--- title: "New Tools, Ancient Failures, Same Old AWS" id: "15408" type: "podcast" slug: "new-tools-ancient-failures-same-old-aws" published_at: "2026-07-27T10:30:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-07-27T10:39:23+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/new-tools-ancient-failures-same-old-aws/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/new-tools-ancient-failures-same-old-aws.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 July 26th, with Corey Quinn. **Links:** - [Amazon ECS now provides Action Logs for deployment and orchestration visibility](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-ecs-action-logs/) - [Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus supports 1.5B active metrics and 200K rules per workspace](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-managed-service-prometheus-1500m-metrics-workspace/) - [Amazon SES introduces pricing plans](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-ses-pricing-plans/) - [AWS Network Load Balancer now supports Listener Rules for custom traffic routing](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/aws-network-load-balancer-supports-listener-rules/) - [AWS Organizations increases RCP quota to 2,000 per organization](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/aws-organizations-resource-control-policy-limit-increase-2000) - [AWS now supports automatic credit memo application preferences](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/credit-memo-applications/) - [AWS Secrets Manager now publishes secret update notifications to Amazon EventBridge](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/secrets-manager-update-notifications) - [JVM memory, CPU, and classpath best practices for Java containers on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/jvm-memory-cpu-and-classpath-best-practices-for-java-containers-on-aws/) - [Connection pooling strategies in Amazon Aurora DSQL](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/connection-pooling-strategies-in-amazon-aurora-dsql/) - [Custom OS installation now available on AWS DeepRacer devices](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/custom-os-installation-now-available-on-aws-deepracer-devices/) - [Thermodynamic sampling of disordered materials with an analog Hamiltonian Rydberg simulator](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/quantum-computing/thermodynamic-sampling-of-disordered-materials-with-an-analog-hamiltonian-rydberg-simulator-2/) - [Unlocking data residency use cases with Amazon S3 in AWS Local Zones](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/unlocking-data-residency-use-cases-with-amazon-s3-in-aws-local-zones/) - [AWS Security Bulletins: New Tools, Ancient Failures](https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/rss/2026-065-aws/#omnibus-1784859679717) View Full Transcript Hide Full Transcript ## You might also like [More Podcast Episodes](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/) ### [You Owe Your Country’s GDP to AWS](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/you-owe-your-country-s-gdp-to-aws/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 07.20.2026 8 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/you-owe-your-country-s-gdp-to-aws/) ### [United Solved IP Exhaustion, You Won’t Believe How](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/united-solved-ip-exhaustion-you-won-t-believe-how/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 07.13.2026 6 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/united-solved-ip-exhaustion-you-won-t-believe-how/) ### [AWS Discovers ACME Isn’t Just Roadrunner Stuff](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/aws-discovers-acme-isn-t-just-roadrunner-stuff/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 07.06.2026 5 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/aws-discovers-acme-isn-t-just-roadrunner-stuff/)