Corey is the Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, where he specializes in helping companies improve their AWS bills by making them smaller and less horrifying. He also hosts the "Screaming in the Cloud" and "AWS Morning Brief" podcasts; and curates "Last Week in AWS," a weekly newsletter summarizing the latest in AWS news, blogs, and tools, sprinkled with snark and thoughtful analysis in roughly equal measure.
More Posts from Corey
The AWS Survival Guide for 2025: A Field Manual for the Brave and the Bankrupt
By Corey QuinnWelcome, intrepid cloud explorer! You’ve decided to venture into the AWS jungle in 2025, where the services multiply faster than your monthly bill. Forget those quaint relics like S3, EC2, and RDS that everyone always gravitates towards—despite being the lion’s share of AWS revenue, they’re practically stone tablets now when it comes to interest and attention. Let’s talk about navigating the real AWS experience.
AWS Certificate Manager Has Announced Exportable TLS Certificates, and I’m Mostly Okay With It
By Corey QuinnI don’t think it’s going too far to say that free TLS certificate offerings like Let’s Encrypt and AWS Certificate Manager have taken encrypted connections mainstream.
A Day in the Life of Server #47B-2: An AWS Data Center Memoir
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