--- title: "The Cost of Prime Day" id: "15464" type: "podcast" slug: "the-cost-of-prime-day" published_at: "2026-10-12T10:30:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-10-12T10:39:10+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-cost-of-prime-day/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-cost-of-prime-day.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 October 11th, with Corey Quinn. **Links:** - [GuardDuty Runtime Monitoring is now included in the AWS Security Hub Threat Analytics plan](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/10/aws-security-hub-runtime-monitoring/) - [AWS Capabilities by Region now offers availability notifications for individual features and advanced filters](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/10/awscapabilities-enhancements/) - [All the numbers: Amazon Prime Day 2026 powered by AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/all-the-numbers-amazon-prime-day-2026-powered-by-aws/) - [Introducing EC2 AMI Tag Sharing: Share EC2 tags across AWS accounts](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/introducing-ec2-ami-tag-sharing-share-ec2-tags-across-aws-accounts/) - [Powering predictable costs with AWS Direct Connect flat-rate pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/powering-predictable-costs-with-aws-direct-connect-flat-rate-pricing/) - [Introducing Strands Box: AI agent sandboxes powered by Dogwood](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/introducing-strands-box-ai-agent-sandboxes-powered-by-dogwood/) - [Eight AWS Security Bulletins, One Bad Week for Defaults](https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-124-aws/#security-roundup) View Full Transcript Hide Full Transcript ## You might also like [More Podcast Episodes](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/) ### [Your Database Is a Data Lake Now, Apparently](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/your-database-is-a-data-lake-now-apparently/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 10.05.2026 6 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/your-database-is-a-data-lake-now-apparently/) ### [The Week AWS Was Wrong, Not Broken](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-week-aws-was-wrong-not-broken/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 09.28.2026 6 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-week-aws-was-wrong-not-broken/) ### [T8i Instances Bursting With Mild Enthusiasm](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/t8i-instances-bursting-with-mild-enthusiasm/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 09.21.2026 4 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/t8i-instances-bursting-with-mild-enthusiasm/)