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Keeping up with AWS announcements is like drinking from a firehose.

Chief Cloud Economist Corey Quinn goes through the torrent of news about Amazon’s cloud ecosystem and strains out the noise. Then he takes what’s left and gently and lovingly makes fun of it.

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The news you didn’t know you wanted.

Corey Quinn contextualizes and pokes fun at the latest in AWS news, dives into popular AWS services, and answers listener questions on AWS architecture.

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Insightful conversation. Less snark.

Every week, Corey is joined by cloud computing domain experts to discuss AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and why businesses are coming to think about the Cloud.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s 2024 Letter to Shareholders—annotated

By Corey Quinn

Here’s a thing I’ve always wanted to do: take Andy Jassy’s annual shareholder letter and translate it into human.

AWS Chatbot’s Rename to Amazon Q Developer is a Step Backward

By Corey Quinn

Changing AWS Chatbot to Amazon Q Developer presumably serves internal AWS purposes that may or may not resemble empire-building, but it serves no customers.

Is AWS Delivering on Its 3-Layer Approach to AI?

By Corey Quinn

Here’s how AWS is doing at each of the three layers the business has identified for its approach to AI.

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