--- title: "Cloud Institute for the Criminally Underpaid" id: "14277" type: "podcast" slug: "cloud-institute-for-the-criminally-underpaid" published_at: "2023-10-16T10:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-05-17T00:04:05+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/cloud-institute-for-the-criminally-underpaid/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/cloud-institute-for-the-criminally-underpaid.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 October 16, 2023 with Corey Quinn. **Links:** - [New Amazon CloudWatch metric monitors EC2 instance reachability to EBS volumes](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/10/amazon-cloudwatch-metric-monitors-reachability-ebs-volumes/) - [Announcing AWS Lambda’s support for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) for outbound connections in VPC](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/10/aws-lambda-ipv6-outbound-connections-vpc/) - [Announcing new AWS Network Load Balancer (NLB) availability and performance capabilities](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/10/aws-nlb-availability-performance-capabilities/) - [Two billion downloads of Terraform AWS Provider shows value of IaC for infrastructure management](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-insights/two-billion-downloads-of-the-terraform-aws-provider-shows-value-of-iac-for-infrastructure-management/) - [Why purpose-built artificial intelligence chips may be key to your generative AI strategy](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-insights/why-purpose-built-artificial-intelligence-chips-may-be-key-to-your-generative-ai-strategy/) - [How Zalando migrated their shopping carts to Amazon DynamoDB from Apache Cassandra](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/how-zalando-migrated-their-shopping-carts-to-amazon-dynamodb-from-apache-cassandra/) - [Unlocking cost-optimization: Open Raven’s journey with Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized leads to 60% savings](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/unlocking-cost-optimization-open-ravens-journey-with-amazon-aurora-i-o-optimized-leads-to-60-savings/) - [How does Cloud enable the transformation of Bank finance functions?](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/industries/how-does-cloud-enable-the-transformation-of-bank-finance-functions/) - [AWS Cloud Institute: Virtual training program for cloud developers](https://www.aboutamazon.com/aws/news/aws-cloud-institute-virtual-training-for-cloud-developers) 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/)