LogiCast AWS News (Video)

Season 2 Episode 32 - Chaos Engineering, Bot Control & EC2 Classic

In Episode 32 of Season 2, Karl & Jon are joined by fellow AWS Community Builder Manoj L. They discuss AWS WAF Bot Control, chaos engineering, AWS EC2 Classic, saving on AWS costs, AWS FinOps, and Karl forgets both Jeff Barr & Corey Quinn's names in the same episode!
 
Here are links to the articles discussed:
03:35 - AWS WAF Bot Control now protects against distributed proxy-based attacks via Amazon Web Services news
10:46 - Any Day Can Be Prime Day: How Amazon.com Search Uses Chaos Engineering to Handle Over 84K Requests Per Secondvia Seth Eliot on Amazon Web Services community
19:13 - AWS shuts down its first-gen compute and network infrastructure via Simon Sharwood on The Register
23:43 -  Key ways to save on AWS costs via Simon Turner on Information Age
30:11 - Cloud Costs: 10 Essential AWS FinOps Best Practices to Know via Tim King on Solutions Review
 
Follow Manoj here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoj-l-a9a58432/

Season 2 Episode 31 - Lost Keys, No Honeycode, Fig & Figs

In Season 2 Episode 31 Karl & Jon discuss how AWS has scrapped Honeycode, how to regain access to an EC2 instance if you lost your key pair, the AWS acquisition of Fig, using S3 for Laravel storage and whether FinOps is fit for purpose in the era of CloudFlation. Karl also waffles on about this year's poor fig crop...
Here are the links to the articles discussed:
01:13 -  Muted response speaks volumes as AWS scraps low-code Honeycode
08:43 - Lost Your EC2 Key Pair? Here’s How to Regain Access to Your Instance
12:48 - Amazon Web Services acquires Fig, a YC grad that boosts the command line for devs
20:59 - Using AWS S3 for Laravel Storage
26.10 - Is FinOps fit for purpose in the fight against ‘cloudflation’?

Season 2 Episode 30 - EKS v ECS, GP2 v GP3, AWS v GCP

In Season 2 Episode 30, Karl & Jon are joined by fellow AWS Community Builder Davide de Paolis. They delve into the latest in the AWS ecosystem, including the inauguration of the first international AWS Skills Center in Cape Town, a comparison between ECS and EKS with five key differences, The Guardian's adoption of serverless Postgres, insights into loving AWS despite growth slowdown, and AWS's continued dominance in the cloud market.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
AWS brings in-person, interactive learning to Cape Town with the first international AWS Skills Center via Amazon
ECS Vs. EKS: 5 Key Differences and How to Choose on DevOps.com
Aurora Serverless – a migration story on The Guardian
AWS: Five Reasons to Love It Despite Growth Slowdown via Bob Evans on Acceleration Economy
AWS leads the cloud via David Manners on Electronics Weekly
Follow Davide de Paolis here:
https://dev.to/dvddpl

Season 2 Episode 29 - Cyber Insurance, Microsoft Licensing and Karl’s Back!

Season 2 Episode 29 sees the triumphant return of Karl to the podcast. This week he and Jon discuss AWS' new Cyber Insurance platform, new controls added to AWS Security Hub, Microsoft's change to the M365 licence that now allows it to run on AWS Workspaces, AWS's Monitoring and Observability efforts, and more talk about Cloud Repatriation.
 
Here are the links to the topics discussed:
5 Value Propositions That Make AWS Cyber Insurance Transformative for Customers via Chris Hughes on Acceleration Economy
AWS Security Hub launches 12 new security controls via Amazon Web Services (AWS) news
Amazon WorkSpaces finally supports Office 365, but why now? via Gabe Knuth on Techtarget
AWS named as a Challenger in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability via Kavya Pillutla
No backing away from the cloud via Mike Loukides on CloudTweaks

Season 2 Episode 28 - Searchable OCI, Proactive Lambdas and Sustainable Clouds

In Episode 28 of Season 2 Jon flies solo again, and laments the lack of Karl's presence.
He welcomes fellow AWS Community Builder Omkar Kadam, where they discuss Lambda Proactive initialisations, Fargate's Seekable OCI, DevOps best practices on AWS, Cloud IaaS spending topping $100 billion for the first time and using the cloud to enhance sustainability activities. Omkar also has an exciting announcement, in a first for LogiCast.
 
Here are the links to the topics discussed:
https://dev.to/aws-heroes/goodbye-cold-starts-hello-proactive-initialization-28j7
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/07/aws-fargate-container-startup-seekable-oci/
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/lets-architect-devops-best-practices-on-aws/
https://siliconangle.com/2023/07/18/gartner-worldwide-iaas-spending-topped-100b-first-time-2022/
https://bernardmarr.com/commitment-to-sustainability-is-a-key-message-at-aws-london-summit-2023/
 
Connect with Omkar:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/omkarokkadam/
https://medium.com/@omkarokkadam
https://dev.to/omkarokkadam

Season 2 Episode 27 - WORMs ONTAP, Recursive Lambdas and Jon tried his best.

In Season 2 Episode 27 Jon tries his hand at hosting, with mixed results. He welcomes fellow AWS Community Builders Girish Mukim and Matt Morgan, where they discuss FSx for NetApp ONTAP supporting immutable WORM state, an overview of AWS CodePipeline, Detecting recursive loops in AWS Lambda, AWS Organisations with Service Control Policies and another look at the Prime Video team's recent re-architecting of the QoS monitor.
 
Here are the links to the topics discussed:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-fsx-for-netapp-ontap-now-supports-worm-protection-for-regulatory-compliance-and-ransomware-protection/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/aws-codepipeline-review/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/detecting-and-stopping-recursive-loops-in-aws-lambda-functions/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/achieving-operational-excellence-with-design-considerations-for-aws-organizations-scps/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://thenewstack.io/amazon-prime-videos-microservices-move-doesnt-lead-to-a-monolith-after-all/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
 
Follow Girish on his socials:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/girish-mukim/
https://www.youtube.com/c/AWSLearn
 
Follow Matt on his socials:
https://mattmorgan.cloud/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-morgan-0344a51/

Season 2 Episode 26 - Live Tails, Losing Executives and Freudian Slips

In Season 2 Episode 26, Karl & Jon welcome fellow AWS Community Builder Maria Christidi Noble. They discuss the latest developments in the world of AWS, including live tailing for AWS CloudWatch logs, AWS's embrace of generative AI, the introduction of EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint, notable departures from AWS leadership, and the expansion of the AWS Re/Start program to Portugal.
Here are links to the topics discussed:
04:46 Amazon Introduces Live Tail in CloudWatch Logs for Real-Time Exploration of Logs via Renato Losio on InfoQ
11:38 AWS: Embracing the Power of Generative AI via Brad Anderson on ReadWrite
16:06 EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint Enables Secure Connectivity between Public and Private Networks via Steef-Jan Wiggers on InfoQ
25:02 5 Top AWS Executives Who Resigned, Departed In 2023 via Mark Haranas on The Channel Company
30:47AWS re/Start, the free cloud workforce training programme, expands to Portugal via Amazon news
Follow Maria on her socials:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-christidi-noble/
https://medium.com/@noble_maria
https://dev.to/maria_noble_a2e33ee181c17

Season 2 Episode 25 - Dead Letter Queues, Lambda Testing & Gamified Training

In Season 2 Episode 25 Karl & Jon, together with fellow AWS Community Builder Martyn Kilbryde, discuss the latest updates from AWS Training and Certification, explore testing AWS Lambda functions with AWS SAM remote invoke, reprocessing messages in Amazon SQS's dead-letter queue, uncover the security and privacy measures of the world's largest cloud provider, and learn about AWS's new AppFabric.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
02:08 New courses and updates from AWS Training and Certification in May and June 2023 on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training and Certification Blog
08:04 Testing AWS Lambda functions with AWS SAM remote invoke via Eric Johnson on the Amazon Web Services Compute blog
15:50 Amazon SQS Supports Reprocessing Messages from Dead-Letter Queue via Renato Losio on InfoQ
24:01 AWS: How security and privacy works inside the world’s largest cloud provider via Lewis Maddison on TechRadar
27:24  AWS announces AWS AppFabric on Amazon Web Services (AWS) news
 
You can find Martyn here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martyn-kilbryde/
https://makit.net/ 

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

Season 2 Episode 23 - Cloud Costs, Cloud Heroes, Cloud Villains

Join us on the latest episode of Logicast as we explore secure connectivity with EC2 Instance Connect, discover free money-saving tips for business owners, delve into the consequences of an S3 bucket leak, unravel the confusion around cloud costs, and discuss the recent Amazon cloud service outage.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
03:17 Secure Connectivity from Public to Private: Introducing EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint via Sheila Busser on Amazon Web Services compute blog
10:53 Dear Business Owner, Here is a FREE Way to Save Thousands on Amazon EC2 Hosting via John Rampton on Entrepreneur Media
19:23 Lantum S3 bucket leak is prescription for chaos for thousands of UK doctors via Lindsay Clark on The Register
25:34 A confusion that costs via Brian Tarbox on dev.to
29:00 Amazon cloud services back up after big outage hits thousands of users via Samrhitha A and Chavi Mehta on Reuters
Follow Brian Tarbox here:
https://briantarbox.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/briantarbox/