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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jul 12

New AWS free tier coming on July 15th. No more surprise charges while experimenting on AWS. You get up to $200 in credits and 12 months to spend them. docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbi...

Explore AWS services with AWS Free Tier - AWS Billing

Use AWS Free Tier to try AWS services free of charge.

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Unofficial AWS News @unofficial-aws.bsky.social · Jun 12

AWS announces up to 45% price reduction for Amazon SageMaker AI instances, including P4 and P5 types, to enable more cost-efficient generative AI model development. Pricing for flexible training plans on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod is also reduced, benefiting customers in non-US Regions.

Announcing price reductions for Amazon SageMaker AI GPU-accelerated instances

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Mar 4

This image is a three-panel comic from "They Can Talk" featuring beavers.

In the first panel, two beavers are shown near a body of water with trees in the background. One beaver says, "i have big plans for this domain name."

In the second panel, the other beaver responds, "please, no more AWS accounts."

In the third panel, there's a close-up of the first beaver's face with a somewhat mischievous expression, saying "big plans."

Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Feb 6

Look at that - step functions sneaking in 10x scaling without much fanfare

Unofficial AWS News @unofficial-aws.bsky.social · Feb 6

AWS Step Functions has increased the default quota for state machines and activities from 10,000 to 100,000, enabling greater scalability and flexibility for customers to create and manage more workflows within a single AWS account.

AWS Step Functions now supports 100,000 state machines and activities per AWS account

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 22

This is pretty neat. On a similar note, if you want to see how to build a BlueSky RSS bot using Lambda, CDK and Rust see my repo github.com/anoopenginee...

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Unofficial AWS News @unofficial-aws.bsky.social · Jan 21

Amazon EventBridge Event Bus now allows direct delivery of events to AWS services in another account, enabling improved security, streamlined processes, and reduced costs. This feature simplifies architecture by eliminating the need for intermediary resources.

Amazon EventBridge announces direct delivery to cross-account targets

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 17

Amazing feature

Unofficial AWS News @unofficial-aws.bsky.social · Jan 16

AWS announces multi-session support, allowing customers to access up to 5 AWS accounts in a single browser. This feature enables managing resources across different environments and troubleshooting application issues more efficiently.

The AWS Management Console now supports simultaneous sign-in for multiple AWS accounts

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 16

I think this is the first time that Q has built official integration with a third party service? With this you can get cloudzero insights from Q without leaving AWS console.

Unofficial AWS News @unofficial-aws.bsky.social · Jan 16

Amazon Q Developer now integrates with CloudZero's cloud cost optimization platform, allowing users to access cost insights and billing information directly in the AWS Management Console. CloudZero is a leader in proactive cloud cost efficiency, automating cost analysis to uncover savings…

Amazon Q Developer plugin for CloudZero is now generally available

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 14

This is nice. In addition to the currencies already supported, AWS US customers can pay in Chilean Peso (CLP), Colombian Peso (COP), and Uruguayan Peso (UYU). AWS Europe customers can pay in Egyptian Pound (EGP), Nigerian Naira (NGN), Polish Zloty (PLN), Romanian Leu (RON), Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH).

Unofficial AWS News @unofficial-aws.bsky.social · Jan 13

AWS customers can now pay in additional local currencies, reducing foreign exchange costs and payment friction. To change your payment currency, go to the Billing and Cost Management page, select Payment Preferences, and choose your preferred currency.

AWS now accepts payments in 8 new local currencies

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 12

When you deserialize JSON like {"type": "message"}, the field maps cleanly to r#type in your Rust code. Useful for interop, though highly discouraged in normal Rust code!

#rust #rustlang

Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 12

This is true! This is how you use keywords as identifiers in Rust - with raw identifiers (r#). It's useful when working with external data formats that use keywords as field names:

```rust
#[derive(Deserialize)]
struct Message {
r#type: String, // maps to JSON "type" field
…
}
```
#rustlang

Ron Kuris ✅ @svjaneo.com · Jan 12

TIL #golang cannot escape keywords and use them as variable names, but #rustlang #rust can, although it is discouraged.

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 11

TIL: you can quickly switch between accounts by long pressing your profile pic (bottom right) in bluesky app.

This has made working on @unofficial-aws.bsky.social bot so much easier.

#bluesky #bsky #atproto

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 8

In classic New York style, it’s authentically located in New Jersey.

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We have launched a new Local Zone in New York City (located in New Jersey).

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 8

NYC gets its own AWS local zone today

Unofficial AWS News @unofficial-aws.bsky.social · Jan 8

AWS launches a new Local Zone in New York City, offering low-latency compute, storage, and other services for applications like gaming, media, and finance. Local Zones are available in 17 US and 17 global metro areas, enabling low-latency delivery to end users worldwide.

Announcing the general availability of a new AWS Local Zone in New York City

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 8

Here is the relevant portion from AWS docs docs.aws.amazon.com/savingsplans...

Scenario 4: Savings Plans and EC2 reserved instances apply to the usage

You purchase a one-year, partial upfront Compute Savings Plan with an $18.20/hour commitment. You have two EC2 Reserved Instances (RI) for r5.4xlarge Linux shared tenancy in us-east-1.

First, the RI covers two of the r5.4xlarge instances. Then, the Savings Plans rate is applied to the remaining r5.4xlarge and the Fargate usage, which exhausts the hourly commitment of $18.20.

The m5.24xlarge and Lambda usage On-Demand charges are $32.70.

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 8

Claude wins in accuracy here

Correct response from claude

Yes, Savings Plans and Reserved Instances (RIs) can coexist in your AWS account and can be used together to maximize cost savings. Here's how they work together:

1. Resource matching priority:
- AWS first applies Regional RIs to matching instances
- Then applies Savings Plans to the remaining eligible usage
- Any remaining usage is charged at On-Demand rates

2. Optimization strategy:
- You can use RIs for predictable, steady-state workloads
- Then add Savings Plans to cover varying or flexible compute usage
- This combination often provides the best cost optimization

The main benefit of using both is flexibility - RIs provide deeper discounts for specific instance types, while Savings Plans offer more flexibility across instance families, sizes, and even services like Lambda and Fargate.

Would you like me to explain more about specific scenarios where combining both might be beneficial?

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 8

Reddit is running their experimental AI feature called “Answers” and it is giving inaccurate answers. The right answer here is that users can use RIs along with SPs and the behavior is documented here:

docs.aws.amazon.com/savingsplans...

Inaccurate response from reddit Answers:

Can Savings Plans be combined with Reserved Instances?

No, Savings Plans have replaced Reserved Instances and offer similar savings but with more flexibility. "Savings plans are not on top of reserved instances, they replaced them."

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 4

This is a nice addition to WAF

Unofficial AWS News @unofficial-aws.bsky.social · Jan 4

AWS WAF's console dashboard now includes richer visualizations that provide insights into the top sources of traffic. Customers with CloudWatch logging destinations can view a new top insights section within the all traffic dashboard, enabling better understanding of their security…

AWS WAF Console adds new Top Insights Visualizations

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 3

Follow @unofficial-aws.bsky.social for more AWS updates.

Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 3

Hello world!

bsky.app/profile/unof...

Unofficial AWS News @unofficial-aws.bsky.social · Jan 3

AWS Application Discovery Service now supports IPv6 addresses, enabling customers to discover on-premises server inventory for cloud migration. The move to IPv6 increases available addresses, reducing the need to manage overlapping address spaces in VPCs. The new dual-stack domains are…

AWS Application Discovery Services now supports IPv6 endpoints

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 3

This bot is powered by the RSS-Bluesky bridge (github.com/anoopenginee...)

It scans the AWS news RSS feed 3 times a day, dedupes posts using Dynamodb and creates better summary of the post using claude-3 haiku running in Bedrock.

GitHub - anoopengineer/rss-bluesky-bridge: Automatically bridge RSS feeds to Bluesky using AWS serverless technologies, with optional AI-powered content summarization.

Automatically bridge RSS feeds to Bluesky using AWS serverless technologies, with optional AI-powered content summarization. - anoopengineer/rss-bluesky-bridge

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 3

@unofficial-aws.bsky.social is now live! This (unofficial) bot shares the latest AWS updates on Bluesky, sourced directly from the official AWS RSS feed.

Follow @unofficial-aws.bsky.social for more AWS updates.

#AWS #rust #serverless

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 3

This bot is powered by the RSS-Bluesky bridge (github.com/anoopenginee...).

It scans the RSS feed 3 times a day, dedupes posts using Dynamodb and creates better summary of the post using claude-3 haiku running in Bedrock.

GitHub - anoopengineer/rss-bluesky-bridge: Automatically bridge RSS feeds to Bluesky using AWS serverless technologies, with optional AI-powered content summarization.

Automatically bridge RSS feeds to Bluesky using AWS serverless technologies, with optional AI-powered content summarization. - anoopengineer/rss-bluesky-bridge

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 2

Project is licensed under MIT license. Contributions are welcome: github.com/anoopenginee...

GitHub - anoopengineer/rss-bluesky-bridge: Automatically bridge RSS feeds to Bluesky using AWS serverless technologies, with optional AI-powered content summarization.

Automatically bridge RSS feeds to Bluesky using AWS serverless technologies, with optional AI-powered content summarization. - anoopengineer/rss-bluesky-bridge

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Anoop Kunjuraman @anoop.kunjuraman.com · Jan 2

Special thanks to @calavera.dev for Cargo Lambda!

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