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09.24.2026

Infinidash: AWS’s New Observability Play Has Great Bones and a Terrible Bedside Manner

By Corey Quinn
Infinidash: AWS’s New Observability Play Has Great Bones and a Terrible Bedside Manner AWS has just released something fascinating in the form of CloudWatch Omni. I want to be upfront before I…
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CapitalOne’s CapitalTwo Day

By Corey Quinn

CapitalOne's data breach isn't their fault, but they could have done more than they did to prevent it.

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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.

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AWS New York Summit: What Did We Learn?

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

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AWS re:Inforce 2019

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AWS Public Sector Summit 2019

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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.

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4 Reasons Lyft is Smart to Pay AWS $300M

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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.

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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.

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8 Things I’ve Learned Using an iPad for Presentations

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

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The Cloud is a Scam

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How to Properly Engage with AWS Enterprise Support

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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.

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