In Season 3, Episode 37 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Ryan Pothecary. They discuss CloudQuest and AWS Jam, AWS Session Manager, Amazon CloudWatch Evidently and AppConfig, Amazon going nuclear, Amazon's returning to office policy and Karl hopes Amazon can finally realise the Back to the Future Mr Fusion reactor... 

06:22 - Enhance your real-world skills with AWS Cloud Quest and AWS Jam 

- CloudQuest provides gamified learning for AWS certifications like Cloud Practitioner

- Jams are in-person problem solving events, Logicata is hosting a Jam soon

- Pricing for CloudQuest seems expensive compared to alternatives like Udemy courses

13:49 - Secure SSH Access to EC2 Instances with AWS Session Manager 

- Session Manager provides secure remote access without exposing SSH ports

- It logs all activity for auditing and compliance

- Allows access through console, CLI, port forwarding

22:29 - Support for Amazon CloudWatch Evidently ending soon 

- Evidently allowed testing variations of apps/websites to improve performance

- Being replaced by Amazon AppConfig which provides similar functionality

- Shows AWS consolidating services and giving notice before deprecation

27:01 - Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors 

- To provide power for energy-hungry data centers and AI/ML workloads

- Investing in grid power, not owning reactors directly

- Small modular reactors easier to build and operate than large ones

33:24 - Amazon AWS CEO: Quit if you don't want to return to office 

- Strong statement against remote work from Amazon leadership

- Cites need for in-person collaboration and innovation

- Unlikely to work as well outside the US due to logistics

- Remote teams can still innovate without being co-located

- Impact on attracting talent remains to be seen

Guest was Ryan Pothecary

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanpothecary/

https://dev.to/ryanpothecary