--- title: "EC2 Wars 1: The Phantom NAT Gateway" id: "13968" type: "podcast" slug: "ec2-wars-1-the-phantom-nat-gateway" published_at: "2023-05-15T10:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-05-17T00:04:20+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/ec2-wars-1-the-phantom-nat-gateway/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/ec2-wars-1-the-phantom-nat-gateway.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 May 15, 2023 with Corey Quinn. **Links:** - [Introducing Amazon EC2 I4g storage-optimized instances](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/amazon-ec2-i4g-storage-optimized-instances/) - [Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports pgvector for simplified ML model integration](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/amazon-rds-postgresql-pgvector-ml-model-integration/) - [Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) is now available in two additional AWS Regions](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/amazon-vpc-ipam-additional-aws-regions/) - [Private Access to the AWS Management Console is generally available](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/aws-management-console-private-access/) - [AWS Systems Manager now allows customers to optimize the compute costs of their applications](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/aws-systems-manager-optimize-compute-costs-applications/) - [Introducing Cedar, an open-source language for access control](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/cedar-open-source-language-access-control/) - [New – Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized Cluster Configuration with Up to 40% Cost Savings for I/O-Intensive Applications](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-aurora-i-o-optimized-cluster-configuration-with-up-to-40-cost-savings-for-i-o-intensive-applications/) - [AWS Lambda for the containers developer](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/aws-lambda-for-the-containers-developer/) - [Committed to our communities: The economic impact of AWS’s $15.6 billion investment in Oregon](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/committed-to-our-communities-the-economic-impact-of-awss-15-6-billion-investment-in-oregon) 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/)