--- title: "Barest Metal Instances" id: "13923" type: "podcast" slug: "barest-metal-instances" published_at: "2023-04-17T10:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-05-17T00:04:23+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/barest-metal-instances/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/barest-metal-instances.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 April 17, 2023 with Corey Quinn. This week is RSA in San Francisco; I'll be haunting the expo hall at some point, so if you're in town say hi. **Links:** - The [Last Week in AWS Job Board](https://jobs.lastweekinaws.com/) continues to thrive; thanks for your ongoing support. - [Amazon Chime SDK updates Service Level Agreement](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/04/amazon-chime-sdk-service-level-agreement/) - [Amazon CodeWhisperer is now generally available](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/04/amazon-codewhisperer-generally-available/) - [Amazon Connect now enables agents to handle voice calls, chats, and tasks concurrently](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/04/amazon-connect-agents-calls-chats-tasks/) - [Amazon EC2 Serial Console is now available on EC2 bare metal instances](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/04/amazon-ec2-serial-console-bare-metal-instances/?) - [Amazon RDS for MySQL now supports up to 15 read replicas for RDS Multi-AZ deployment option with two readable standby database instances](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/04/amazon-rds-mysql-15-read-replicas-multi-az-two-readable-instances/) - [AWS Graviton2-based Amazon EC2 instances are available in additional regions](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/04/aws-graviton2-based-amazon-ec2-instances-additional-regions/) - [AWS Ground Station now supports Wideband Digital Intermediate Frequency](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/04/aws-ground-station-wideband-digital-intermediate-frequency/) - [AWS Lambda adds support for Node.js 18 in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/04/aws-lambda-node-js-18-govcloud-regions/) - [Introducing AWS Lambda response streaming](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/introducing-aws-lambda-response-streaming/) - [Understanding Amazon DynamoDB latency](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/understanding-amazon-dynamodb-latency/) - [Announcing New Tools for Building with Generative AI on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/announcing-new-tools-for-building-with-generative-ai-on-aws/) - [AWS Now Supports Credentials-fetcher for gMSA on Amazon Linux 2023](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-now-supports-credentials-fetcher-for-gmsa-on-amazon-linux-2023/) - [AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/aws-investment-south-africa-results-economic-ripple-effect/) - [New Global AWS Data Processing Addendum](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/new-global-aws-data-processing-addendum/) - [15 cool things we found inside the Spheres, Amazon’s urban rainforest in downtown Seattle](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-spheres-seattle-inside-tour) 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/)