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5/11/2020
14 : 56
[Last Week in AWS] Issue #160: AWS Non-Profit Organizations
Good Morning! Welcome to issue 161 of Last Week in AWS. This week sees the AWS Online Summit, in which we see if AWS goes for a bewildering array of new service releases, a more modest set of
5/6/2020
14 : 36
[Last Week in AWS Extras]: How Azure’s Capacity Woes Hurt GCP, AWS, and All the Rest
Hello, and good morning. Your eyes don't deceive you; it's Wednesday, and yet here I am in your inbox, launching something new. Monday's newsletter is full of wit, witticism, and various
5/4/2020
14 : 36
[Last Week in AWS] Issue #160: AWS Non-Profit Organizations
Good Morning! An hour before this newsletter was scheduled to go out, I learned that AWS VP and Distinguished Engineer Tim Bray had resigned in protest over Amazon's treatment of employees. I
4/27/2020
15 : 46
[Last Week in AWS] Issue #159 Resend: Cape Town Region Is *STILL* Expensive AF-south-1
Good Morning! The links in the previous version were broken for a while due to a premature release of my serverless link shortener. A full post-mortem will be in this Friday's episode of the AWS
4/27/2020
14 : 36
[Last Week in AWS] Issue #159: Cape Town Region Is Expensive AF-south-1
Good Morning! Are your infrastructure updates take eons to plan, review and deploy? Does your cost reporting look like gibberish? I'll be chatting with Pulumi CEO Joe Duffy on Wednesday to learn
4/20/2020
14 : 36
[Last Week in AWS] Issue #158: AWS Billing System Go BRRRRRR
Good Morning! I'll be chatting about infrastructure as code with Pulumi CEO Joe Duffy on April 29 for your amusement. BONUS: We'll have a rousing debate on the topic “Platypus: friend or foe,”
4/13/2020
14 : 37
[Last Week in AWS] Issue #157: Goldilocks and the Three Elastic Beanstalk Consoles
Good Morning! Welcome to issue 157 of Last Week in AWS. In hiring news, this week we welcome our newest full time employee Pete Cheslock. If you haven't heard of Pete yet, are you ever in for a
4/8/2020
4 : 46
how are your knees?
Hello again, treasured reader. How are your knees doing? Personally, I'm 44 and mine are going strong. However, thanks to the wisdom that my wizened old age has brought me, I know that one or both
4/6/2020
14 : 36
[Last Week in AWS] Issue #156: The Amazon Detective and the Case of the AWS Bill
Good Morning! Happy AWS Bill week! Suddenly folks are caring a lot more about what they're spending on AWS. If that's you, we'd like to chat. We also hosted the second of what's
4/5/2020
4 : 46
Let me into your earholes 😈
Ah, reading. A skill somehow crucial to success in daily life, but optional when you're President. Good news for your seared optic nerves: You can now get your AWS fix delivered via podcast! AWS
3/31/2020
12 : 16
A Live Video Chat That Won't Suck: Ask Me Anything About AWS Bills
Dear Friends, April 1 is a dreaded date–sure, it's the Worst Day on the Internet for companies who are preparing to be incredibly tone-deaf this year, but it's also the start of a new AWS
3/31/2020
4 : 36
This email will make you smarter
Hi again, So, you're here to keep up with the latest goings-on in AWS. Bully for you. Welcome, fellow traveler. I've rounded up a quick selection of our most popular posts, podcasts, and
3/30/2020
14 : 36
[Last Week in AWS] Issue #155: The "AWS For God's Sake Leave Me Alone" Service
Good morning! Welcome to issue number 155 of Last Week in AWS. Stay safe. Stay home, if you're able to do so. And now, your Monday morning levity around cloud computing releases... From the
3/29/2020
4 : 33
What do you want from me? 👂
Hello! Congrats on joining the ranks of Last Week in AWS. Open my emails to feel the cool, minty breath of reason in a world of inane infrastructure. One quick thing: all sorts of folks subscribe to