The Great Lie
There’s a universal lie that technical people believe across the board. It goes something like this: “After this next sprint ends, then we’re going to pay off all of our technical debt and start doing everything the right way.”
Corey Writes Open-Source Code for Lambda and Tailscale
I’m afraid I come to you this morning with terrible news: I’ve been writing code again.
The Lessons of AWS Infinidash
I once said that AWS has launched so many services that I could talk about a service that didn’t really exist and not get called out for it–by AWS employees. Sure enough, last week saw the rise of AWS Infinidash, an imaginary AWS service that doesn’t (at the time of this writing) really exist.
I Scored 81% on my AWS Certification Exam, Locking in my re:Invent Lounge Pass
Back in March, I took the beta AWS Certified Sysops Administrator – Associate exam because my Certified Cloud Practitioner was expiring.
The Cloud Genie
There’s a joke that I’ve always been partial to: a software engineering type rubs a lamp and a genie appears. The genie says that he’ll grant the engineer $1 billion, but only if they can spend $100 million in a single month with three rules. “You can’t gift it away. You can’t gamble with it. […]
The Trillion-Dollar Paradoxical Arguments of a16z
A couple of weeks ago, a blog post from Andreesen Horowitz talked about “The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox.”
The Key to Unlock the AWS Billing Puzzle is Architecture
When you talk about AWS billing, you’re talking about AWS architecture. Most folks don’t recognize that they’re the same thing.
To Save Money on Your AWS Bill, Turn That S— Off
Before you buy Savings Plans, sign an AWS contract, or rearchitect your environment, consider doing this first.
The 17 Ways to Run Containers on AWS
There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are 17 ways to run containers on AWS. I will now enumerate them.
New CEO Onboarding at AWS
Adam Selipsky is returning to AWS as its new CEO. I fill him in on some of the things he missed while he was gone.
AWS Security Is Someone Else’s Job Zero
If you attend an AWS talk about security, bump into an AWS security person in a business meeting, or are in line behind an AWS employee at a Starbucks, you’ll invariably hear the phrase “Security is Job Zero.” What does this actually mean? Cynically, I might suggest that they came up with a list of […]
Developer Portals Are an Anti-Pattern
Developer portals can be used to enforce standardization and to enable multi-cloud use cases. But they also have some serious issues and should be avoided in most cases.