Corey Quinn

My CloudWatch Critique Didn’t Age Well

By Corey Quinn

After my blistering CloudWatch critique last year, I realized I may have left one off: AWS listens, and often fixes shortcomings without fanfare. As it turns out, my critique has not aged well.

AWS New York Summit: What Did We Learn?

By Corey Quinn

A whirlwind tour of the service releases from the 2019 AWS New York Summit.

Right Sizing Your Instances Is Nonsense

By Corey Quinn

Many cost optimization companies will talk about right-sizing instances or VMs as if it were trivial. Many companies have no idea about what they speak.

4 Reasons Lyft is Smart to Pay AWS $300M

By Corey Quinn

The internet lost its mind when it came out that Lyft is paying AWS $300 million dollars. I’ve got four reasons for you why they’re smart to do it.

Running Relational Databases on AWS

By Corey Quinn

When it comes to running MySQL or PostgreSQL on top of AWS, you’ve got three realistic options to choose from. Let’s figure out what works best for you.

8 Things I’ve Learned Using an iPad for Presentations

By Corey Quinn

I spent a year giving talks from an iPad instead of a laptop. Here are the lessons I learned along the way.

How to Properly Engage with AWS Enterprise Support

By Corey Quinn

AWS Enterprise Support is a fantastic waste of money–unless you use the support it buys you properly, at which point it becomes a jewel beyond price.

re:Invent 2018 Releases

By Corey Quinn

The Releases of re:Invent 2018–to the tune of “Nations of the World!”