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Season 2 Episode 2 - Serverless, Zero Trust & Rice Cookers

In episode 2 of our second season, Karl & Jon discuss Cloud Observability, ECS automated rollbacks, Step Functions Distributed Maps, Lambda concurrency, zero trust access to AWS and rice cookers.
Here are the links to the topics discussed:
01:35 Zero Trust Access to Corporate Applications with AWS Verified Access via Nsikan Essien on InfoQ
08:00 Amazon ECS Adds Automated Rollbacks via Matthew Campbell on InfoQ
12:00 AWS Introduces Step Functions Distributed Map for Large-Scale Parallel Data Processing via Renato Losio on InfoQ
16:56 Introducing maximum concurrency of AWS Lambda functions when using Amazon SQS as an event source via Julian Wood on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
23:15 Why cloud observability will be critical in 2023 on VentureBeat

Season 2 Episode 1 - O11Y, ECP & TLA’s

In the first episode of season 2 Karl & Jon discuss S3's new default encryption, CI/CD with GitLab and EKS Graviton runners, CloudWatch, Serverless observability, go off the deep end ranting about what DevOps actually is, and talk about shredding Vespa's.
 
Articles discussed:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-encrypts-new-objects-by-default/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup&utm_term=2023-01-06
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/unlock-the-power-of-ec2-graviton-with-gitlab-ci-cd-and-eks-runners/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup&utm_term=2023-01-06
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/integrate-amazon-cloudwatch-alarms-with-amazon-cloudwatch-metrics-insights/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup&utm_term=2023-01-06
https://dev.to/aws-heroes/serverless-in-2023-a-shift-in-focus-30gp?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup&utm_term=2023-01-06
https://devops.com/why-sres-are-critical-to-devops/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup&utm_term=2023-01-06
 

Episode 11 - Pipelines, Rain, & Leaky Buckets

In Episode 11, Karl and Jon discuss the weather (again), troubleshooting networking connectivity, CI/CD, cost optimisations and a new feature to reduce the leakiness of S3 buckets.
Here are links to the articles:
Configuration driven dynamic multi-account CI/CD solution on AWS via Anshul Saxena and Libin Roy on Amazon Web Services blog
Improved Supply Chain Visibility and Actionable Insights with AWS Supply Chain via Steef-Jan Wiggers on InfoQ
How to use AWS Well-Architected with AWS Trusted Advisor to achieve data-driven cost optimization via Jun-Tin Yeh and Stephen Salim on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
Troubleshoot network connectivity to Amazon RDS databases using VPC Reachability Analyzer via Baji Shaik and Sudip Acharya on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog
AWS strains to make Simple Storage Service not so simple to screw up via Thomas Claburn on The Register
 

Episode 10 - Snowed in Serverless Special

In Episode 10 Jon & Karl discuss Blue/Green deployments, low code Serverless development, EventBridge pipes, personal growth from AWS and complain about the cold weather.
Here's the list of articles discussed:
AWS Announces Blue/Green Deployments for MySQL on Aurora and RDS via Renato Losio on InfoQ
AWS launches Application Composer, a low-code tool for building serverless apps via Frederic Lardinois on TechCrunch
Enhanced Serverless Development with Terraform and AWS SAM via Nsikan Essien on InfoQ
Amazon EventBridge Pipes Supports Point-to-Point Integrations between Event Producers and Consumers via Steef-Jan Wiggers on InfoQ
Securing Lambda Function URLs using Amazon Cognito, Amazon CloudFront and AWS WAF via Marcia Villalba on Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog

Episode 9 - re:Invent Recap & Rehydration

In Episode 9 Jon & Karl discuss Water Positivity, AWS Lambda Vulnerability scanning & recap some of the announcements from Re:Invent 2022. Jon also goes on about delivery vans turning right, and Karl side-steps the weekend's football result.
 
Here's the links to the articles discussed:
AWS Plans to be Water Positive by 2030 via Alexandra Garfinkle on Yahoo Finance
Amazon Inspector now scans AWS Lambda functions for vulnerabilities via Marcia Villabla on Amazon Web Services Blog
Adam Selipsky at Re:Invent 2022 via Karl Robinson on Logicata Blog

Episode 8 - Stag dos, Solar & Sustainability

In Episode 8, Karl & Jon discuss Amazon SNS, AWS region selection for sustainability, that Appsync vulnerability, AWS Nitro for legacy EC2 instances and the new AWS India region. And Karl does remarkably well considering he just got back from a stag weekend!
Here are links to the articles discussed:
Introducing payload-based message filtering for Amazon SNS via Julian Wood on Amazon Web Services blog
How to select a Region for your workload based on sustainability goals via Sam Mokhtari, Isha Dua, and Amit Khanal on Amazon Web Services blog
AWS discloses AppSync vulnerability via Richard Chirgwin on iTnews
AWS gives older EC2 instances a legacy lifeline via Simon Sharwood on The Register
AWS launches new cloud infrastructure region in India, will invest $4.4B via Maria Deutscher on SiliconAngle.com

Episode 7 - Crocs, Cigars, and Cloudformation

In Episode 7 Karl & Jon discuss RDS events, migrating elastic IPs between regions, CloudFormation vs Terraform, RDS & Aurora region migration and Re:Invent 2022 predictions. They also go off on a tangent about Croc charms and 1970s TV cigar advertisements…
Amazon RDS events now include attributes for filtering with Amazon SNS
AWS Supports Transfer of IP Addresses Between Accounts
Cloudformation or Terraform: Which Iac Platform Is the Best Fit for You?
Migrate Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS to a new AWS Region
10 Predictions And A Wishlist From AWS Re:Invent 2022

Episode 6 - Patching, Scheduling & Smart Meters

In episode 6 Karl & Jon discuss AWS Resource Explorer, EventBridge Scheduler, EC2 Replace Root Volume, AWS Global Accelerator versus Amazon CloudFront, and some AWS best practices.
Here are the links that inspired this week's episode:
https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/11/ec2-replace-root-volume/
https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/tip/Compare-AWS-Global-Accelerator-vs-Amazon-CloudFront
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-aws-resource-explorer-quickly-find-resources-in-your-aws-account/
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/introducing-amazon-eventbridge-scheduler/
https://www.logicata.com/blog/aws-best-practices-for-edtech/

Episode 5 - S3, Scaffolding & Magic

In episode 5 Karl & Jon discuss leaky S3 buckets, the new AWS us-east-1 architecture, multi-region python package publishing pipelines, public cloud spending and the Gartner magic quadrant for cloud infrastructure and platform services. There's also a questionable scaffolding pun...
Here are the articles that inspired this week's episode:
New open-source tool scans public AWS S3 buckets for secrets
AWS Support will no longer fall over with US-EAST-1, after architectural rebuild
Create a Multi-Region Python Package Publishing Pipeline with AWS CDK and CodePipeline
Gartner: Spending on public cloud services will exceed $591B in 2023
AWS Named as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Services (CIPS) Magic Quadrant for the 12th Consecutive Year

Episode 4 - Sheds, Datacenters & Diesel

In episode 4, Karl & Jon discuss serverless graph databases, Lambda secrets, Amazon RDS backup storage costs, Cloudwatch synthetic monitoring, and datacenter diesel generators. Jon is in a different shed, and Karl goes off on a tangent about Southend Pier...
Here are the articles that inspired this week's episode:
How serverless is transforming graph databases
AWS Introduces AWS Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension to Improve Performances and Security
Demystifying Amazon RDS backup storage costs
Monitoring the availability and health of on-premises application using AWS CloudWatch Synthetics
AWS buys 100+ diesel generators... and that's just for Irish datacenters