Corey Quinn

Kubernetes is an unavoidable solution for running containerized applications in production. It solves some real problems — but introduces a host of others.

Free doesn’t always mean “free,” like when taking a Twix from an exhibit hall booth means I get suckered into an awkward sales pitch. (Never make eye contact when you swipe the swag!) But when AWS says its data ingress is free, it’s not kidding — I even verified it for you.

Threat modeling doesn’t point to confidential computing as a solution for cloud security. Ultimately, it’s a marketing ploy that targets cloud skeptics.

As a new user of Kubernetes, I’m already confronted with what feels like too many choices and too little authoritative direction about the “right” way to get set up. I can therefore assume rely on only one central truth: I’m doing it wrong.

There’s a vacancy in AWS’s C-suite. What should customers and onlookers expect from the cloud service’s next chief marketing officer? A lot, because I intend for that person to be me.

I’ve been beating Azure up a fair bit lately, which is no great surprise to anyone who’s a regular reader of this publication. A friend of mine mentioned over drinks that she thinks of Azure as “the Boomer cloud,” at which point I spat my own drink out and immediately knew what I had to […]

Hey, Google, please crawl this meta description! “How to set a static header on an AWS v2 API Gateway to enable HSTS.” xoxo, Corey Quinn

Google Cloud and AWS created very different customer carbon footprint tools. Only one indicates a thoughtful approach to the climate story around cloud usage.

Getting an AWS surprise bill for Amazon SageMaker Canvas is a strange and concerning occurrence for The Duckbill Group’s Chief Cloud Economist.

Azure’s Computer Vision can generate alt text in a sophisticated way that’s a game-changer for making accessibility and inclusivity frictionless.

The frenzy of AWS product releases around re:Invent is terrible for its users. But upending AWS’s cultural cornerstones would be even worse for customers.

Azure’s multiple security vulnerabilities are highly concerning, for both customer data and the cloud’s reputation. It’s time we put public pressure on Azure.