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How Does AWS Measure Customer Numbers, and Should It?
Meta: Counting AWS “customers” can mean wildly different things; best to give up on tracking sign-ons and user accounts and look for better ways to measure growth.
The AWS Managed NAT Gateway is Unpleasant and Not Recommended
I’ve given so much grief to the AWS Managed NAT Gateway over the last few years that if I were to pass all of that grief through one of the gateways themselves it would bankrupt my company. It occurred to me that while I’ve talked about my problems with the service in bits and pieces […]
My re:Quinnvent Justification Letter 2021
AWS offers its usual re:Invent justification letter to get your boss to let you attend re:Invent. As per my annual re:Quinnvent tradition, I’ve modified it slightly and sent it to my business partner: Dearest Mike Julian, I’d like your blessing and permission to attend AWS re:Invent 2021, Nov. 29 – Dec. 3 in Las Vegas. […]
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