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Season 2 Episode 18 - Private Access, Private Data, Private Dancer

In episode 18 of season 2, Karl & Jon discuss Tina Turner's "Private Dancer", private access to the AWS Management Console, Graviton processors and AWS Nitro SSDs, AWS Lambda for the containers developer, implementing cross-account CI/CD and the EU's draft legislation on cybersecurity labelling.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
Private Access to the AWS Management Console is generally available via Amazon web Services News
New Storage-Optimized Amazon EC2 I4g Instances: Graviton Processors and AWS Nitro SSDs via Jeff Barr on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
AWS Lambda for the containers developer via Massimo Re Ferre and Chris Greenwood on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Implementing cross-account CI/CD with AWS SAM for container-based Lambda functions via Eric Johnson on Amazon Web Services blog
EU draft rules propose tougher cybersecurity labelling rules for Amazon, Google, Microsoft via Foo Yun Chee on Reuters

Season 2 Episode 17 - Serverless is Dead? Long live the King!

In Episode 17 of Season 2, Karl & Jon welcome another guest on the podcast - fellow AWS Community Builder Matthew Wilson. They discuss the new Athena Provisioned Capacity, how to scan AWS Lambda functions with Amazon Inspector, ChatAWS, understanding cloud costs in 2023, and Prime Video switching from serverless to EC2 and ECS.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
AWS Introduces Athena Provisioned Capacity via Steef-Jan Wiggers on InfoQ
How to scan your AWS Lambda functions with Amazon Inspector via Vamsi Vikash Ankam and Gabriel Santamaria on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
ChatAWS: Deploy AWS Resources Seamlessly With ChatGPT via Banjo Obayomi on DZone
The essential need to understand cloud costs in 2023 via TechNative
Prime Video Switched from Serverless to EC2 and ECS to Save Costs via Rafal Gancarz on InfoQ
Follow Matthew on his socials:
https://twitter.com/matt_codes
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewcodes

Season 2 Episode 16 - Layoffs, Panic Purchasing, & Cost Reductions

In Season 2 Episode 16, Karl & Jon welcome another guest Danielle Heberling to join the podcast. They discuss new features of Amazon Guard Duty, the differences between ECS and Lambda, reducing data archiving costs, layoffs, and cloud revenue.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
AWS Announces Three New Amazon GuardDuty Capabilities to Help Customers Protect Container, Database, and Serverless Workloads via Business Wire
AWS ECS vs. AWS Lambda: Top 5 Main Differences via Rodolfo Ortega on DZone
Reduce data archiving costs for compliance by automating Amazon RDS snapshot exports to Amazon S3 via Burak Alakus on Amazon Web Services blog
Amazon’s Mass Layoffs Have Begun, And They Include AWS - Should Investors Be Worried? via Forbes
Amazon’s 18% cloud revenue growth impresses even as margin narrows via Jordan Novet on CNBC
Follow Danielle Heberling's socials:
https://www.danielleheberling.xyz/
https://twitter.com/deeheber
https://github.com/deeheber

Season 2 Episode 15 - BLT - Bedrock, Lattice & Tuning

In Episode 15 of Season 2 Karl & Jon welcome their first ever guest, fellow AWS Community Builder Johannes Koch! Then they talk about VPC Lattice in General Availability, Cloud Native development, saving money on your Lambda bill, Amazon Bedrock and AWS's growth for 2022/2023
Here are links the topics discussed: 
Amazon VPC Lattice Now GA with New Capabilities for Service-to-Service Connectivity via Renato Losio on InfoQ
Modernizing? Containers are Not Enough; You Need Cloud Native via Lee Atchison on Cloud Native Now
Understanding techniques to reduce AWS Lambda costs in serverless applications via James Beswick on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
AWS: 2023 Growth May Be Just 6% via Jason M. Lemkin on SaaStr
Amazon Unleashes Bedrock: The Game-Changing AI Cloud Service Powering the Future of Tech via Chris Bibey on Yahoo Finance
Johannes' socials:
https://www.lockhead.info
https://www.youtube.com/@cicdonaws
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-koch-353b2158/
https://twitter.com/@lockhead
 

Season 2 Episode 14 - Digital Skills, Cat Skills & Cloud Bills

In Season 2 Episode 14, Karl & Jon forget how many articles to discuss and talk about Lambda response streaming, the Well Architected Framework, the new MediaConnect Gateway, EC2 Image Builder (whilst Jon rants about the 1990's), AWS trying to close the digital skills gaps and cloud repatriation gets even more air time.
Here are links to the topics discussed:
Introducing AWS Lambda response streaming via Julian Wood on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Announcing updates to the AWS Well-Architected Framework via Haleh Najafzadeh on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
AWS launches new gateway to connect on-prem with the cloud via Jenny Priestley on TVBEurope
Implementing up-to-date images with automated EC2 Image Builder pipelines via Sheila Busser on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
New data shows digital skills are more needed than ever—AWS has 600+ free cloud courses that can help on Amazon
Just because on-prem is cheaper doesn’t make the cloud a money pit via Tobias Mann on The Register

Season 2 Episode 13 - SnapStarts, Manx & Mancs

In unlucky episode 13 Karl & Jon talk about Terraform security, AWS Organizations features, the new Lambda SnapStart feature, optimising costs on CodeBuild, AWS using renewable fuel in their backup generators, Manx vs. Mancs, and whether episode 13 is going to be unlucky (spoiler alert, Karl's phone rang, so maybe it was?)
Here are the links to the articles discussed:
Terraform Security Best Practices via Nigel Douglas on Sysdig
Simplified multi-account governance with AWS Organizations all features via Nivedita Tripathi on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Using AWS Lambda SnapStart with infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines via James Beswick on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Strategies to optimize the costs of your builds on AWS CodeBuild via Matt Laver, Leandro Cavalcante Damascena, and Rafael Ramos on Amazon Web Services blog
Amazon Web Services begins transition to renewable energy sources via Business & Finance Media Group

Season 2 Episode 12 - Rolls, Roles and Redundancies

Now that they're back in their sheds, Karl & Jon talk about unit testing serverless apps, cleaning up after yourself in cloudwatch, write-through caches in PostgreSQL, the correct pronoucieation of "cache", EC2 IAM security, AWS being affected by the Amazon layoffs, and tuna sandwiches
Here are links to the topics discussed:
Unit Testing AWS Lambda with Python and Mock AWS Services via Kevin Hakanson and Tom Romano on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Delete Empty CloudWatch Log Streams via Vinod Kisanagaram and Rich McDonough on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Adds Write-Through Cache to Improve Logical Replication Performance via Renato Losio on InfoQ
AWS Introduces Global Condition Context Keys to Improve EC2 Security via Renato Losio on InfoQ
AWS Layoffs On The Way As Amazon Cuts 9,000 Employees via Mark Haranas on The Channel Company

Season 2 Episode 11 - Bots, Birthdays & Barcelona

In the LogOff special Jon and Karl talk about Tapas, S3, Rust, multi account strategies for SMBs, and Pi.
Here are links to the topics discussed:
AWS previews Mountpoint, a specialized open source Rust client to mount S3 storage into the file system via Tim Anderson on DevClass
AWS Chatbot Now Integrates With Microsoft Teams via Sébastien Stormacq on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Multi-account strategy for small and medium businesses via Alex Torres on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
AWS S3: You can check out but can never leave via Chris Mellor on Blocks and Files
Celebrate Amazon S3’s 17th birthday at AWS Pi Day 2023 via Sébastien Stormacq on Amazon Web Services blog 

Season 2 Episode10 - Powercuts, Badges and Badgers

In Season 2 Episode 10, Karl & Jon discuss the new AWS Application Composer, new AWS Observability Training, going serverless on AWS Lambda, AWSMonitoring with EventBridge, and how AWS delivers on the latest Graviton3 price and performance.
Here are links to the topics discussed:
AWS Application Composer Now Generally Available – Visually Build Serverless Applications Quickly via Channy Yun on Amazon Web Services blog
Build Cloud Operations skills using the new AWS Observability Training via Alex Livingstone on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Going Serverless on AWS Lambda? Recognize Potential Risks via Sarabjeet Chugh on The New Stack
AWS Monitoring with EventBridge via Andreas Wittig on cloudonaut
AWS Delivers on Latest Graviton3 Price/Performance Promise via Michael Vizard on DevOps.com

Season 2 Episode 9 - Lambda Powertools, Incident Response and Helium

In Season 2 Episode 9, Karl & Jon discuss new AWS Lambda Powertools, tips on how to protect Amazon EC2 instances, Cloud frameworks and best practices, improvements on Amazon Aurora, principles of shared responsibility, and a helium stunt by Jon.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
Introducing AWS Lambda Powertools for .NET via Julian Wood on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Tips to Protect Amazon EC2 Instances on Droidmen
Cloud incident response: Frameworks and best practices via Dave Shackleford on TechTarget
Improve application availability on Amazon Aurora via Lili Ma and Szymon Komendera on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Principle of Shared Responsibility in Cloud-Native Applications via Lee Atchison on Container Journal