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LogiCast AWS News (Video) Podcast

LogiCast, brought to you by Logicata, is a weekly AWS News podcast hosted by Karl Robinson, CEO and Co-Founder of Logicata, and Jon Goodall, Lead Cloud Engineer. Each week we hand-pick a selection of news articles on Amazon Web Services (AWS) - we look at what’s new, technical how-to, and business-related news articles and take a deep dive, giving commentary, opinion, and a sprinkling of humor. Please note this is the video edition of the Logicast podcast. For the audio only edition, please check out https://logicast.podbean.com/

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    Season 3 Episode 34 - Cheap Containers, Backup Visibility & Building in AWS

    In Season 3, Episode 34 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Abhishek Gupta. They discuss Graviton Spot compute, CLI v2 Linux support, AWS Backup visibility, CodeCommit/Cloud9 deprecation, UK AWS investment and they welcome their first guest from outer space.   05:09 - Amazon ECS now supports AWS Graviton-based Spot compute with AWS Fargate  14:05 - Linux Support Updates for AWS CLI v2  19:08 - Gain visibility of AWS backup activities using Amazon Managed Grafana  25:50 - Dear AWS, how do I build & develop purely on AWS right now?  36:04 - Chancellor announces £8 billion Amazon Web Services investment, as she vows to make every part of Britain better off   Guest was Abhishek Gupta https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhi8968/ https://medium.com/@abhi133182

    45 min

  2. 10 SEPT

    Season 3 Episode 33 - AI, more AI and some not AI!

    In Season 3, Episode 33 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Christophe Limpalair. They discuss prompt engineering, CloudWatch Logs, Patch Manager, Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistants, number of servers used to power EC2 and Karl assumes everything is about AI when it isn't...   04:24 - Implementing advanced prompt engineering with Amazon Bedrock  13:42 - Using Generative AI to Gain Insights into CloudWatch Logs  21:16 - Visualize AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager information using Amazon QuickSight  27:46 - AWS named as a Leader in the first Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistants  34:29 - Amazon uses nearly half a million servers to power EC2, researcher estimates    Guest was Christophe Limpalair: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophelimpalair/ https://cybr.com

    39 min

  3. 2 SEPT

    Season 3 Episode 32 - Step Functions Validation, Lambda Layers & Neon Signs

    In Season 3, Episode 32 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Rishab Kumar. They discuss Validation API for Step Functions, Lambda Layers, Quick Setup programmatic deployment, new certifications and courses, Challenger for Observability and the Logicata guys get serious neon sign envy...   Articles: 04:53- Announcing Validation API for AWS Step Functions  The new validation API for AWS Step Functions allows validating state machines before deployment to catch errors early. It was noted this could be useful to integrate into CI/CD pipelines. 09:19 - Why You Should Use AWS Lambda Layers  Using Lambda layers allows packaging dependencies separately from function code. This enables faster deployments when only code changes, limits package size so the console editor can still be used, and allows sharing dependencies between functions 16:51 - Deploy AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup programmatically across your AWS Organization AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup can now be deployed programmatically via CloudFormation, CDK, CLI etc. This makes it easier to enable SSM access across an organization or onboard new accounts. 23:35 - New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in August 2024 New AWS certifications and courses were announced, including AI/ML related ones like Certified Machine Learning Engineer Associate. This reflects the growing demand for cloud skills in these areas. 30:37 - AWS named as a Challenger in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Observability Platforms  AWS was named a Challenger in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Observability, reflecting their improved capabilities and execution in this space even if not yet a leader.   Guest was Rishab Kumar: https://linkedin.com/in/rishabkumar7 https://rishabkumar.com/ https://x.com/rishabincloud https://youtube.com/@rishabincloud

    37 min

  4. 27 AUG

    Season 3 Episode 31: Macs, Loops, and Misconfigurations

    In Season 3, Episode 31 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Luis Valdivia. They discuss MacOS CI/CD, Upgrading Lambda Functions, Lambda Loop Detection, Chatbot for Security Events, ALB Misconfiguration Exposure and Jon describes how he's training his kids in the art of medieval combat...   Articles: 05:04 - Add macOS to your continuous integration pipelines with AWS CodeBuild  They discuss a new AWS CodeBuild feature that allows adding MacOS to continuous integration pipelines for building iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and MacOS applications and talk about challenges with using MacOS for builds.   15:48 - Leverage Amazon Q to upgrade Lambda runtime functions  They discuss using Amazon Q to help upgrade Lambda runtimes like moving from Python 3.7 to 3.12 and debate whether AI like Q is ready to fully take over coding.   22:35 - AWS Lambda introduces recursive loop detection APIs  They discuss a new recursive loop detection API in AWS Lambda and whether it is necessary and helpful for developers.   29:01 - Manage security events in Slack, Teams, or Amazon Chime using AWS Chatbot and Amazon Q They discuss using AWS Chatbot with Amazon Q to manage security events in Slack/Chime.    33:28 -Thousands of Apps Using AWS ALB Exposed to Attacks Due to Configuration Issue  They discuss a report about potential misconfigurations exposing thousands of AWS environments due to issues with Application Load Balancers.    Guest was Luis Valdivia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-valdivia-humareda/

    39 min

  5. 5 AUG

    Season 3 Episode 30 - Serverless Security, Multicloud and AWS Earnings

    In Season 3, Episode 30 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Warren Parad. They discuss AWS Step Functions Encryption, AWS Parameter Store Sharing, AWS Touts Multi-Cloud Capabilities, AWS Quietly Freezes Services, AWS Q2 2022 Earnings and Jon has a proper rant about the deprecation of CodeCommit...      Articles: 04:03 - Strengthening data security in AWS Step Functions with a customer-managed AWS KMS key  They discuss a recent AWS blog post about encrypting AWS Step Functions state machines using AWS KMS keys. They debate the usefulness and security implications of this new feature.   11:57 - Introducing Parameter Store cross-account sharing  They discuss a new capability from AWS to share Parameter Store parameters across accounts. They debate whether this simplifies operations or creates potential security issues.   17:39 - AWS and Multicloud: Existing capabilities & continued enhancements  They discuss a recent AWS blog post about their multi-cloud capabilities and tools. They consider whether the major cloud providers are becoming commoditized.   25:16 - AWS quietly freezes CodeCommit, Cloud9, SimpleDB and more, customers complain about lack of notice  They discuss AWS deprecating several services like CodeCommit and Cloud9 without notice. They express frustration at the lack of communication.   34:12 - Amazon’s cloud unit reports 19% revenue growth, topping estimates  Thy discuss Amazon's latest quarterly earnings report, which exceeded expectations largely driven by AWS growth.   Guest was Warren Parad:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/warren-parad/ https://warrenparad.nethttps://dev.to/wparad

    40 min

  6. 29 JUL

    Season 3 Episode 29: Graviton Benchmarks, SnapStart Java, and New Exam Formats

    In Season 3, Episode 29 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Girish Mukim. They discuss new Lambda snap start support for Java ARM functions, new question types being added to some AWS certification exams, using DynamoDB with Amazon OpenSearch Service for near real-time analytics without ETL, dedicated log volumes for RDS to improve database performance, benchmark results showing Graviton CPUs outperforming AMD and Intel and finally there is an update on Jon's leaking tap...   Articles Discussed:   03:43 - Lambda snap start for Java ARM   07:52 - New AWS exam question types  14:17 - DynamoDB and OpenSearch for near real-time analytics  19:55 - RDS dedicated log volumes  25:00 - Graviton CPU benchmarks    Guest was Girish Mukim:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/girish-mukim/ https://www.youtube.com/@AWSLearn https://dev.to/girishmukim

    33 min

  7. 23 JUL

    Season 3 Episode 28 - Simplified OIDC, Redshift Serverless, and AI Content Localisation

    In Season 3, Episode 28 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Joshua Walker. They discuss AWS IAM OpenID Connect, Amazon Redshift serverless, AWS WAF challenge and capture actions, Media content localization with AWS AI services, Top 10 AWS news stories of 2024 and Jon challenges AWS' definition of Serverless, again...   Articles Discussed: 04:40 - AWS Identity and Access Management simplifies management of OpenID Connect identity providers  The article discusses how AWS IAM is simplifying the management of OpenID Connect identity providers by automating certificate management. This will make it easier to securely connect external identity providers.     10:26 - Amazon Redshift Serverless with lower base capacity available in the Europe (London) Region The article announces that Amazon Redshift serverless now has a lower base capacity available in the London region. This allows users to run analytics more cost-effectively.     15:11 - Protect against bots with AWS WAF Challenge and CAPTCHA actions  The article explains how to use AWS WAF challenge and capture capabilities to protect against bots by requiring suspicious traffic to solve a challenge. This is less disruptive than blocking all traffic.    21:16 - Media content localization with AWS AI services and Amazon Bedrock The article demonstrates using AWS AI services like Transcribe and Translate to automatically localize text content from English to Korean. This makes it easier to reach broader audiences.    26:40 - The 10 Biggest AWS News Stories Of 2024 (So Far)  The hosts each highlight one of their favorite stories from a list of the top 10 AWS news items in 2022 so far. These include the CEO change, sustainability efforts, global data center expansion, and more.   Guest was Joshua Walker https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwtechdev/

    34 min

  8. 17 JUL

    Season 3 Episode 27 - ECS Features, AWS Open Sourcing, and AI IAC

    In Season 3, Episode 27 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Jenn Bergstrom. They discuss Amazon ECS, AWS Secrets Manager, Amazon CodeWhisperer, Security Hub and Jon was worried that the new Amazon Bedrock AI agent would replace him as Karl's Lead Cloud Engineer...   Articles Discussed: 03:54 - Amazon ECS now enforces software version consistency for containerized applications  - Prevents issues when deploying containers using mutable tags like 'latest' - Happens automatically, users don't need to make any changes   10:02 - Amazon ECS provides enhanced stop task error messages for easier troubleshooting   - Helps debug issues when deploying containers to ECS - Available automatically in all regions, no user changes needed   12:40 - Open source release of Secrets Manager agent for AWS Secrets Manager  - Allows retrieving secrets without writing custom integration code - Exciting for serverless/container workloads like Lambda   18:35 - Using AI agents in Amazon CodeWhisperer to generate IaC from architecture diagrams  - Upload a diagram, chat with the AI, get Terraform or CloudFormation code - Useful but not a complete replacement for experienced engineers yet   29:30 - Top 4 ways to improve your Security Hub score  - Mostly common sense security tips - Highlights the need for better security practices   Guest was Jenn Bergstrom https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-bergstrom/

    34 min
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LogiCast, brought to you by Logicata, is a weekly AWS News podcast hosted by Karl Robinson, CEO and Co-Founder of Logicata, and Jon Goodall, Lead Cloud Engineer. Each week we hand-pick a selection of news articles on Amazon Web Services (AWS) - we look at what’s new, technical how-to, and business-related news articles and take a deep dive, giving commentary, opinion, and a sprinkling of humor. Please note this is the video edition of the Logicast podcast. For the audio only edition, please check out https://logicast.podbean.com/

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