LogiCast AWS News (Video)

Season 2 Episode 12 - Rolls, Roles and Redundancies

Now that they're back in their sheds, Karl & Jon talk about unit testing serverless apps, cleaning up after yourself in cloudwatch, write-through caches in PostgreSQL, the correct pronoucieation of "cache", EC2 IAM security, AWS being affected by the Amazon layoffs, and tuna sandwiches
Here are links to the topics discussed:
Unit Testing AWS Lambda with Python and Mock AWS Services via Kevin Hakanson and Tom Romano on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Delete Empty CloudWatch Log Streams via Vinod Kisanagaram and Rich McDonough on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Adds Write-Through Cache to Improve Logical Replication Performance via Renato Losio on InfoQ
AWS Introduces Global Condition Context Keys to Improve EC2 Security via Renato Losio on InfoQ
AWS Layoffs On The Way As Amazon Cuts 9,000 Employees via Mark Haranas on The Channel Company

Season 2 Episode 11 - Bots, Birthdays & Barcelona

In the LogOff special Jon and Karl talk about Tapas, S3, Rust, multi account strategies for SMBs, and Pi.
Here are links to the topics discussed:
AWS previews Mountpoint, a specialized open source Rust client to mount S3 storage into the file system via Tim Anderson on DevClass
AWS Chatbot Now Integrates With Microsoft Teams via Sébastien Stormacq on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Multi-account strategy for small and medium businesses via Alex Torres on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
AWS S3: You can check out but can never leave via Chris Mellor on Blocks and Files
Celebrate Amazon S3’s 17th birthday at AWS Pi Day 2023 via Sébastien Stormacq on Amazon Web Services blog 

Season 2 Episode10 - Powercuts, Badges and Badgers

In Season 2 Episode 10, Karl & Jon discuss the new AWS Application Composer, new AWS Observability Training, going serverless on AWS Lambda, AWSMonitoring with EventBridge, and how AWS delivers on the latest Graviton3 price and performance.
Here are links to the topics discussed:
AWS Application Composer Now Generally Available – Visually Build Serverless Applications Quickly via Channy Yun on Amazon Web Services blog
Build Cloud Operations skills using the new AWS Observability Training via Alex Livingstone on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Going Serverless on AWS Lambda? Recognize Potential Risks via Sarabjeet Chugh on The New Stack
AWS Monitoring with EventBridge via Andreas Wittig on cloudonaut
AWS Delivers on Latest Graviton3 Price/Performance Promise via Michael Vizard on DevOps.com

Season 2 Episode 9 - Lambda Powertools, Incident Response and Helium

In Season 2 Episode 9, Karl & Jon discuss new AWS Lambda Powertools, tips on how to protect Amazon EC2 instances, Cloud frameworks and best practices, improvements on Amazon Aurora, principles of shared responsibility, and a helium stunt by Jon.
 
Here are links to the articles discussed:
Introducing AWS Lambda Powertools for .NET via Julian Wood on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Tips to Protect Amazon EC2 Instances on Droidmen
Cloud incident response: Frameworks and best practices via Dave Shackleford on TechTarget
Improve application availability on Amazon Aurora via Lili Ma and Szymon Komendera on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Principle of Shared Responsibility in Cloud-Native Applications via Lee Atchison on Container Journal

Season 2 Episode 8 - Community Builders, Portable Lambdas and K8s in Space

In episode 8 of season 2, Karl and Jon discuss becoming AWS Community Builders, EKS on Snowball Edge, detecting Solar Panel damage with Amazon Rekognition, using porting advisor for Graviton, maintaining Code Quality with Amazon Code Catalyst and developing portal Lamba functions. Karl also channels his inner Muppet while waffling about Kubernetes in space.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
Amazon Releases Elastic Kubernetes Service for Snowball Edge via Matt Campbell on InfoQ
Detecting solar panel damage with Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels via Ramakant Joshi, Shekar Tippur, and Anand Iyer on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Using Porting Advisor for Graviton via Sheila Busser on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Maintaining Code Quality with Amazon CodeCatalyst Reports via Imtranur Rahman and Wasay Mabood on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Developing portable AWS Lambda functions via Pascal Vogel on Amazon Web Services blog

Season 2 Episode 7 - Step functions, Scalability & Open source slip up

In episode 7 season 2, Karl & Jon discuss scaling, step functions, creating custom health checks, a blog by Jeff Barr, and why AWS is all about sustainable open source.
Here are the links to the topics discussed:
Scaling an ASG using target tracking with a dynamic SQS target via Sheila Busser on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Implementing reactive progress tracking for AWS Step Functions via Benjamin Smith on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
How to create custom health checks for your Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Fleet via Sheila Busser on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
New Graviton3-Based General Purpose (m7g) and Memory-Optimized (r7g) Amazon EC2 Instances via Jeff Barr on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
AWS: Why We Support Sustainable Open Source via David Nalley on The New Stack

Season 2 Episode 6 - Buckets, Bushes and Bushy Tails

In Episode 6, Karl & Jon discuss S3 buckets - once more, visualizing VPC resources, scaling PHP applications, CloudWatch-ing, CloudTrail-ing, and Jon's bush pruning exploits.
Here are the links to the articles:
Amazon S3 to apply security best practices for all new buckets on Help Net Security
New – Visualize Your VPC Resources from Amazon VPC Creation Experience via Channy Yun on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Scaling PHP Applications on AWS via Adriano Cataluddi on the Logicata blog
Using Amazon CloudWatch metrics to monitor time to expiration for Reserved Instances | Amazon Web Services via Greg Gooden on Amazon Web Services blog
AWS Patches Undocumented APIs Bypassing CloudTrail Event Logging via Renato Losio on InfoQ

Season 2 Episode 5 - Databases, Chat GPT& Dry 23

In Episode 5, Karl & Jon discuss AWS Database innovations, deployment pipeline reference architectures, Amazon Managed Grafana, Serverless Development and Chat GPT.  Karl also goes off on a tangent about his bid to be alcohol-free for 2023!
Here are the articles that inspired this week's episode:
AWS doubles down on innovations that redefine the database management experience, via Elizabeth Solomon on The Register
New – Deployment Pipelines Reference Architecture and Reference Implementations via Sebastien Stormacq on the AWS News Blog
Monitoring Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora using Amazon Managed Grafana via Elamaran Shanmugam, Munish Dabra, Ravi Mathur, and Shankar Rajagopalan on the AWS Cloud Operations & Migrations blog
The Risks of Moving Too Quickly with Serverless Development, via Allen Helton on dev.to
AWS CTO Slams ChatGPT: ‘Not Concerned About The Truth’, via Mark Haranas on CRN

Season 2 Episode 4 - Incidents, Events & Feline Exits

n Episode 4, Karl & Jon discuss launch templates, Lambda functions, event-driven architectures, incident response automations, expanding US-EAST-1, and Jon's cat decides she doesn't want to listen to him any more.
Here are the links to the articles discussed:
01:33 - Amazon EC2 Launch Templates now support AWS Systems Manager parameters for AMIs on Amazon Web Services (AWS) news
07:03 - AWS Lambda Functions – Unlock the Potential of The Powerful tool AWS on DroidMen
16:55 Let’s Architect! Designing event-driven architectures via Luca Mezzalira, Laura Hyatt, Vittorio Denti, and Zamira Jaupaj on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
21:40 - How to Automate Incident Response with PagerDuty and AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager via Dennis Osentoski on Amazon Web Services blog
26:35 - AWS expanding its footprint at site of infamously flaky US-EAST-1 region via Laura Dobberstein on The Register

Season 2 Episode 3 - Cloud Costs, Fraud & Laundry

In Episode 3,Karl & Jon discuss SAM & cloudformation linting, secure CI/CD practices using AWS tools, cost visualisation using AWS managed Grafana, a shocking AWS bill, AWS's slowing growth, and a bit of plumbing.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
01: 17 - Validate AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) templates with CloudFormation Linter to speed up development via Amazon Web Services (AWS) news
05:00 - Setting up a secure CI/CD pipeline in a private Amazon Virtual Private Cloud with no public internet access via MJ Kubba on Amazon Web Services blog
13:13 - Visualize and gain insights into your AWS cost and usage with Amazon Managed Grafana via Munish Dabra and Chris Strzelczyk on Amazon Web Services blog
18:07 - It Happened to Me: How I Suddenly Owed AWS $13,000 via Jessica Wachtel on The New Stack
26:06 - Oh dear, AWS. Cloud growth slowing as customers get a dose of cost reality via Lindsay Clark on The Register