In Season 3, Episode 22 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Iain Samuel McLean Elder. They discuss AWS Fargate improving Windows Container Launch Times, Amazon CloudWatch Logs and Alarms, CloudFront, AWS Tax Settings API and the guys discuss the difference between a long black and an americano - and it turns out they don't know! The articles discussed in this week episode are: 05:21 - AWS Fargate Significantly Improves Windows Container Launch Times 12:53 - Amazon CloudWatch Logs...
Jun 10, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 22
In Season 3, Episode 21 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Darya Petrashka. They discuss IPv6 Load Balancer, storage costs, Mistral models, LlamaIndex, impact of AWS’ exec change and somehow we got onto the subject of Channing Tatum in leathers... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 04:52 - Application Load Balancer launches IPv6 only support for internet clients 11:00 - Optimizing storage costs and query performance by compacting small objects 17:37 - Mistral Small...
Jun 04, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 21
In Season 3, Episode 20 Karl & Jon discuss Amazon ECR, the fact that Amazon S3 no longer charges for some HTTP Error Codes, AWS managed applications, Multi-Region Disaster Recovery, Andy Jassy's AWS leadership announcement and Karl makes Jon speechless for once... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 01:14 - Amazon ECR adds pull through cache support for GitLab.com 08:10 - Amazon S3 will no longer charge for several HTTP error codes 12:41 - How to use AWS managed applications wit...
May 20, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 20
In Season 3, Episode 19 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder and AWS User Group Leader, Raphael Manke. They discuss AWS Resilience Hub's drift detection, AWS Budgets, Amazon Bedrock Studio, customising AI on AWS, Amazon’s investment of nearly $9 billion in Singapore and Karl angles for some AWS User Group Karlsruhe stickers... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 05:21 - AWS Resilience Hub expands application resilience drift detection capabilities 11:15 - AWS Budgets n...
May 14, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 19
In Season 3, Episode 18 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Praveen Sambu. They discuss Amazon Q, Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS Notifications, AWS S3 Storage Bucket Incident, AWS Revenue and Karl struggles to pronounce Ars Technica without sounding rude... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 03:32 - Amazon Q Business, now generally available, helps boost workforce productivity with generative AI 10:58 - Amazon EC2 simplifies visibility into your active AMIs 14:49 - Set up n...
May 07, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 18
In Season 3, Episode 17 Karl & Jon discuss Amazon Inspector hybrid mode, AWS CodeBuild supporting GitHub Action runners, IAM Access Analyzer, Amazon Managed Grafana, AWS Summit London 2024 and Karl's Dad makes an unintentional guest appearance... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 02:47 - Amazon Inspector agentless vulnerability assessments for Amazon EC2 are now Generally Available (GA) 08:39 - AWS CodeBuild now supports managed GitHub Action runners 15:03 - Evaluating public ...
Apr 30, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 17
In Season 3, Episode 16 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Hero and AWS Ambassador, Brian Tarbox. They discuss Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus revolutionizing generative AI on Amazon Bedrock, AWS CloudFormation ChangeSets, optimizing Amazon RDS snapshot costs, Snowmobile, why certification alone isn’t enough in the dynamic world of cloud engineering and this week's tangents included trains and boats and planes! The articles discussed in this week episode are: 03:51- Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus model now a...
Apr 22, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 16
In Season 3, Episode 15 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Rich House. They discuss Amazon Bedrock in Asia Pacific (Sydney), AWS IAM Identity Center, AWS Tools for Amazon RDS Cost Optimization, US-EAST-1 Region Insights, Amazon Engineer’s Cybersecurity Efforts and Jon proves he is less adept than Mr Miyagi at catching flies... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 06:07 - Amazon Bedrock is now available in the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region 11:46 - AWS IAM Identity Cent...
Apr 17, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 15
In Season 3, Episode 14 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Edmund Craske. They discuss AWS Compute Optimizer, per-second billing for EC2 RHEL Instances, Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments, Amazon’s $150 Billion Data Center Investment, Amazon’s Investment in Anthropic and Jon gets sidetracked with his plumbing, again... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 04:56 - AWS Compute Optimizer introduces memory customizability for EC2 rightsizing recommendations 11:22 - Announ...
Apr 08, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 14
In Season 3, Episode 13 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Vijaya Nirmala Gopal. They discuss DynamoDB's AWS PrivateLink support, Secrets Manager integration with Redshift Serverless, a 7-day window for returning Savings Plans, AWS Lambda cold start issues, cost savings of transitioning to AWS from on-premises and Karl speculated that cold starts may be worse in Canada... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 04:11 - Amazon DynamoDB now supports AWS PrivateLink 09:00 ...
Mar 26, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 13
In Season 3, Episode 12 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Stephen Sennett. They discuss updates to AWS CloudFormation ,AWS Backup, Claude models, Step Functions vs. Lambda Functions, 'builder studio' down under and the guys get sidetracked discussing swag, again... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 06:15 - Experience up to 40% faster stack creation with AWS CloudFormation 10:06 - AWS Backup now supports restore testing for Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Snapsho...
Mar 19, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 12
In Season 3, Episode 11 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Serverless Hero, Danielle Heberling. They discuss AWS WAF dashboard, Windows authentication on Linux containers, documentation processes, free data transfer out to internet when moving out of AWS, Nuclear-Powered Data Centers and Jon prepares his tin foil hat... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 03:05 - Introducing the AWS WAF traffic overview dashboard 09:24 - Windows authentication with gMSA on Linux containers on Amazon E...
Mar 11, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 11
In Season 3, Episode 10 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Serverless Hero, Ran Isenberg. They discuss AWS Lambda, AWS CodeStar Connections & AWS Service Catalog, logs in Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon RDS for MySQL & Amazon RDS for MariaDB, Cloud Cybersecurity Checkup for SMB in 2024 and the guys go off on tangents about Ikea and Lego... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 03:07 - AWS Lambda improves responsiveness for configuring stream and queue-based event sources 08:45 - Strea...
Mar 05, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In Season 3, Episode 9 Karl & Jon discuss AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store, LLRT, Terraform State files, migrating Cognito users to a new user pool, AWS Cloud learning skills and Jon offers identity management tips that could land you in jail... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 01:32 - AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store now supports cross-account sharing 07:47 - AWS Introduces an Experimental Low Latency Runtime for Faster, More Efficient Serverless Apps 13:26 - Best prac...
Feb 27, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 9
In Season 3, Episode 8 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Benjamen Pyle.They discuss Control Tower, AWS CodePipeline, AI, renewable energy, and Jon has a rant about the hidden message behind Thomas the Tank Engine! The articles discussed in this week episode are: 03:12 - AWS Control Tower introduces APIs to register Organizational Units 08:29 - AWS CodePipeline adds support for Branch-based development and Monorepos 15:21 - Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock now supports Amazon ...
Feb 20, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 8
In Season 3, Episode 7 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Steve Woodard. They discuss CloudFormation, CDK Migration and Product Overlap Paralysis, IPv4 address charges, the 13 Rs, 4 tech predictions and Jon outs Karl as a MAMIL... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 03:48 - Import entire applications into AWS CloudFormation 11:25 - AWS Launches CDK Migrate and CloudFormation IaC Generator for Infrastructure as Code Adoption 18:58 - IPv4 address rentals to mint milli...
Feb 13, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 7
In Season 3, Episode 6 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder and AWS Ambassador, Martyn Kilbryde. They discuss AWS Console-to-Code, ECS, security reports, AWS Certification, Amazon cloud unit revenue and Karl recalls the time he accidentally invented the Lager Lamp... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 03:07 - AWS Console-to-Code: Generating Code for Console Actions 11:17 - 5 DevOps Use Cases for Amazon ECS 16:20 - Datadog Report Surfaces Pair of Sophisticated AWS Atta...
Feb 05, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In Season 3, Episode 5 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder Amelia Hough-Ross. They discuss Lightsail, Amazon RDS Multi-AZ, Cloud cost optimization, serverless pricing in AWS, Hyperautomation and Karl tries to get Amelia to share national secrets... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 02:56 - Announcing IPv6 instance bundles and pricing update on Amazon Lightsail 09:37 - Amazon RDS Multi-AZ with two readable standbys: Under the hood 13:53 - Cloud cost optimization at s...
Jan 29, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In Season 3, Episode 4 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Matt Martz. They discuss debugging databases with OpenAI, generative infrastructure as code with Application Composer, automating object processing in Amazon S3 directory buckets, slashing Data Transfer Costs in AWS, tagging controls with AWS Config and AWS Organizations and Karl recalls his favourite inappropriate Panda acronym. The articles discussed in this week episode are: 02:54 - AWS is readying LLM-based debugger f...
Jan 22, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In Season 3, Episode 3 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Serverless Hero, Allen Helton. They discuss Container Orchestration, code coverage, automating the delivery of AWS Backup Audit Manager reports, AWS to Shut down Aurora Serverless v1, detecting PII data in Amazon Aurora with Amazon Comprehend and Karl goes off on a tangent about how much Patrick Duffy earned acting in Dallas. The articles discussed in this week episode are: 05:20 - Container Orchestration: AWS ECS vs. AWS EKS — Choosing the...
Jan 16, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In Season 3, Episode 2, Karl & Jon are joined by fellow AWS Community Builder, Jason Andrews from ARM. They discuss AWS Fourth-Generation Graviton Processor, prompt engineering with Amazon CodeWhisperer, how to prevent creation of noncompliant cloud resources, reducing Cloud costs, Magic Quadrant and Jon recycle's a previous guest's jokes! The articles discussed in this week episode are: 03:45 - AWS Unveils Fourth-Generation Graviton Processor with R8g EC2 Instances 13:30 - Best Practices fo...
Jan 10, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In Season 3, Episode 1, Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Hero and Host of the Boston AWS User Group, Brian Tarbox. They discuss Adam Selipsky Amazon’s AI vision, IAM Access Analyzer, Free Tier API and Jon goes off on a tangerine tangent... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 07:30 - AWS chief Adam Selipsky talks Amazon’s AI vision, cloud cost cutting 24:17 - AWS Adds Automated Detection of Unused IAM Roles, Users, and Permissions 29:46 - AWS Exposes Free Tier API to Help D...
Jan 03, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In Season 2, Episode 42, Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Ambassador, and Co-Host of the AWS UK User Group, Jon Topper. They discuss Amazon's Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies, Amazon S3 Express One Zone, AWS Control Tower, SaaS Quick Launch for AWS Marketplace and Karl tried his best not to confuse the Jons... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 06:39 - Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies 15:26 - AWS launches high-speed Amazon S3 Express One Zone object storage tier 2...
Dec 07, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 42
In Season 2, Episode 41, Karl & Jon are joined by Sumon Molla Selim (SumonMSelim). They discuss Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, AWS Step Functions HTTPS endpoints and the new TestState AP, automatic restore testing and validation in AWS Backup, Amazon ElastiCache Serverless for Redis and Memcached,, AWS’s Cost Optimization Hub and new customisation options in its Compute Optimizer and... Jon said the S word but we don't have a beeper... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 04:13 -...
Dec 04, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 41
In Season 2, Episode 40, Karl & Jon discuss Amazon CloudFront KeyValueStore, AWS CloudFormation features, how to use multiple instances of AWS IAM Identity Center, how Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers are using purified wastewater for their cooling systems, 5 Generative AI Predictions and a wishlist from AWS re:Invent 2023 and Jon makes an interesting analogy between CloudFormation and sausage dogs. The articles discussed in this week episode are: 02:21 - Introducing Amazon CloudFront ...
Nov 29, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 40
In Season 2, Episode 39, Karl & Jon are joined by Johannes Koch. They discuss how to build AI apps with PartyRock and Amazon Bedrock, advanced logging controls for AWS Lambda functions, AWS Step Functions to recover from failures, Amazon CodeCatalyst using AWS IAM Identity Center, how cloud experts weigh in with 2023 AWS re:Invent predictions and Johannes tells us what German sweet treats he is taking to Vegas to sweeten up his contacts. The articles discussed in this week episode are: 04:17...
Nov 21, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 39
In Season 2, Episode 38, Karl & Jon are joined by Andres Moreno. They discuss registration for AWS Certified Data Engineer, reducing MTTR for the serverless workloads, powering Amazon RDS with AWS Graviton3, how to use Amazon Bedrock to manage social postings, how Cryptojackers steal AWS credentials from GitHub and that Jon suffers through his illness for the cause... The articles discussed in this week episode are: 03:56 - Registration open for AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate beta e...
Nov 08, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 38
In Season 2, Episode 37, Karl & Jon discuss the AWS Cloud Institute virtual program, Systems Manager Patch Compliance Status, AWS Trusted Advisor, the Ofcom cloud report and why AWS isn't adding new languages to CodeWhisperer just yet. The articles we discussed in this week's episode are: 01:15 - AWS releases Cloud Institute virtual program to train developers 09:24 - Identify AWS Systems Manager Patch Compliance Status with AWS CloudTrail Lake 14:41 - Auto-remediate best practice deviations...
Oct 18, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 38
In Season 2, Episode 36, Karl & Jon discuss Amazon DataZone, Multi Arch infrastructure, Amazon Bedrock, AWS MadPot and MFA by default. And Karl went off on a tangent about canal boats. These are the articles that we discussed in this episode: 01:45 Amazon DataZone Now Generally Available – Collaborate on Data Projects across Organizational Boundaries 07:36 The Insider’s Guide to Building a Multi-Arch Infrastructure 15:03 What is Amazon Bedrock? 4 ways it can help businesses use generative AI...
Oct 11, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 36
In Episode 35 of Season 2, Karl & Jon discuss the recent big Amazon AI announcements - the launch of Amazon Bedrock into General Availability and the Amazon investment in Anthropic. They also touch on deploying container applications using CodeCatalyst and AppRunner, tips to pass AWS Solutions Architect Professional and some of the latest announcements from AWS Training & Development, and Jon reveals his inner trainspotter... Articles discussed in this episode: 01:33 - Amazon Bedrock is ...
Oct 03, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 35
