--- title: "Too Many Birds, Too Many Lunatics" id: "14432" type: "podcast" slug: "too-many-birds-too-many-lunatics" published_at: "2023-12-11T12:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-05-17T00:04:00+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/too-many-birds-too-many-lunatics/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/too-many-birds-too-many-lunatics.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 December 11, 2023, with Corey Quinn. **Links:** - [Amazon Titan Image Generator foundation model in Amazon Bedrock now available in preview](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/11/amazon-titan-image-generator-model-bedrock-preview/) - [Amazon EC2 C6gd and R6gd instances are now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/12/amazon-ec2-c6gd-r6gd-instances-govcloud-us-east-region/) - [Amazon Redshift extends SUPER data type column size support to 16 MB](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/12/amazon-redshift-super-data-column-size-16mb/) - [AWS Secrets Manager announces 99.99% Service Level Agreement](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/12/aws-secrets-manager-service-level-agreement/) - [Build Better Engagement using the AWS Community Engagement Flywheel: Part 1 of 3](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/messaging-and-targeting/build-better-engagement-using-the-aws-community-engagement-flywheel-part-1-of-3/) - [Simplify Modernization of your monolithic application using Amazon VPC Lattice](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/simplify-modernization-of-your-monolithic-application-using-amazon-vpc-lattice/) - [Celebrate with 12 days of AWS Activate](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/startups/celebrate-with-12-days-of-aws-activate/) 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/)