Corey Quinn

An Internal PaaS to Manage AWS: Don’t Do It!

By Corey Quinn

Atlassian built an internal PaaS to manage AWS. This is usually a bad idea, and you’re not Atlassian.

Happy 75th Birthday Larry Ellison!

By Corey Quinn

After 75 years of very distinctive work on this planet, The Duckbill Group says “thank you” to Oracle founder Larry Ellison in our own special way.

Microsoft Screws Customers and its Own Advocates Alike

By Corey Quinn

Microsoft’s recent licensing change for Windows Server is a great modern-day example of why so many businesses hated Microsoft two decades ago. Is this an aberration, or are they back to their old tricks?

Why I Turned Down an AWS Job Offer

By Corey Quinn

I once turned down a job offer from AWS, who told me my reasoning was preposterous. Last week they did exactly what I was afraid of.

Observerless: The hottest new thing in monitoring you’re already doing

By Corey Quinn

Settle the monitoring vs observability debate by adopting Observerless principles–it’s the the hottest new thing in monitoring you’re already doing.

CapitalOne’s CapitalTwo Day

By Corey Quinn

CapitalOne’s data breach isn’t their fault, but they could have done more than they did to prevent it.

My CloudWatch Critique Didn’t Age Well

By Corey Quinn

After my blistering CloudWatch critique last year, I realized I may have left one off: AWS listens, and often fixes shortcomings without fanfare. As it turns out, my critique has not aged well.

AWS New York Summit: What Did We Learn?

By Corey Quinn

A whirlwind tour of the service releases from the 2019 AWS New York Summit.

Right Sizing Your Instances Is Nonsense

By Corey Quinn

Many cost optimization companies will talk about right-sizing instances or VMs as if it were trivial. Many companies have no idea about what they speak.

4 Reasons Lyft is Smart to Pay AWS $300M

By Corey Quinn

The internet lost its mind when it came out that Lyft is paying AWS $300 million dollars. I’ve got four reasons for you why they’re smart to do it.