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Episode738

T8i Instances Bursting With Mild Enthusiasm

09.21.2026
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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.

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Episode Show Notes

AWS Morning Brief for the week of September 21st, with Corey Quinn. 

Links:

  • AWS Direct Connect announces flat-rate pricing for dedicated connections
  • AWS improves regional resiliency for root user sign-in
  • AWS Elastic Beanstalk introduces Cluster Mode
  • AWS reimagines the getting started experience
  • New low-cost burstable Amazon EC2 T8i instances are generally available
  • Reduce time-to-hire for quality candidates with AI-powered Amazon Connect Talent
  • AWS STS simplifies session token size limits and adds session token size monitoring
  • Seven AWS CVEs and the client-side patching tax

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