.com/ https://github.com/gabrieltorreswm…

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Season 3 Episode 42 - re:Invent 2024 18:04

19 weeks ago18:04

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In Season 3 Episode 42 we have something a little different for the season finale. Karl & Jon attended the recent AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas from 2-6th December. On Tuesday 3rd December they attended the AWS Community Builder mixer in the AWS Community Hub in Buddy V's restaurant in The Venetian. While you won't hear from Jon in this episode, he did man the camera while Karl interviewed 16 AWS Community members about their experience at re:Invent, including AWS Community Builder program manager Jason Dunn. Check out the episode to find out what our AWS Community Builder peers got up to at re:Invent. 01:20 - Jason Dunn 01:52 - Stephen Sennett 03:04 - Raphael Manke 04:13 - Ashish Kumar 04:49 - Matt Martz 05:57 - Andres Moreno 06:53 - Robin Ford 08:00 - Ivan Casco 08:47 - Ryan Cormack 09:44 - Martyn Kilbryde 10:33 - Jenn Bergstrom 11:32 - Thomas Taylor 12:18 - Marin Radjenovic 13:46 - Amelia Hough-Ross 14:37 - Christophe Limpalair 15:49 - Ryan Pothecary…

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Season 3 Episode 41 - Graviton Dashboards, Transfer Terminals & Database Discounts 36:47

19 weeks ago36:47

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In Season 3, Episode 41 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Abhishek Maurya. They discuss AWS Graviton Savings Dashboard, AWS Transfer Family Web Apps, AWS Data Transfer Terminals, AWS D-SQL and database price cuts, stolen AWS credentials from misconfigured S3 bucket and the guys wondered if AWS Community Builders get taller when they become AWS Heroes... 06:19 - Accelerate your AWS Graviton adoption with the AWS Graviton Savings Dashboard 13:29 - AWS Transfer Family Web Apps: Simplified S3 Data Access through the Browser 17:31 - AWS launches Data Transfer Terminals so users can drop off data to the cloud 23:30 - AWS cuts database prices almost 50% and adds distributed scaling capabilities 29:10 - Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket Guest was Abhishek Maurya https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhitnc/…

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Season 3 Episode 40 - Lambda's Birthday, CloudFormation Timeline & Bedrock Agents 41:18

23 weeks ago41:18

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In Season 3, Episode 40 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Chetan Hirapara. They discuss Lambda, CloudFormation Deployments, Anthropic, Amazon Q Developer plugins, Amazon Bedrock Agents and Karl suggests that you should choose a cloud provider based on your favourite colour.... 06:53 - AWS Lambda turns 10: A rare look at the doc that started it - Overview of the original PR FAQ document for Lambda - Lambda was the first functions-as-a-service offering - Lambda originally only supported Node.js, now supports many more languages and frameworks - Billing granularity has improved from 250ms increments originally to 1ms now - Cold start times for Java apps reduced by 90% with SnapStart 15:49 - Peek inside your AWS CloudFormation Deployments with timeline view - It provides a waterfall view of CloudFormation deployments - Helps identify bottlenecks and long-running operations - Can help optimize deployments by splitting stacks, parallelizing, etc. 21:11 - Amazon considering further investment in Anthropic - Amazon invested $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic in March 2022 - Reportedly wants Anthropic to use AWS Inferentia chips instead of Nvidia - Anthropic was co-founded by former OpenAI executives - Alphabet has also invested significantly in Anthropic 28:08 - Amazon Q Developer plugins now generally available for the AWS Management Console - Plugins allow Q Developer to interface with third-party services like Datadog and Whiz - Provides easy access to information without leaving the AWS console - Limited to fairly simple questions currently 33:50 - How Amazon Bedrock Agents work - Agents are like small orchestration software tools - Have capabilities like memory, prompting users, invoking APIs - Built using LLMs like Titan - Continuously run to provide answers to users Guest was Chetan Hirapara https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetan-hirapara-90344345/ https://www.youtube.com/@upskillwithchetan…

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Season 3 Episode 39 - Lambda Enhancements, Bedrock Prompt Management & Remote Working Natives 34:26

24 weeks ago34:26

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In Season 3, Episode 39 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Muhammad Rashid. They discuss Lambda VS Code IDE, Ephemeral jobs on ECS/Fargate, CloudFront/WAF billing change, Bedrock Prompt Management, AWS earnings results and Karl wonders if he may have coined the phrase 'Remote Working Natives' 07:27 - AWS enhances the Lambda application building experience with VS Code IDE and AWS Toolkit New features in AWS Lambda - VS Code IDE and AWS Toolkit enhancements for building Lambda applications 12:32 - Ephemeral Jobs Longer than the Lambda Timeout Running ephemeral jobs longer than the Lambda timeout - Using ECS and Fargate for ad hoc, long running background tasks 17:31 - Amazon CloudFront no longer charges for requests blocked by AWS WAF CloudFront no longer charges for requests blocked by WAF - Small billing change but reduces costs for customers 23:16 - Amazon Bedrock Prompt Management is now generally available Amazon Bedrock Prompt Management now generally available - Manages and chains prompts for more advanced AI workflows 28:39 - Amazon’s cloud unit records highest profit margin in at least a decade AWS Q3 earnings results - AWS revenue growth remains strong, posts highest profit margin in over a decade Guest was Muhammad Rashid https://www.youtube.com/@codewithmuh https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-rashid-daha/…

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Season 3 Episode 38 - Q Developer, Security Group Sharing, and Amazon's RTO 37:57

25 weeks ago37:57

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In Season 3, Episode 38 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Anna Astori. They discuss Q Developer, Amazon VPC, AWS WAF, celebrating 10 years of Amazon ECS, Amazon return to office policy and once again Karl tries to extract trade secrets from our guest! 03:05 - AWS launches in-line Q Developer AI coding assistant to take on Microsoft’s Github Copilot The speakers discuss the launch of AWS's Q Developer, an AI coding assistant to compete with GitHub Copilot. Jon is skeptical about the usefulness compared to IntelliSense. Anna agrees there are pros and cons. The new integration with CodeWhisperer model 3.5 could improve it. 13:13 - Amazon Virtual Private Cloud launches new security group sharing features Jon explains the benefits of the new VPC security group sharing feature for connecting resources across VPCs more securely. 17:30 - How to mitigate bot traffic by implementing Challenge actions in your AWS WAF custom rules The article explains how to use WAF challenge actions to mitigate bot traffic. Jon provides an overview of how rate limiting and bot control in WAF work. 23:52 - Celebrating 10 Years of Amazon ECS: Powering a Decade of Containerized Innovation They discuss EC2 Container Service turning 10 years old. Jon explains the pricing and simplicity benefits of ECS compared to Kubernetes. 29:40 - Amazon workers 'appalled' by AWS CEO’s return to office remarks, urge policy reversal Employees wrote an open letter criticizing the mandated return to 5 days a week in office. Anna and Jon discuss the discrimination concerns and why hybrid doesn't work. Guest was Anna Astori https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-astori/ https://annaeastori.medium.com/ https://x.com/AmaMidzu…

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Season 3 Episode 37 - Jam, Sessions & The Nuclear Option 42:17

27 weeks ago42:17

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In Season 3, Episode 37 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Ryan Pothecary. They discuss CloudQuest and AWS Jam, AWS Session Manager, Amazon CloudWatch Evidently and AppConfig, Amazon going nuclear, Amazon's returning to office policy and Karl hopes Amazon can finally realise the Back to the Future Mr Fusion reactor... 06:22 - Enhance your real-world skills with AWS Cloud Quest and AWS Jam - CloudQuest provides gamified learning for AWS certifications like Cloud Practitioner - Jams are in-person problem solving events, Logicata is hosting a Jam soon - Pricing for CloudQuest seems expensive compared to alternatives like Udemy courses 13:49 - Secure SSH Access to EC2 Instances with AWS Session Manager - Session Manager provides secure remote access without exposing SSH ports - It logs all activity for auditing and compliance - Allows access through console, CLI, port forwarding 22:29 - Support for Amazon CloudWatch Evidently ending soon - Evidently allowed testing variations of apps/websites to improve performance - Being replaced by Amazon AppConfig which provides similar functionality - Shows AWS consolidating services and giving notice before deprecation 27:01 - Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors - To provide power for energy-hungry data centers and AI/ML workloads - Investing in grid power, not owning reactors directly - Small modular reactors easier to build and operate than large ones 33:24 - Amazon AWS CEO: Quit if you don't want to return to office - Strong statement against remote work from Amazon leadership - Cites need for in-person collaboration and innovation - Unlikely to work as well outside the US due to logistics - Remote teams can still innovate without being co-located - Impact on attracting talent remains to be seen Guest was Ryan Pothecary https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanpothecary/ https://dev.to/ryanpothecary…

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Season 3 Episode 36 - CodePipeline, Valkey and AI Exec Departure 30:29

28 weeks ago30:29

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In Season 3, Episode 36 Karl & Jon discuss Optimize CPUs, AWS CodePipeline, Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey, AWS Console-to-Code, departure of Matt Wood and the guys go off on a tangent about kids destroying things... 02:31 - Amazon EC2 now supports Optimize CPUs post instance launch 07:58 - AWS CodePipeline introduces new general purpose compute action 12:13 - Announcing Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey 18:05 - Convert AWS console actions to reusable code with AWS Console-to-Code, now generally available 24:20 - Amazon Web Services VP of AI, Matt Wood, is leaving the company…

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Season 3 Episode 35 - Graviton 4, ChatOps & Bananas 35:58

29 weeks ago35:58

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In Season 3, Episode 35 Karl & Jon discuss Storage Browser for S3, Graviton 4-powered Amazon EC2 instances, Chatbops, Amazon GuardDuty, Elasticsearch and the guys go off on a tangent about bananas... 02:10 - Amazon Introduces Storage Browser for S3 The hosts discuss the launch of a new Storage Browser for Amazon S3 and how it provides an easier way for non-technical users to upload and download objects from S3 without needing access to the AWS console. 06:54 - Now available: Graviton4-powered memory-optimized Amazon EC2 X8g instances The hosts talk about the announcement of new Graviton 4-powered Amazon EC2 instances. 13:35 - Ten features for efficiently managing your AWS applications from Microsoft Teams and Slack using AWS Chatbot The hosts talk about using the AWS Chatbot to manage AWS services through Microsoft Teams and Slack. They talk about the benefits of chatops and doing tasks through chat rather than a browser or console. 24:28 - Get to know Amazon GuardDuty Runtime Monitoring for Amazon EC2 The hosts talk about some newer capabilities in Amazon GuardDuty like runtime monitoring for EC2 instances. They talk about the security benefits of having integrated tools. 28:54 - AWS Open-Source Brouhaha About Elasticsearch Takes Another Turn The hosts discuss the ongoing dispute between AWS and Elastic over Elasticsearch being open source.…

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Season 3 Episode 34 - Cheap Containers, Backup Visibility & Building in AWS 44:47

32 weeks ago44:47

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In Season 3, Episode 34 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Abhishek Gupta. They discuss Graviton Spot compute, CLI v2 Linux support, AWS Backup visibility, CodeCommit/Cloud9 deprecation, UK AWS investment and they welcome their first guest from outer space. 05:09 - Amazon ECS now supports AWS Graviton-based Spot compute with AWS Fargate 14:05 - Linux Support Updates for AWS CLI v2 19:08 - Gain visibility of AWS backup activities using Amazon Managed Grafana 25:50 - Dear AWS, how do I build & develop purely on AWS right now? 36:04 - Chancellor announces £8 billion Amazon Web Services investment, as she vows to make every part of Britain better off Guest was Abhishek Gupta https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhi8968/ https://medium.com/@abhi133182…

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Season 3 Episode 33 - AI, more AI and some not AI! 38:41

33 weeks ago38:41

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In Season 3, Episode 33 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Christophe Limpalair. They discuss prompt engineering, CloudWatch Logs, Patch Manager, Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistants, number of servers used to power EC2 and Karl assumes everything is about AI when it isn't... 04:24 - Implementing advanced prompt engineering with Amazon Bedrock 13:42 - Using Generative AI to Gain Insights into CloudWatch Logs 21:16 - Visualize AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager information using Amazon QuickSight 27:46 - AWS named as a Leader in the first Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistants 34:29 - Amazon uses nearly half a million servers to power EC2, researcher estimates Guest was Christophe Limpalair: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophelimpalair/ https://cybr.com…

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Season 3 Episode 32 - Step Functions Validation, Lambda Layers & Neon Signs 36:46

34 weeks ago36:46

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In Season 3, Episode 32 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Rishab Kumar. They discuss Validation API for Step Functions, Lambda Layers, Quick Setup programmatic deployment, new certifications and courses, Challenger for Observability and the Logicata guys get serious neon sign envy... Articles: 04:53- Announcing Validation API for AWS Step Functions The new validation API for AWS Step Functions allows validating state machines before deployment to catch errors early. It was noted this could be useful to integrate into CI/CD pipelines. 09:19 - Why You Should Use AWS Lambda Layers Using Lambda layers allows packaging dependencies separately from function code. This enables faster deployments when only code changes, limits package size so the console editor can still be used, and allows sharing dependencies between functions 16:51 - Deploy AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup programmatically across your AWS Organization AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup can now be deployed programmatically via CloudFormation, CDK, CLI etc. This makes it easier to enable SSM access across an organization or onboard new accounts. 23:35 - New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in August 2024 New AWS certifications and courses were announced, including AI/ML related ones like Certified Machine Learning Engineer Associate. This reflects the growing demand for cloud skills in these areas. 30:37 - AWS named as a Challenger in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Observability Platforms AWS was named a Challenger in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Observability, reflecting their improved capabilities and execution in this space even if not yet a leader. Guest was Rishab Kumar: https://linkedin.com/in/rishabkumar7 https://rishabkumar.com/ https://x.com/rishabincloud https://youtube.com/@rishabincloud…

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Season 3 Episode 31: Macs, Loops, and Misconfigurations 39:02

35 weeks ago39:02

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In Season 3, Episode 31 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Luis Valdivia. They discuss MacOS CI/CD, Upgrading Lambda Functions, Lambda Loop Detection, Chatbot for Security Events, ALB Misconfiguration Exposure and Jon describes how he's training his kids in the art of medieval combat... Articles: 05:04 - Add macOS to your continuous integration pipelines with AWS CodeBuild They discuss a new AWS CodeBuild feature that allows adding MacOS to continuous integration pipelines for building iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and MacOS applications and talk about challenges with using MacOS for builds. 15:48 - Leverage Amazon Q to upgrade Lambda runtime functions They discuss using Amazon Q to help upgrade Lambda runtimes like moving from Python 3.7 to 3.12 and debate whether AI like Q is ready to fully take over coding. 22:35 - AWS Lambda introduces recursive loop detection APIs They discuss a new recursive loop detection API in AWS Lambda and whether it is necessary and helpful for developers. 29:01 - Manage security events in Slack, Teams, or Amazon Chime using AWS Chatbot and Amazon Q They discuss using AWS Chatbot with Amazon Q to manage security events in Slack/Chime. 33:28 - Thousands of Apps Using AWS ALB Exposed to Attacks Due to Configuration Issue They discuss a report about potential misconfigurations exposing thousands of AWS environments due to issues with Application Load Balancers. Guest was Luis Valdivia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-valdivia-humareda/…

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Season 3 Episode 30 - Serverless Security, Multicloud and AWS Earnings 39:30

38 weeks ago39:30