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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 audio only version of Logicast. If you would like the video version, please check out https://logicastvideo.podbean.com/

  1. 20시간 전

    Season 4 Episode 37: Cancelling Refreshes, Copying Snapshots, and Centralizing Logs

    In Season 4, Episode 37, Karl and Jon welcome AWS Community Builder Mahmoud Khatib to the show. Together, they dive into some of the latest AWS announcements, including Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling’s new support for forced cancellation of instance refreshes, Amazon RDS enabling cross-region and cross-account snapshot copy, and the expansion of AWS Organizations service control policies to cover the full IAM language. They also explore how log management can be simplified through Amazon CloudWatch centralization, and reflect on AWS being named a leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI code assistance. Somewhere along the way, the conversation takes an entertaining detour into the world of tech relics, from floppy disks to Amazon Dash Buttons.   09:19 - EC2 Auto Scaling Forced Cancellation  This new feature allows for immediate cancellation of instance refreshes, which is particularly useful when pushing out bad updates. Previously, users had to wait for in-progress refreshes to finish before canceling, potentially causing more issues. The new feature enables instant cancellation, reducing stress for on-call engineers.   15:52 - RDS Cross-Region and Cross-Account Snapshot Copy  This feature simplifies the process of copying RDS snapshots between regions and accounts. Previously, it required two steps, but now it can be done in one command. This saves time and potentially reduces costs associated with orphaned snapshots.   21:13 - AWS Organizations Service Control Policy  The update allows for full IAM language support in service control policies (SCPs). This enables more granular control and simplifies policy management, potentially replacing some use cases for permissions boundaries. The speakers were particularly excited about the improved wildcard support and the ability to centralize policies.   30:27 - CloudWatch Logs Centralization  This new feature simplifies log management by allowing easier centralization of logs from multiple accounts. It's particularly useful for organizations with multiple single-tenant applications or those needing to collect logs from customer accounts. The process is now simpler, requiring fewer steps and potentially reducing costs.   37:51 - AWS in Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistance  AWS was named a leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI code assistance. The speakers discussed their experiences with AWS's AI coding tools, including Q Developer and Kiro, noting significant improvements in recent versions. They also expressed some skepticism about the exclusion of certain tools from the Magic Quadrant.   You can connect with Mahmoud online: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahmoud-khatib-45900052/ Medium: https://medium.com/@khatib.edge ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mahmoud-Khatib-2

    49분

  2. 9월 22일

    Season 4 Episode 36: Guard Duty Plans, Container Migrations, and Gartner Quadrants

    In Season 4, Episode 36, Karl and Jon welcome AWS Community Builder Neeraj Sharma to the show. Their conversation covers a wide range of updates and insights, including AWS Organizations’ new Account State Information feature, the migration from Claude 3.5 Sonnet to Claude 4 Sonnet on Amazon Bedrock, and the introduction of Amazon GuardDuty’s new protection plans with extended threat detection capabilities. They also explore the transition from AWS CodeDeploy to Amazon ECS for blue-green deployments, while reflecting on AWS being named a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for cloud-native application platforms and container management. And, in true podcast style, we also discover a surprising fact: Jon’s forearm happens to be the perfect diameter for fitting a standard extractor fan vent.   09:29 - AWS Organizations' Account State Information  AWS Organizations has introduced new, more granular account states to improve account lifecycle management. This update provides clearer information about account status, including pending activation, active, suspended, pending closure, closed, and post-closure periods. The new states offer better visibility into account status, potentially improving compliance and automation workflows.   16:52 -Migrating from Claude 3.5 Sonnet to Claude 4 Sonnet  Amazon Bedrock is deprecating Claude 3.5 Sonnet and encouraging users to migrate to Claude 4 Sonnet. The migration process involves more than just changing the model flag, requiring code changes and possibly prompt engineering adjustments. The article discusses the challenges of this migration, including potential increases in token usage and changes in output format.   23:52 - Amazon GuardDuty Protection Plans  AWS has introduced new protection plans for GuardDuty, including options for S3, EKS, EC2, RDS, and Lambda. These plans offer extended threat detection capabilities and are designed to improve security monitoring across various AWS services. The article discusses the benefits and potential concerns of these new features, including automatic enablement and cost considerations.   30:47 - Migrating from AWS CodeDeploy to Amazon ECS for Blue-Green Deployments  AWS is recommending users migrate from CodeDeploy to native ECS blue-green deployments for container workloads. This change simplifies the deployment process by eliminating the need for separate appspec files and reducing complexity. The article discusses the benefits of this migration and the continuing relevance of CodeDeploy for other deployment scenarios.   37:33 - AWS in Gartner's Magic Quadrant  AWS has been named a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for cloud-native application platforms and container management. The discussion covers AWS's position relative to other cloud providers like Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, and the implications of these rankings for enterprise decision-making and cloud strategy.

    48분

  3. 9월 17일

    Season 4 Episode 35: Budget Automation, Database Migration & end to end IPv6

    In Season 4, Episode 35, Karl and Jon dive into AWS Budget Controls with automated actions, explore DMS Data Resync for seamless database migrations, and look at CloudFront’s new support for IPv6 origins. They also compare Fargate and ECS for container orchestration and discuss the shift from the SysOps Admin exam to the new Cloud Ops Engineer certification. And after hearing Jon's DIY plans, thankfully Karl failes to recall his ex tractor fan joke, as it is rather long!   02:13 - AWS Budget Controls AWS introduced a new solution for automating actions based on budget alerts. This architecture uses various AWS services like Config, EventBridge, DynamoDB, and Step Functions to automatically manage cloud costs. Users can set up actions to inform, stop, or terminate resources based on budget thresholds for specific services like EC2, SageMaker, Aurora, and OpenSearch. 10:01 - AWS DMS Data Resync  AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) now offers a Data Resync feature for certain database engines, excluding MySQL. This feature addresses the challenge of maintaining data consistency during migrations, especially for large databases. It allows for quicker resynchronization of data without the need for a full dump and restore, which can be time-consuming for large datasets. 15:28 - Amazon CloudFront IPv6 Support  Amazon CloudFront now supports IPv6 origins, enabling end-to-end IPv6 delivery. This update offers benefits such as non-NAT operation, lower latency, and higher connection scalability. It's particularly relevant for mobile-first markets where IPv6 adoption is high. The change may also lead to cost savings as IPv6 traffic is generally cheaper than IPv4. 19:35 - Fargate vs ECS The article discusses the differences between AWS Fargate and Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service). It clarifies that Fargate is a serverless compute engine for containers, while ECS is a container orchestration service. The comparison aims to address confusion among users about how these services interact and their respective roles in container deployment. 22:51 - AWS SysOps to Cloud Ops Exam Evolution  AWS has renamed and updated the SysOps Administrator Associate exam to the Cloud Ops Engineer Associate exam. The new exam (SOA-C03) maintains similar content to its predecessor but includes some reorganization of topics and the addition of newer AWS services. The article discusses the implications for certification holders and the evolving nature of cloud operations roles.

    30분

  4. 9월 1일

    Season 4 Episode 34: Budgets, Databases, and Prime Day Peaks

    In Season 4, Episode 34, Karl and Jon sit down with AWS Community Builder and Software Engineer Iyanuoluwa Ajao for a fast-paced chat on the latest in cloud and beyond. They cover the new AWS Budgets features for cross-account cost visibility, smart ways to optimize Amazon RDS and Aurora costs with Compute Optimizer, and advanced Graviton adoption strategies across regions. The conversation also dives into how AWS scaled to meet the demands of Prime Day 2025, and AWS CEO Matt Garman’s comments on why AI won’t replace junior developers. As always, the hosts veer into lighter territory—this time reminiscing about vintage computers, classic consoles, and coding in Basic. Check out Iyanuoluwa’s blog The Rise of AI, and don’t miss Retro Reset, a tech charity close to Jon’s heart.   05:09 - AWS Budgets improvements  AWS has introduced cross-account cost visibility in AWS Budgets, allowing users to view budgets across multiple accounts within an organization. This feature is particularly useful for managed service providers and large organizations with multiple business units. It enables teams to have a consolidated view of budgets relevant to their specific areas without needing access to the entire organization.   09:23 - Optimizing RDS and Aurora with AWS Compute Optimizer  AWS Compute Optimizer now supports optimization recommendations for Amazon RDS and Aurora databases. This tool helps identify over-provisioned resources, unused instances, and opportunities for right-sizing. The article discusses the importance of database optimization due to its significant impact on overall cloud spending and provides guidance on using Compute Optimizer for databases.   16:04 - Advanced AWS Graviton adoption strategies  The article discusses strategies for implementing AWS Graviton across different AWS regions. It highlights the importance of considering regional differences in instance availability and suggests using mixed instances and instance requirements rather than specific instance types. The article emphasizes the benefits of Graviton for price and performance optimization but notes that some workloads may still require x86 chips.   22:07 - AWS services scaling for Prime Day 2025  AWS shared statistics on how their services scaled to handle Amazon's Prime Day 2025. Notable figures include deploying over 87,000 Inferentia and Trainium chips for Amazon Rufus, powering more than 40% of Amazon.com using Graviton, and processing 1.5 quadrillion daily requests on Amazon ElastiCache. This article demonstrates AWS's ability to handle massive scale and serves as a marketing tool for potential customers.   29:56 - AWS CEO on AI and junior developers Matt Garman, CEO of AWS, stated that junior developers are not at risk of being replaced by AI. The discussion touched on the importance of understanding code versus relying solely on AI-generated solutions. The speakers emphasized the continued need for human developers, especially for smaller companies, and cautioned against over-reliance on AI in software development.

    37분

  5. 8월 27일

    Season 4 Episode 33: Customized Dashboards, AI Agents, and Aurora's Decade

    In Season 4, Episode 33, Karl and Jon chat with AWS Community Builder William Antonio Guzmán Bernal. They cover the new AWS Cost Management dashboards, a security issue in AWS Trusted Advisor related to public S3 buckets, how to build AI agents using AWS Serverless, and how to set up large-scale log ingestion pipelines with Amazon OpenSearch Service. They also reflect on ten years of Amazon Aurora innovation—and, once again, veer off into a tangent about painful sports injuries.   05:34 - AWS Cost Management Dashboards  AWS has released new customized billing and cost management dashboards that allow users to display multiple views of billing and cost data on a single page. While not groundbreaking, it provides a more user-friendly interface for finance teams to visualize cost data. However, the speakers noted limitations in sharing this data outside of AWS accounts.   14:10 - AWS Trusted Advisor Security Flaw  A security researcher discovered a flaw in AWS Trusted Advisor that allowed public S3 buckets to go unflagged under certain configurations. The speakers discussed that this was likely an intentional edge case used to test the system rather than a common misconfiguration. AWS has since fixed the issue, and the article was seen as somewhat sensationalized.   22:54 - Building AI Agents on AWS Serverless  The article discusses using AWS Serverless to build AI agents. The speakers noted that while serverless is often a good starting point, this particular use case is quite advanced (300-level) for both AI and serverless technologies. They discussed the rapid pace of AI development and the new AWS Agents SDK, which simplifies the process of building AI agents.   29:47 - Enterprise-scale Log Ingestion with Amazon OpenSearch  The article covers building large-scale log ingestion pipelines using Amazon OpenSearch. The speakers cautioned that while powerful, OpenSearch may be overkill and too expensive for smaller organizations. They emphasized the importance of considering budget and actual needs when choosing logging solutions.   36:23 - 10 Years of Amazon Aurora  The podcast discussed various innovations in Amazon Aurora over the past decade, including cross-region read replicas, serverless capabilities, and increased storage capacity. The speakers highlighted features like synchronous read replicas and the simplicity of deployment options as particularly impressive or useful advancements.

    45분

  6. 8월 12일

    Season 4 Episode 32: Bigger Payloads, Bedrock Expansion, and Capacity Constraints

    In Season 4, Episode 32, Karl and Jon welcome AWS Community Builder and DynamoDB and Serverless technologies expert, Uriel Bitton. Together, they explore a range of fresh developments in the AWS ecosystem: the introduction of Amazon CloudWatch’s organization-wide VPC Flow Logs enablement, Amazon SQS’s expanded maximum message payload size to 1 MiB, and the arrival of OpenAI’s open-weight models on AWS Bedrock. They also delve into monitoring AWS Backup vault lock compliance across organizations and discuss how capacity constraints are limiting the growth of major cloud providers. The conversation then takes a playful turn, as the hosts debate whether SQS “FIFO” queues should be pronounced "FEEFO" or "FYFO", evoking childhood memories of Jack and the Beanstalk...   03:15 - Amazon CloudWatch's organization-wide VPC flow logs enablement  This new feature allows users to enable VPC flow logs across an entire organization, rather than configuring them per VPC. It uses AWS Config for remediation, which can be expensive. The feature aims to simplify management and improve security monitoring across multiple accounts and regions. 09:58 - Amazon SQS increasing maximum message payload size  AWS increased the maximum message payload size for Amazon SQS from 256 KiB to 1 MiB, a 4x increase. This change eliminates the need to use S3 as an intermediary for larger payloads, simplifying architectures and potentially reducing costs. It's particularly beneficial for AI-related workloads that often involve larger data transfers. 16:06 - OpenAI's open-weight models on AWS Bedrock  AWS has made OpenAI's open-weight models available on their Bedrock platform, marking a significant collaboration between competitors. This addition expands the range of AI models available to AWS customers and demonstrates Amazon's commitment to providing diverse AI options, even from competitors. 22:16 - Monitoring AWS Backup vault lock compliance  The article discusses how to monitor AWS Backup vault lock compliance across an organization. Vault lock is a feature that enforces retention policies for backups, crucial for ransomware protection. The monitoring solution described seems to offer an alternative to using compliance frameworks, potentially providing a simpler or more cost-effective approach. 29:03 - Capacity constraints affecting cloud vendor growth  Major cloud providers, including AWS, Microsoft, and Google, have reported that data center capacity constraints are limiting their growth. This is particularly due to the increased demand from AI workloads, which require significant computing power and energy. The situation contrasts with earlier reports of canceled data center contracts, suggesting a complex landscape of expansion and optimization in the cloud industry.

    37분

  7. 8월 5일

    Season 4 Episode 31: Cloud Wars, Code Builds, and CMA Probes

    In Season 4, Episode 31, Karl and Jon are joined by Warren Parad, CTO of Authress. Together, they discuss a range of topics including AWS Managed Microsoft Active Directory and best practices for security, the Amazon Q Developer CLI and serverless solutions, implementing defense-in-depth security for CodeBuild pipelines, and the latest quarterly financial results from AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud. They also cover the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation into cloud service providers — all while Karl battles network issues ahead of his upcoming fibre installation.   03:47 - AWS managed Microsoft Active Directory  The article discusses how to automatically disable users in AWS managed Microsoft Active Directory based on GuardDuty findings. The process involves a complex setup described as a "Rube Goldberg machine," including Event Bridge, Step Functions, and Systems Manager. The speakers debate the practicality of this solution and suggest alternatives like using Azure Active Directory instead.   08:40 - Amazon Q developer CLI and serverless solutions  This article from the AWS artificial intelligence blog discusses building modern serverless solutions using Amazon Q developer CLI. The speakers express skepticism about the quality of the recommendations provided by the tool, noting that even the examples in the blog post don't adhere to best practices. They discuss the concept of MCP (Multi-Cloud Platforms) and its relevance in the context of AI and API interactions.   13:16 - Defense in depth security for CodeBuild pipelines  The article focuses on implementing defense in depth security measures for CodeBuild pipelines. The speakers discuss the relevance of such measures, especially in the context of open-source projects and potential security risks from pull requests. They also touch on the recent security incident with AWS tools for Q developer and the need for transparency in such situations.   22:52 - Cloud providers' quarterly financial results  The discussion covers the quarterly financial results of major cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud). The speakers analyze the growth rates, revenue numbers, and the challenges in comparing these figures due to differences in how each company reports their cloud-related earnings. They also discuss the impact of AI investments on these results.   33:36 - UK Competition and Markets Authority probe  The podcast covers the ongoing probe by the UK Competition and Markets Authority into major cloud service providers. The investigation has focused on Microsoft and Amazon, finding that both have "significant unilateral market power." The speakers discuss the implications of this finding, the challenges faced by smaller cloud providers, and the potential impact on issues like egress fees.

    51분

  8. 7월 28일

    Season 4 Episode 30: Security, MCPs, and Open Source Perils

    In Season 4, Episode 30, Karl and Jon are joined by Pieter VanIperen, CISO at AlphaSense. They discussed AWS security best practices and authentication methods, the Security Reference Architecture (SRA) and the SRA Verify tool, as well as the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and its implications for CIOs. They also covered the CLOUD Act and its impact on data access, and a compromised Amazon Q extension that posed a security risk. Finally, the guys discovered that Jon's interest in karate extends to Japanese electoral politics.   06:17 -  Beyond IAM Access Keys: Modern Authentication Approaches for AWS This article discusses the shift from traditional IAM users and access keys to more secure authentication methods. It recommends using Cloud Shell for CLI access, Identity Center for permissions management, and emphasizes the principle of least privilege. The article also covers scenarios where access keys might still be necessary and suggests alternatives like OIDC for better security.   15:20 - Introducing SRA Verify: An AWS Security Reference Architecture Assessment Tool  The article introduces SRA Verify, a tool for assessing compliance with AWS Security Reference Architecture guidelines. It provides automated checks for various security services like CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and Security Hub. The tool aims to simplify the deployment and assessment of security measures in AWS environments.   23:09 -  MCP Doesn't Stand for Many Critical Problems, but Maybe It Should for CIOs  This article discusses the challenges and potential risks associated with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for CIOs. While MCP offers new possibilities for AI integration, it also raises concerns about data security, context poisoning, and the need for proper scoping and permissions management. The discussion highlights that many organizations are still in the early adoption phase of MCP.   30:42 -  5 Facts About How the CLOUD Act Actually Works  AWS published an article addressing misconceptions about the CLOUD Act, a US law from 2018. The article aims to clarify that the Act doesn't give unrestricted access to data and that proper encryption and security measures can protect customer data. It emphasizes that AWS prioritizes customer data privacy and security.   40:33 - Compromised Amazon Q Extension Told AI to Delete Everything  This article discusses a security incident where a malicious actor compromised an Amazon Q extension for VS Code. The compromised extension contained a destructive AI prompt that could potentially delete user files. The incident highlights the importance of code review and the potential risks in the open-source ecosystem.

    50분
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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 audio only version of Logicast. If you would like the video version, please check out https://logicastvideo.podbean.com/

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