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Season 2 Episode 27 - WORMs ONTAP, Recursive Lambdas and Jon tried his best.

In Season 2 Episode 27 Jon tries his hand at hosting, with mixed results. He welcomes fellow AWS Community Builders Girish Mukim and Matt Morgan, where they discuss FSx for NetApp ONTAP supporting immutable WORM state, an overview of AWS CodePipeline, Detecting recursive loops in AWS Lambda, AWS Organisations with Service Control Policies and another look at the Prime Video team's recent re-architecting of the QoS monitor.
 
Here are the links to the topics discussed:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-fsx-for-netapp-ontap-now-supports-worm-protection-for-regulatory-compliance-and-ransomware-protection/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/aws-codepipeline-review/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/detecting-and-stopping-recursive-loops-in-aws-lambda-functions/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/achieving-operational-excellence-with-design-considerations-for-aws-organizations-scps/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://thenewstack.io/amazon-prime-videos-microservices-move-doesnt-lead-to-a-monolith-after-all/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
 
Follow Girish on his socials:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/girish-mukim/
https://www.youtube.com/c/AWSLearn
 
Follow Matt on his socials:
https://mattmorgan.cloud/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-morgan-0344a51/

Season 2 Episode 26 - Live Tails, Losing Executives and Freudian Slips

In Season 2 Episode 26, Karl & Jon welcome fellow AWS Community Builder Maria Christidi Noble. They discuss the latest developments in the world of AWS, including live tailing for AWS CloudWatch logs, AWS's embrace of generative AI, the introduction of EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint, notable departures from AWS leadership, and the expansion of the AWS Re/Start program to Portugal.
Here are links to the topics discussed:
04:46 Amazon Introduces Live Tail in CloudWatch Logs for Real-Time Exploration of Logs via Renato Losio on InfoQ
11:38 AWS: Embracing the Power of Generative AI via Brad Anderson on ReadWrite
16:06 EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint Enables Secure Connectivity between Public and Private Networks via Steef-Jan Wiggers on InfoQ
25:02 5 Top AWS Executives Who Resigned, Departed In 2023 via Mark Haranas on The Channel Company
30:47AWS re/Start, the free cloud workforce training programme, expands to Portugal via Amazon news
Follow Maria on her socials:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-christidi-noble/
https://medium.com/@noble_maria
https://dev.to/maria_noble_a2e33ee181c17

Season 2 Episode 25 - Dead Letter Queues, Lambda Testing & Gamified Training

In Season 2 Episode 25, Karl & Jon, together with fellow AWS Community Builder Martyn Kilbryde, discuss the latest updates from AWS Training and Certification, explore testing AWS Lambda functions with AWS SAM remote invoke, reprocessing messages in Amazon SQS's dead-letter queue, uncover the security and privacy measures of the world's largest cloud provider, and learn about AWS's new AppFabric.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
02:08 New courses and updates from AWS Training and Certification in May and June 2023 on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training and Certification Blog
08:04 Testing AWS Lambda functions with AWS SAM remote invoke via Eric Johnson on the Amazon Web Services Compute blog
15:50 Amazon SQS Supports Reprocessing Messages from Dead-Letter Queue via Renato Losio on InfoQ
24:01 AWS: How security and privacy works inside the world’s largest cloud provider via Lewis Maddison on TechRadar
27:24  AWS announces AWS AppFabric on Amazon Web Services (AWS) news
 
You can find Martyn here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martyn-kilbryde/
https://makit.net/ 

Season 2 Episode 24 - Spot Instances, Step Functions & Socket Sets

In Logicast Season 2 Episode 24, we delve into the latest developments in the world of AWS, including dedicated hosts on AWS Outposts, time skipping in testing Step Functions, the battle between AWS Elastic Beanstalk and Fargate, upcoming updates to AWS certifications, and the cost research behind AWS Spot Instances.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
01:02 AWS makes its hybrid cloud behave a bit more like normal, boring, on-prem servers via Simon Sharwood on The Register
08:03 Testing Step Functions: how to skip time when testing Timeout and Wait states via Yan Cui on Dev.to
12:41 AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs. Fargate: What Are the Differences? via Christopher Tozzi on ITPro Today
17:51 Coming soon: updates to AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam via Andre Zoutte on the Amazon Web Services Training and Certification blog
24:08 Exploring the Cost Efficiency of AWS Spot Instances: A Research Investigation via Aditya Kulkarni on InfoQ

Season 2 Episode 23 - Cloud Costs, Cloud Heroes, Cloud Villains

Join us on the latest episode of Logicast as we explore secure connectivity with EC2 Instance Connect, discover free money-saving tips for business owners, delve into the consequences of an S3 bucket leak, unravel the confusion around cloud costs, and discuss the recent Amazon cloud service outage.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
03:17 Secure Connectivity from Public to Private: Introducing EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint via Sheila Busser on Amazon Web Services compute blog
10:53 Dear Business Owner, Here is a FREE Way to Save Thousands on Amazon EC2 Hosting via John Rampton on Entrepreneur Media
19:23 Lantum S3 bucket leak is prescription for chaos for thousands of UK doctors via Lindsay Clark on The Register
25:34 A confusion that costs via Brian Tarbox on dev.to
29:00 Amazon cloud services back up after big outage hits thousands of users via Samrhitha A and Chavi Mehta on Reuters
Follow Brian Tarbox here:
https://briantarbox.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/briantarbox/
 

Season 2 Episode 22 - Cloud Optimization, Serverless Badges & Secret Servers

In Season 2 Episode 22, Karl & Jon welcomed fellow AWS Community Builder Armielyn Obinguar as their guest. Together they discussed the top secret AWS Snowblade server, reducing AWS S3 KMS costs, other Cloud Optimization techniques and tips, and AWS training badges and certifications. Jon also earned a new middle name…
Here are the links to the topics discussed:
02:14 AWS teases mysterious mil-spec 'Snowblade' server, via Simon Sharwood on The Register
08:45 Reducing AWS Key Management Service costs by up to 99% with S3 Bucket Keys, via Will Calvin on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
12:20 What's missing in your cloud optimization projects, via David Linthicum on InfoWorld
19:04 10 tips to prepare simultaneously for AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exams, via Trevor Harvey on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training and Certification Blog
26:42 Build your serverless knowledge and earn digital badges, via Riaz Panjwani and Dylan S. on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training & Certification Blog
 
Follow Armielyn here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/armielyn-obinguar-9229561b0/

Season 2 Episode 21 - Captain Cloud, Captain Serverless, Captainless Datacenter

In Episode 21 of our second season Karl and Jon welcome fellow AWS Community Builder Abhishek Maurya to talk about Snowball Edge and AWS's Large Data Migration Service, Jon shamelessly self-promotes his article about Lambda's use-cases, granting least-privileged access to EC2 servers, Chris Vonderhaar's sudden exit from AWS, Elastic's new agreement with AWS, TikTok & AWS Certifications.
The articles that inspired this week's episode are:
04:47 - New – Snowball Edge Storage Optimized Devices with More Storage and Bandwidth via Jeff Barr on the AWS News Blog
13:50 - AWS Lambda Use Cases: When You Should Use It? via Jon Goodall on the Logicata blog
21:18 - How to grant least privilege access to third-parties on your private EC2 instances with AWS Systems Manager via Stephanie Mbappe and Erik Weber on the AWS Cloud Migrations and Operations blog
26:02 Amazon confirms abrupt departure of AWS data center chief Chris Vonderhaar via Todd Bishop on GeekWire
29:26 Elastic Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS to Accelerate Global Cloud Adoption via Business Wire
Connect with Abhishek here:LinkedInTopmate

Season 2 Episode 4 - Incidents, Events & Feline Exits

In Episode 4, Karl & Jon discuss launch templates, Lambda functions, event-driven architectures, incident response automations, expanding US-EAST-1, and Jon's cat decides she doesn't want to listen to him any more.
Here are the links to the articles discussed:
Amazon EC2 Launch Templates now support AWS Systems Manager parameters for AMIs on Amazon Web Services (AWS) news
AWS Lambda Functions – Unlock the Potential of The Powerful tool AWS on DroidMen
Let’s Architect! Designing event-driven architectures via Luca Mezzalira, Laura Hyatt, Vittorio Denti, and Zamira Jaupaj on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
How to Automate Incident Response with PagerDuty and AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager via Dennis Osentoski on Amazon Web Services blog
AWS expanding its footprint at site of infamously flaky US-EAST-1 region via Laura Dobberstein on The Register

Season 2 Episode 20 - IAM Roles, Crypto Mining and Hats

In Episode 20 of Season 2, Karl & Jon together with guest Jon Zeolla discuss AWS IAM roles and how to use them, using Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor, backup strategies for Amazon DynamoDB, developing a serverless Slack App, and how EC2 is exploited in new cryptomining attacks.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
02:42 AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Roles and How to use Them via Mariusz Michałowski on DevOps.com
07:27 Use Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor for greater visibility into online experiences via Kelvin Ting and Richi Kumari on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Operations and Migrations blog
14:30 Backup strategies for Amazon DynamoDB via Ted Zamborsky on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Database blog
17:00 Developing a serverless Slack app using AWS Step Functions and AWS Lambda via Eric Johnson on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Compute blog
24:05 AWS EC2 exploited in new cryptomining attacks via SC Media
Follow Jon's socials here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonzeolla/
https://jonzeolla.com/
https://seisollc.com/

Season 2 Episode 19 - Spot Instances, Snowball Edge & Bucket Negligence

In Episode 19 of Season 2, Karl & Jon welcome yet another guest onboard - fellow AWS Community Builder Ben Ellis. They discuss some best practices to optimize Amazon EC2 spot instances, building CIS hardened Golden Images and Pipelines, getting data to the cloud faster, leaky buckets, and reasons to love the cloud.
Here are links to the topics discussed:
02:44 Best practices to optimize your Amazon EC2 Spot Instances usage via Sheila Busser on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
09:01 Building CIS hardened Golden Images and Pipelines with EC2 Image Builder via Yogesh Aggarwal and Jason Livingston on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Operations and Migrations blog
13:14 Getting Data to the Cloud Faster with AWS Snowball Edge Devices via Brian Beeler on StorageReview.com
20:44 Another security calamity for Capita: An unsecured AWS bucket via Paul Kunert on The Register
27:09 Gartner: Stop worrying and love the cloud, with all its outages and lock-in via Simon Sharwood on The Register
Follow Ben's socials here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benellis80/
https://twitter.com/benb1n
https://www.elliscloud.dev/