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The Gamer Guide to Playing Amazon Web Services (AWS)

If you have played an MMORPG then you know the feeling of starting out in a new game. Your character is level one. You have a vast open world to explore, and there are tons of game systems and gear and skills to learn about.

Jun 21, 2021 - 22 min read
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AWS Podcast - Introducing Amazon ECS Anywhere

I joined Nicki Stone on air for Episode #453 of the AWS Podcast, to talk about the launch of Amazon ECS Anywhere. You can also see a video demo of ECS Anywhere that I recorded.

Jun 11, 2021 - 21 min listen
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AWS What's Next - Amazon ECS Anywhere Launch

For this episode of AWS What’s Next I talked about the launch of Amazon ECS Anywhere, and I gave a demo of my Raspberry Pi homelab running Amazon ECS tasks.

Jun 4, 2021 - 41 min watch
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Amazon ECS Scalability Best Practices

Note: There is now an updated version of this presentation available on Containers on AWS: “Amazon ECS Scalability Best Practices” On May 26th I gave a talk on best practices for scaling with Amazon ECS.

May 27, 2021 - 31 min read
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Building an Amazon ECS Anywhere home lab with Amazon VPC network connectivity

I wrote a launch article about Amazon ECS Anywhere, with a Raspberry Pi homelab build that has Amazon VPC networking connectivity.

May 27, 2021 - Official AWS Blog
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Amazon ECS Networking Best Practices

I contributed a best practices guide on networking for containerized services orchestrated by Amazon ECS. You can find an embedded version of the guide as I originally wrote it at release, or look at the latest live version on the AWS documentation site.

Apr 6, 2021 - 1 min read
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Building early microservice boundaries that you won't regret later

Over the years I’ve seen developer enthusiasm for microservices rise and fall. Some developers become staunch advocates of microservice architecture, while others become disillusioned with distributed systems and now favor monolithic architecture.

Mar 22, 2021 - 8 min read
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Connecting to an interactive shell on your containers running in AWS Fargate using AWS Copilot

I wrote one of the official launch blogs for ECS Exec, a new feature that provides a `docker exec` equivalent for ECS + EC2, and ECS + Fargate

Mar 16, 2021 - Official AWS Blog
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Improving Observability with AWS App Mesh and Amazon ECS

I delivered this session as part of AWS re:Invent 2020. You can find the recording, PowerPoint deck, and transcript below. Download the presentation: Improving Observability with AWS App Mesh and Amazon ECS.

Feb 5, 2021 - 27 min watch