You know what’s wild? AWS is almost twenty years old now. That’s both cool and kind of terrifying at the same time. I’ve been working with AWS for a while, and honestly, I still catch myself thinking about things the way they used to be, not how they actually work today. The problem is that AWS changes constantly, but a lot of the foundational stuff has evolved in ways that aren’t super obvious....
Another year, another AWS re:Invent has come and gone. I’ve been following the announcements closely, and there are some genuinely interesting developments worth discussing. The Big Picture This year’s re:Invent felt a bit different. The pre:Invent announcements started later than usual (mid-November instead of early October), and the keynote felt more focused on GenAI than infrastructure improvements. That said, there are still plenty of practical enhancements that can make our lives easier....
Disclaimer: here you might not find something new if you know 12 factors app. The 12-factor app methodology 12factor.net, is a set of principles designed to enable applications to be built with portability and resilience when deployed to the web. These principles focus on declarative formats for automation, clean contracts with the operating system, and suitability for deployment on modern cloud platforms, thus minimizing divergence between development and production, enabling continuous deployment for maximum agility....
Full list of videos from KubeCon 2021 Europe https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2MqBm19mRz9SYLsw4kfQBrC