--- title: "SREcon, SLOs, and Step Functions are the new Lambda" id: "14966" type: "podcast" slug: "srecon-slos-and-step-functions-are-the-new-lambda" published_at: "2025-03-24T10:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2025-11-07T15:30:46+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/srecon-slos-and-step-functions-are-the-new-lambda/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/srecon-slos-and-step-functions-are-the-new-lambda.md" taxonomy_shows: - "Screaming in the Cloud" --- 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/screaming-in-the-cloud/id1361244178](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/id1361244178) [https://overcast.fm/itunes1361244178/screaming-in-the-cloud](https://overcast.fm/itunes1361244178/screaming-in-the-cloud) [https://pca.st/7l2e](https://pca.st/7l2e) [https://open.spotify.com/show/3fBA9eNkGliCzp3Xuy1GVd](https://open.spotify.com/show/3fBA9eNkGliCzp3Xuy1GVd) [https://feeds.transistor.fm/screaming-in-the-cloud](https://feeds.transistor.fm/screaming-in-the-cloud) ## Episode Summary AWS Morning Brief for the week of March 24th, with Corey Quinn. ## Episode Show Notes & Transcript **Links:** - [AWS Client VPN increases authorization rules and route quotas](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/aws-client-vpn-authorization-rules-route-quotas) - [Announcing the New AWS Wickr Admin Console](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/new-aws-wickr-admin-console) - [AWS announces the next generation of Amazon Connect where powerful AI improves every customer interaction](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/next-generation-amazon-connect-ai-improves-customer-interaction) - [Manage SLO exclusion time windows using CloudWatch Application Signals](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/03/slo-exclusion-time-windows-cloudwatch-application-signals/) - [Handling billions of invocations – best practices from AWS Lambda](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/handling-billions-of-invocations-best-practices-from-aws-lambda/) - [Visually build telephony applications with AWS Step Functions](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/messaging-and-targeting/visually-build-telephony-applications-with-aws-step-functions/) - [Corey is speaking at SREcon in Santa Clara!](https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon25americas) View Full Transcript Hide Full Transcript ## You might also like [More Podcast Episodes](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/) ### [Build vs Buy: The Hidden Costs of “Just Building It” with Ahmed Bebars](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/build-vs-buy-the-hidden-costs-of-just-building-it-with-ahmed-bebars/) Screaming in the Cloud 04.02.2026 43 Minutes [Play Episode](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/build-vs-buy-the-hidden-costs-of-just-building-it-with-ahmed-bebars/) ### [FinOps, AI, and the Cost of Cloud Chaos with J.R. Storment](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/finops-ai-and-the-cost-of-cloud-chaos-with-j-r-storment/) Screaming in the Cloud 03.19.2026 48 Minutes [Play Episode](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/finops-ai-and-the-cost-of-cloud-chaos-with-j-r-storment/) ### [Everything Is a Graph (Even Your Dad Jokes) with Roi Lipman](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/everything-is-a-graph-even-your-dad-jokes-with-roi-lipman/) Screaming in the Cloud 03.05.2026 39 Minutes [Play Episode](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/everything-is-a-graph-even-your-dad-jokes-with-roi-lipman/)