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Keeping up with AWS announcements is like drinking from a firehose.

Chief Cloud Economist Corey Quinn goes through the torrent of news about Amazon’s cloud ecosystem and strains out the noise. Then he takes what’s left and gently and lovingly makes fun of it.

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The news you didn’t know you wanted.

Corey Quinn contextualizes and pokes fun at the latest in AWS news, dives into popular AWS services, and answers listener questions on AWS architecture.

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Insightful conversation. Less snark.

Every week, Corey is joined by cloud computing domain experts to discuss AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and why businesses are coming to think about the Cloud.

Cloud Repatriation is Getting Complicated

By Corey Quinn

Five years ago, I fairly confidently stated that Cloud Repatriation Isn’t a Thing, and I by and large stand by what I wrote. That said, it’s 2025, and the story has changed somewhat.

AWS Announces Some Service Deprecations: Great!

By Corey Quinn

AWS has announced a round of service deprecations, and I couldn’t be happier—but I do have some quibbles.

The One-Way Door of AWS Transform: a Secret 24-month Lock-Up

By Corey Quinn

At the same time as AWS Transform has hit General Availability, AWS updated its service terms with a new requirement.

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