121. 5 Ways to extend CloudFormation
In this episode, we discuss 5 different ways to extend CloudFormation capabilities beyond what it natively supports. We started with a quick recap of what CloudFormation is and why we might need to ex...
18 Apr 202430min
120. Lambda Best Practices
In this episode, we discuss best practices for working with AWS Lambda. We cover how Lambda functions work under the hood, including cold starts and warm starts. We then explore different invocation t...
4 Apr 202426min
119. The state of AWS 2024 (AnsWeRS community survey commentary)
In this episode, we provide commentary and analysis on the 2024 AWS Community Survey results. We go through the key findings for each area including infrastructure as code, CI/CD, serverless, containe...
22 Mar 202439min
118. The landing zone: Managing multiple AWS accounts
In this episode, we provide an introductory overview of AWS's best practices for managing infrastructure using multiple accounts under an organization. We discuss the advantages of this approach and h...
15 Mar 202425min
117. What do EBS and a jellyfish have in common?
In this episode, we provide an overview of Amazon EBS, which stands for Elastic Block Storage. We explain what block storage is and how EBS provides highly available and high-performance storage volum...
8 Mar 202421min
116. What is RAM (Resource Access Manager)?
In this episode, we discuss AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) and how it can be used to securely share AWS resources like VPC subnets, databases, and SSM parameters across accounts. We explain the ben...
1 Mar 202413min
115. What can you do with Permissions Boundaries?
In this episode, we discuss Permission Boundary policies in AWS IAM. A permissions boundary is an advanced feature in which you set the maximum permissions that an identity-based policy can grant to a...
23 Feb 202413min
114. What's up with LLRT, AWS' new Lambda Runtime?
In this episode, we discuss the new experimental AWS Lambda LLRT Low Latency runtime for JavaScript. We provide an overview of what a Lambda runtime is and how LLRT aims to optimize cold starts and pe...
16 Feb 202430min
