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Amazon SageMaker Is Responsible for My Surprise Bill
Getting an AWS surprise bill for Amazon SageMaker Canvas is a strange and concerning occurrence for The Duckbill Group’s Chief Cloud Economist.
An Unexpected Love Letter to Azure
Azure’s Computer Vision can generate alt text in a sophisticated way that’s a game-changer for making accessibility and inclusivity frictionless.
I Was Wrong: Why AWS Can’t End the re:Invent Service Release Tidal Wave
The frenzy of AWS product releases around re:Invent is terrible for its users. But upending AWS’s cultural cornerstones would be even worse for customers.
S3 Intelligent-Tiering: Breaking Even on Cost
As Cloud Economists, we’re often asked when it makes sense for an object to be in Amazon S3’s Intelligent-Tiering (S3-IT) storage class. The answer, as is unfortunately often the case in the world of consulting, is “it depends”.
Azure’s Security Vulnerabilities Are Out of Control
Azure’s multiple security vulnerabilities are highly concerning, for both customer data and the cloud’s reputation. It’s time we put public pressure on Azure.
Personal Security Posture: How I Keep My Cybersecurity Game Strong
Figuring out a strong personal security posture can be overwhelming. Corey Quinn reviews his personal InfoSec approach for humans with “normal” security risks.
The ChatOps Issue That No One’s Chatting About
ChatOps widens your company’s security perimeter in ways that we need to publicly discuss. If your business uses Slack with AWS Chatbot, I’m talking to you.
9 Ways AWS Made Me Headdesk When Using the CDK
For all that AWS talks about its global infrastructure regions, attempting to deploy my application to every region with AWS CDK was a Bad Idea.
Should You Take a Job at AWS?
“Should I accept a job offer at AWS?” The answer isn’t straightforward, so here are the things you’ll want to consider before you take a job at Amazon.
re:Invent Keynote 2026: Analysis — Sticky Revenue, Unstoppable Growth, and the Behemoth That Is AWS
If you’re incensed by AWS, you’re not going to migrate your complex workloads. AWS will be fine, not subject to quarterly whims. All you can do is embrace the suck.
No, AWS, Aurora Serverless v2 Is Not Serverless
The freshly released Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 is a highly scalable, highly available, fully managed SQL database. If only it were serverless. How AWS prices Aurora Serverless v2 When AWS released Aurora Serverless v2 as generally available on April 21, I had to double-check the date. No, it was too late for April Fool’s. It […]
The Strange, Too-Familiar Tale of ‘Uncle Suitcase’
Amazon Cognito is the AWS service that boasts about all it can accomplish — but without the substance to back up its claims.