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“S3 is faster” Doesn’t Do it Justice
An incredible enhancement to S3 has flown largely underneath the radar. It’s well worth adjusting your understanding of S3’s historical bottlenecks…
Put Down the Pitchfork, AWS Didn’t Steal Your Dunning-Krugerrands
For those who are just stumbling upon this blog for the first time with no context, I’m a very loud critic of Amazon Web Services whenever I feel they deserve it (services that are poorly documented, status pages that don’t update, catering options that don’t appeal to my appetite that day, etc.). Today, I was […]
Terribles Ideas in Git – DevOpsDays Rockies 2018
Terribles Ideas in Git – DevOpsDays Rockies 2018 from The Duckbill Group on Vimeo.
What I Don’t See From AWS Support
Today Randall Hunt posted an “emotional rant about AWS support” chronicling what he’s seen from them over the past ten years, and invited others to chime in with their experiences. Given that I’m arguably one of the four most sarcastic observers of AWS in the world, I figured I’d take him up on that invitation […]
Inventing Yourself: The Musings of an Assistant Regional Thought Manager – DevOpsDays Tel Aviv 2017
Inventing Yourself: The Musings of an Assistant Regional Thought Manager – DevOpsDays Tel Aviv 2017 from The Duckbill Group on Vimeo.
A Chat with AWSgeek
Corey: Hi, Jerry. Thanks for joining me. So you’re better known these days as AWSgeek. A few months ago you starting putting up these fascinating drawings about various AWS services. So, who are you, and how did you get started with this? Jerry: By day, I’m a Solutions Architect at Rackspace. As part of this […]