--- title: "Northern Virginia is in Virginia" id: "14955" type: "podcast" slug: "northern-virginia-is-in-virginia" published_at: "2025-03-31T10:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-05-17T00:03:43+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/northern-virginia-is-in-virginia/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/northern-virginia-is-in-virginia.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 March 31st, with Corey Quinn. **Links:** - [Amazon DynamoDB now supports percentile statistics for request latency](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/amazon-dynamodb-percentile-statistics-request-latency/) - [Amazon EKS now enforces upgrade insights checks as part of cluster upgrades](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/amazon-eks-enforces-upgrade-insights-check-cluster-upgrades) - [Amazon GameLift Servers expands instance support with next-generation EC2 instance families](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/amazon-gamelift-servers-expands-instance-support) - [AWS CloudFormation now supports targeted resource scans in the IaC generator](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/aws-cloudformation-targeted-resource-scans-iac-generator/) - [AWS adds currency selection to Payment Profiles](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/aws-currency-selection-payment-profiles) - [AWS Deadline Cloud now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/aws-deadline-cloud-supports-ipv6/) - [AWS announces expanded service support in the AWS Console Mobile App](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/aws-expanded-support-console-mobile-app/) - [AWS Network Manager and AWS Cloud WAN now support AWS PrivateLink and IPv6](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/aws-network-manager-cloud-wan-privatelink-ipv6) - [Unlocking the power of Splunk with Amazon Bedrock – Build AI assistant using agents](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/unlocking-the-power-of-splunk-with-amazon-bedrock-an-agentic-ai-approach-to-build-customized-splunk-assistants-using-bedrock-agents/) - [From virtual machine to Kubernetes to serverless: How dacadoo saved 78% on cloud costs and automated operations](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/from-virtual-machine-to-kubernetes-to-serverless-how-dacadoo-saved-78-on-cloud-costs-and-automated-operations/) - [Accelerating CI with AWS CodeBuild: Parallel test execution now available](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/accelerating-ci-with-aws-codebuild-parallel-test-execution-now-available/) - [Amazon S3 Path Deprecation Plan – The Rest of the Story | AWS News Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-path-deprecation-plan-the-rest-of-the-story/) - [Detailed geographic information for all AWS Regions and Availability Zones is now available](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-geography-information-for-all-aws-regions-and-availability-zones/) - [Optimizing network footprint in serverless applications](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimizing-network-footprint-in-serverless-applications/) - [Simplifying private API integrations with Amazon EventBridge and AWS Step Functions](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/simplifying-private-api-integrations-with-amazon-eventbridge-and-aws-step-functions-2/) - [Announcing the Developer Preview of Amazon S3 Transfer Manager in Rust](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/announcing-the-developer-preview-of-amazon-s3-transfer-manager-in-rust/) - [AWS SDK for Ruby: Deprecating Ruby 2.5 & 2.6 Runtime Supports and Future Compatibility](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/aws-sdk-for-ruby-deprecating-ruby-2-5-2-6-runtime-supports-and-future-compatibility/) - [Announcing the AWS CDK L2 Construct for Amazon Cognito Identity Pools](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/announcing-the-aws-cdk-l2-construct-for-amazon-cognito-identity-pools/) - [AWS re:Invent 2024 recap for government agencies](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/aws-reinvent-2024-recap-for-government-agencies/) 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/)