Jan ☕🎼🎹☁️🏋️‍♂️Jul 10, 2025

I laughed too hard at this

https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/the-aws-survival-guide-for-2025-a-field-manual-for-the-brave-and-the-bankrupt/

#lastweekinaws @Quinnypig
#aws

The AWS Survival Guide for 2025: A Field Manual for the Brave and the Bankrupt

Welcome, intrepid cloud explorer! You’ve decided to venture into the AWS jungle in 2025, where the services multiply faster than your monthly bill. Forget those quaint relics like S3, EC2, and RDS that everyone always gravitates towards—despite being the lion’s share of AWS revenue, they’re practically stone tablets now when it comes to interest and attention. Let’s talk about navigating the real AWS experience.

Last Week in AWS
IBBoardSep 9, 2024

Tell me you're a hype-driven exec who doesn't have a clue about gaming and shouldn't be in your post without telling me… 🙄

"Asked about SAG-AFTRA's strike for better AI protections, Amazon Games Boss claims AI 'has nothing to do with taking work away' from actors because 'for games, we don't really have acting'"

As @Quinnypig said in the #LastWeekInAWS newsletter: "Maybe that's true for Amazon Games, which also doesn't really have any hit games"

😆

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/asked-about-sag-aftras-strike-for-better-ai-protections-amazon-games-boss-claims-ai-has-nothing-to-do-with-taking-work-away-from-actors-because-for-games-we-dont-really-have-acting/

Asked about SAG-AFTRA's strike for better AI protections, Amazon Games Boss claims AI 'has nothing to do with taking work away' from actors because 'for games, we don't really have acting'

Acting out.

PC Gamer
Ian LittmanJun 17, 2024

AWS also now has Passkey support as a second factor for their console logins. This is great, and I've already added it to one of the AWS console accounts I have access to. You should probably use this.

h/t @Quinnypig #LastWeekInAWS

Ian LittmanJun 17, 2024

"AI powered query generation" sounds a whole lot like "natural language search" and I'm here for it when it gets applied to #aws CloudTrail. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/06/aws-cloudtrail-lake-ai-powered-query-generation-preview/

h/t @Quinnypig #LastWeekInAWS

AWS CloudTrail Lake announces AI-powered natural language query generation (preview) - AWS

Discover more about what's new at AWS with AWS CloudTrail Lake announces AI-powered natural language query generation (preview)

Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Ian LittmanApr 6, 2024
Another #LastWeekInAWS gem: https://ec2.shop/. Does what it says on the tin, with an API. h/t @Quinnypig for highlighting this in this week's newsletter.
EC2 instance price api

EC2 Price API - API To check ec2 prices

Ian LittmanApr 6, 2024
Just now catching up on #LastWeekInAWS because it's...been a week...but https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/03/aws-compute-optimizer-ec2-rightsizing-recommendations/ is pretty cool. Basically lets you tell Compute Optimizer that your app will fall over if you have less than X amount of RAM left, and Compute Optimizer will fit RAM less tightly to compensate.
AWS Compute Optimizer introduces memory customizability for EC2 rightsizing recommendations

Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Ian LittmanMar 4, 2024
Also in this week's #LastWeekInAWS (h/t @Quinnypig) we have info on getting AWS account IDs for S3 buckets (https://tracebit.com/blog/2024/02/finding-aws-account-id-of-any-s3-bucket/?ck_subscriber_id=512832040) and (reasonably recent) access key IDs (https://medium.com/@TalBeerySec/a-short-note-on-aws-key-id-f88cc4317489)
How to find the AWS Account ID of any S3 Bucket

A technique to find the Account ID of a private S3 bucket.

Ian LittmanMar 4, 2024
If you want to see how Lambda scales out vs. reusing existing instances, https://watch-aws-lambda-scale.com/?ck_subscriber_id=512832040 (credit: @Quinnypig / #LastWeekInAWS)
Watch AWS Lambda scale

Ian LittmanMar 4, 2024
Another #lastweekinaws / @Quinnypig tidbit: #aws #cloudfront has 600+ "embedded POPs" inside ISP networks. You know, the thing Akamai has been doing since the 90s.
Ian LittmanMar 4, 2024

It's a Monday, so I'm reading through @Quinnypig's #lastweekinaws. So I'll be posting highlights here.

For example, an RSS feed for certificate expirations, in case...erm...your LetsEncrypt cert renews but doesn't apply 🙃

https://raphting.dev/posts/monitor-rss/?ck_subscriber_id=512832040

Free Monitor Certificate expiry via RSS