--- title: "Lies, Damned Lies, and Sponsored Benchmarks" id: "9337" type: "podcast" slug: "lies-damned-lies-and-sponsored-benchmarks" published_at: "2020-02-03T12:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-05-17T00:08:58+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/lies-damned-lies-and-sponsored-benchmarks/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/lies-damned-lies-and-sponsored-benchmarks.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 AWS Morning Brief for the week of February 3, 2020. ## Episode Show Notes & Transcript ## You might also like [More Podcast Episodes](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/) ### [OpenAI on Bedrock and Other Strange Bedfellows](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/openai-on-bedrock-and-other-strange-bedfellows/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 06.08.2026 7 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/openai-on-bedrock-and-other-strange-bedfellows/) ### [The Week AWS Remembered GovCloud Exists](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-week-aws-remembered-govcloud-exists/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 06.01.2026 6 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-week-aws-remembered-govcloud-exists/) ### [AWS and Oracle Together at Last, Apparently](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/aws-and-oracle-together-at-last-apparently/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 05.26.2026 6 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/aws-and-oracle-together-at-last-apparently/)