This episode originally aired on July 17, 2020. 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_right_and_wrong_way_to_interview_engineers/ Never miss an episode Join the Last Week in AWS newsletter Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Help the show Leave a review Share your feedback Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Buy our merch https://store.lastweekinaws.com What's Corey up to? Follow Corey on Twitter...
Dec 21, 2022•13 min•Ep 475•Transcript available on Metacast Links: Introducing concurrent account provisioning operations for AWS Control Tower AWS Cost Anomaly Detection now supports percentage-based thresholds AWS Trusted Advisor adds new fault tolerance checks Heads-Up: Amazon S3 Security Changes Are Coming in April of 2023 LaunchDarkly’s journey from ingesting 1 TB to 100 TB per day with Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Visualizing the impact of AWS Lambda code updates New: AWS CLI v2 Docker images available on Amazon ECR Public...
Dec 19, 2022•5 min•Ep 474•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Tower AWS Verified Access Preview — VPN-less Secure Network Access to Corporate Applications The Open Source Security Index...
Dec 15, 2022•5 min•Ep 473•Transcript available on Metacast 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/Mlr7vioQqwg Never miss an episode Join the Last Week in AWS newsletter Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Help the show Leave a review Share your feedback Subscribe wherever y...
Dec 14, 2022•7 min•Ep 472•Transcript available on Metacast Links: Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions AWS CloudShell is now System and Organization Controls (SOC) compliant Email delta cost usage report in a multi-account organization using AWS Lambda AWS re:Invent 2022 CEO Keynote through the Cloud Financial Management lens Build a robust text-based toxicity predictor...
Dec 12, 2022•6 min•Ep 471•Transcript available on Metacast 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 episode Join the Last Week in AWS newsletter Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Help the show Leave a review Share your feedback Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Buy our merch https://store.lastweekinaws.com What's Corey up to? Follow Corey on Twitte...
Dec 07, 2022•6 min•Ep 470•Transcript available on Metacast Links: VPC Lattice -- network overlay. AWS Supply Chain AWS Application Composer EventBridge pipes Amazon Security Lake Amazon OpenSearch Serverless Amazon CodeCatalyst AWS Wickr is now available AWS Backup supports CloudFormation Stacks A WS stimface weaver – space sim weaver… screw it. AWS SpiderBro it is. AWS launched a whole bunch of new EC2 instance types and sizes...
Dec 05, 2022•15 min•Ep 469•Transcript available on Metacast Links: Last Week in AWS Community Slack VPC Lattice AWS Supply Chain OpenSearch Serverless AWS Verified Access Stay Up To Date with re:Quinnvent Sign up for the re:Quinnvent Newsletter Check out the re:Quinnvent playlist on YouTube If 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 sh...
Nov 30, 2022•4 min•Ep 468•Transcript available on Metacast Links: Last Week in AWS Community Slack Amazon ECS Service Connect Amazon RDS Optimized Reads and Writes Fully Managed Blue / Green Deployments in Aurora and RDS Protect Sensitive Data with CloudWatch Logs Amazon cloudWatch Cross-Account Observability Stay Up To Date with re:Quinnvent Sign up for the re:Quinnvent Newsletter Check out the re:Quinnvent playlist on YouTube If you’re on site: Join Corey for a Nature Walk through the Expo Hall beginning at the Fortinet booth tomorrow (11/29/22) at 1p...
Nov 29, 2022•6 min•Ep 467•Transcript available on Metacast Links: Tiered storage for MSK Lambda telemetry API Resource Explorer Launched GP3 comes to RDS Amazon Time Sync is now available as a public NTP service Zurich region Spain Region Hyderabad Region Faster glacier restores multiple MFA devices Finch AWS Fault Isolation Boundaries whitepaper Stay Up To Date with re:Quinnvent Sign up for the re:Quinnvent Newsletter Check out the re:Quinnvent playlist on YouTube Help the show Share your feedback Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Buy our merch ...
Nov 28, 2022•7 min•Ep 466•Transcript available on Metacast 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/g1guW6tiR50 Never miss an episode Join the Last Week in AWS newsletter Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Help the show Leave a review Share your feedback Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Buy our merch https://store.lastweeki...
Nov 23, 2022•9 min•Ep 465•Transcript available on Metacast Links: Amazon NAT Gateway Now Allows You to Select Private IP Address for Network Address Translation Amazon S3 Glacier improves restore throughput by up to 10x when retrieving large volumes of archived data Amazon Time Sync is now available over the internet as a public NTP service AWS re:Post launches a community leaderboard Announcing the new Applications widget on AWS Console Home Amazon S3 request-level information on use of access control lists (ACLs) coming to S3 server access logs and AW...
Nov 21, 2022•8 min•Ep 464•Transcript available on Metacast Links: A super-neat exploration of the Lambda execution environment from a security perspective. Detect and block advanced bot traffic How to evaluate and use ECDSA certificates in AWS Certificate Manager - AWS released support for ECDSA certificates. Canary Tokens...
Nov 17, 2022•5 min•Ep 463•Transcript available on Metacast Want to give your ears a break and read this as an article? You’re looking for this link. https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/How-To-Learn-Something-New-Kubernetes-the-Much-Harder-Way Want to watch the full dramatic reenactment of this podcast? Watch the YouTube Video here: https://youtu.be/bpp5tpgU6CE Never miss an episode Join the Last Week in AWS newsletter Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Help the show Leave a review Share your feedback Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Buy our...
Nov 16, 2022•8 min•Ep 462•Transcript available on Metacast Links: Ben Kehoe has left iRobot . And where's he going next? Presumably to re:Invent! I am too, with my re:Quinnvent nonsense Amazon Athena announces Query Result Reuse to accelerate queries Amazon EC2 enables you to opt out of directly shared Amazon Machine Images Amazon EC2 placement groups can now be shared across multiple AWS accounts Amazon EC2 now supports specifying list of instance types to use in attribute-based instance type selection for Auto Scaling groups, EC2 Fleet, and Spot Fleet...
Nov 14, 2022•7 min•Ep 461•Transcript available on Metacast Links: I really like this idea of an AWS account solely for getting into other AWS accounts . Amazon accidentally exposed an internal server packed with Prime Video viewing habits . How to use trust policies with IAM roles - "It's an older post sir, but it checks out." OpenSSL Security Advisories - November 2022 Tool of the week: s3crets_scanner...
Nov 10, 2022•4 min•Ep 460•Transcript available on Metacast Want to give your ears a break and read this as an article? You’re looking for this link. https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/an-alternat-future-we-now-have-a-nat-gateway-replacement/ Never miss an episode Join the Last Week in AWS newsletter Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Help the show Leave a review Share your feedback Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Buy our merch https://store.lastweekinaws.com What's Corey up to? Follow Corey on Twitter (@quinnypig) See our recent work at t...
Nov 09, 2022•8 min•Ep 459•Transcript available on Metacast Links: Amazon MSK now offers a new low-cost storage tier that scales to virtually unlimited storage Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) now supports the transfer of Elastic IP addresses between AWS accounts AWS IoT Core announces Location Action to route location data from IoT devices to Amazon Location Service Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now surfaces additional customer information in the Amazon Connect Agent Application Keeping Pace with FinServ Regulatory Compliance Demands with Smarsh an...
Nov 07, 2022•8 min•Ep 458•Transcript available on Metacast Links: SOCRadar demonstrated a significant leak that spanned the world; it distills down to an Azure equivalent of an open S3 bucket. This security recap of 2022 Google Next and Microsoft Ignite is worth reading if you're doing things in that particular side of the ecosystem. IAM Access Analyzer findings now support Amazon SNS topics and five other AWS resource types to help you identify public and cross-account access DNS Analysis Server is a tool that can be used to demonstrate vulnerabilities...
Nov 03, 2022•6 min•Ep 457•Transcript available on Metacast Want to give your ears a break and read this as an article? You’re looking for this link. https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-re-invent-what-you-actually-need-to-know-before-you-go/ Want to watch the full dramatic reenactment of this podcast? Watch the YouTube Video here: https://youtu.be/lZPDfTXmfI4 Never miss an episode Join the Last Week in AWS newsletter Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Help the show Leave a review Share your feedback Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Buy o...
Nov 02, 2022•10 min•Ep 456•Transcript available on Metacast Links: Amazon Aurora supports cluster export to S3 Amazon Cognito now provides user pool deletion protection Amazon Connect adds real-time schedule adherence Amazon EC2 enables easier patching of guest operating system and applications with Replace Root Volume Amazon Neptune Serverless is now generally available Introducing the Amazon OpenSearch Service delivery program Amazon SageMaker Canvas supports tags to track and allocate costs incurred by users AWS Console Mobile Application adds support...
Oct 31, 2022•9 min•Ep 455•Transcript available on Metacast 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-real-reason-cloud-ide-adoption-is-lagging Want to watch the full dramatic reenactment of this podcast? Watch the YouTube Video here: https://youtu.be/fRc0maN0Z_I Never miss an episode Join the Last Week in AWS newsletter Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Help the show Leave a review Share your feedback Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Buy our merch https...
Oct 26, 2022•8 min•Ep 454•Transcript available on Metacast Links: Go to snark.cloud/shirt to get your limited edition S3 8th Wonder of the World t-shirt to benefit our friends at 826 National Amazon CloudFront adds fields for origin latency and ASN in real-time logs for more granular insights Amazon EC2 adds Service Quotas for Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) Amazon WorkDocs adds support for Apple Silicon MacBooks AWS Control Tower now available in GovCloud (US) Regions Announcing increased AWS IAM Identity Center default quota values Announcing AWS Paramet...
Oct 24, 2022•6 min•Ep 453•Transcript available on Metacast Links: A walkthrough that takes us on a whirlwind tour of AWS Secrets Manager and the principle of least-privilege . Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes privilege escalation vulnerability Datadog has an report out on the The State of AWS Security Simplifying serverless permissions with AWS SAM Connectors Tool of the week: trailscraper gets signal from noise when it comes to CloudTrail logs....
Oct 20, 2022•5 min•Ep 452•Transcript available on Metacast 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-brief-history-of-kubernetes-its-use-cases-and-its-problems Want to watch the full dramatic reenactment of this podcast? Watch the YouTube Video here: https://youtu.be/StlZwvsq9tc Never miss an episode Join the Last Week in AWS newsletter Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Help the show Leave a review Share your feedback Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Buy ...
Oct 19, 2022•8 min•Ep 451•Transcript available on Metacast Links: Amazon Chime announces new mobile apps with features to improve your meeting experience Amazon Detective improves search by supporting case insensitivity AWS Activate is now open to all startups AWS CloudFormation StackSets increases limits on three service quotas AWS IQ now supports partners and independent consultants in Australia, Europe, Japan, and other regions Announcing a new Cost Explorer console experience Omdia study: how the media and entertainment industry uses cloud marketpla...
Oct 17, 2022•7 min•Ep 450•Transcript available on Metacast Links: AWS Permission Boundaries for Dummies . Improve the Availability of Existing Okta IAM Federation Setup Using Multi-Region SAML Endpoints Use existing Logging and Security Account with AWS Control Tower IAM Access Analyzer makes it simpler to author and validate role trust policies Tool of the week: cleanup-aws-access-keys...
Oct 13, 2022•3 min•Ep 449•Transcript available on Metacast Want to give your ears a break and read this as an article? You’re looking for this link. https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-data-transfer-charges-ingress-actually-is-free/ Never miss an episode Join the Last Week in AWS newsletter Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Help the show Leave a review Share your feedback Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Buy our merch https://store.lastweekinaws.com What's Corey up to? Follow Corey on Twitter (@quinnypig) See our recent work at the Duc...
Oct 12, 2022•9 min•Ep 448•Transcript available on Metacast Links: AWS Cloud Map Updates Service Level Agreement Amazon DevOps Guru now allows customers control over the notifications they receive Amazon S3 Object Lambda now supports using your own code to modify the results of S3 HEAD and LIST API requests Amazon SageMaker Clarify now can provide near real-time explanations for ML predictions AWS Lambda Functions powered by AWS Graviton2 now available in 12 additional regions The five most visited Amazon DynamoDB blog posts of 2022 Prevent account takeo...
Oct 11, 2022•6 min•Ep 447•Transcript available on Metacast Links: AWS RDS Aurora wish list The Confusing Lifetimes of AWS IAM Identity Center Access Tokens AWS announces updated Support Plans Console with new IAM controls How to automatically build forensic kernel modules for Amazon Linux EC2 instances Tool of the week: aws-security-survival-kit...
Oct 06, 2022•5 min•Ep 446•Transcript available on Metacast 
