--- title: "And we’re back!" id: "14869" type: "podcast" slug: "and-we-re-back" published_at: "2025-01-13T12:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-05-17T00:03:46+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/and-we-re-back/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/and-we-re-back.md" taxonomy_shows: - "Last Week In AWS Podcast" --- About the Author Corey is the Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill, 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. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-morning-brief/id1466344305](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-morning-brief/id1466344305) [https://overcast.fm/itunes1466344305/aws-morning-brief](https://overcast.fm/itunes1466344305/aws-morning-brief) [https://pca.st/AKs0](https://pca.st/AKs0) [https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2382583](https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2382583) [https://open.spotify.com/show/3A04JNrNAcZMvn8cvDWpWU](https://open.spotify.com/show/3A04JNrNAcZMvn8cvDWpWU) [https://feeds.transistor.fm/aws-morning-brief](https://feeds.transistor.fm/aws-morning-brief) ## Episode Summary ## Episode Show Notes & Transcript AWS Morning Brief for the week of January 13, with Corey Quinn. **Links:** - [Amazon DynamoDB now supports configurable point-in-time-recovery periods](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/01/amazon-dynamodb-configurable-point-in-time-recovery-periods/) - [AWS Compute Optimizer now expands idle and rightsizing recommendations for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/01/aws-compute-optimizer-idle-rightsizing-recommendations-amazon-ec2-auto-scaling-groups) - [Announcing the new AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region | AWS News Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-the-new-aws-asia-pacific-thailand-region/) - [Shaping the future of CDK together](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/shaping-the-future-of-cdk-together/) - [The benefits of an email-based AI virtual assistant on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/the-benefits-of-an-email-based-ai-virtual-assistant-on-aws/) - [Securing a city-sized event: How Amazon integrates physical and logical security at re:Invent](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/securing-a-city-sized-event-how-amazon-integrates-physical-and-logical-security-at-reinvent/) **Sponsor**The Duckbill Group: [https://www.duckbillgroup.com/](https://www.duckbillgroup.com/) View Full Transcript Hide Full Transcript ## You might also like [More Podcast Episodes](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/) ### [M3 Ultra Macs, Claude Platform, and 619 New APIs Walk Into a Bar](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/m3-ultra-macs-claude-platform-and-619-new-apis-walk-into-a-bar/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 05.18.2026 7 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/m3-ultra-macs-claude-platform-and-619-new-apis-walk-into-a-bar/) ### [AI-Native Foundations and the CVEs That Love Them](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/ai-native-foundations-and-the-cves-that-love-them/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 05.11.2026 7 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/ai-native-foundations-and-the-cves-that-love-them/) ### [Bedrock Bags OpenAI, Q Developer Bags Groceries](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/bedrock-bags-openai-q-developer-bags-groceries/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 05.04.2026 9 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/bedrock-bags-openai-q-developer-bags-groceries/)