Season 2 Episode 24 - Spot Instances, Step Functions & Socket Sets

In Logicast Season 2 Episode 24, we delve into the latest developments in the world of AWS, including dedicated hosts on AWS Outposts, time skipping in testing Step Functions, the battle between AWS Elastic Beanstalk and Fargate, upcoming updates to AWS certifications, and the cost research behind AWS Spot Instances.

Here are links to the articles discussed:

• 01:02 AWS makes its hybrid cloud behave a bit more like normal, boring, on-prem servers via Simon Sharwood on The Register
• 08:03 Testing Step Functions: how to skip time when testing Timeout and Wait states via Yan Cui on Dev.to
• 12:41 AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs. Fargate: What Are the Differences? via Christopher Tozzi on ITPro Today
• 17:51 Coming soon: updates to AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam via Andre Zoutte on the Amazon Web Services Training and Certification blog
• 24:08 Exploring the Cost Efficiency of AWS Spot Instances: A Research Investigation via Aditya Kulkarni on InfoQ