Arjen SchwarzHave you ever wondered what all those seemingly random letters in #aws EC2 instance types actually stand for? Asking ChatGPT gives horribly wrong results, so I figured I'd put the correct ones in a single place for you. There's a full article with my commentary about the sometimes terrible naming, or you can download an easy cheatsheet. Find it all at https://ig.nore.me/2023/05/ec2-instance-naming-explained/
EC2 Instance Naming Explained | ig.nore.me
In January last year there was an announcement for the X2iezn instance type going GA. When I saw that, two thoughts went through my head: ‘How do I pronounce this on a podcast?’ and ‘What does that even mean’? This post tries to explain the second part of that.