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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · 29d

Happy to help. Hope you had a good time!

Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Apr 13

Good morning @fastmail.com - was there a subtle change in the UI of your Android app last week? It is now a lot harder to get to the "select multiple messages" mode.

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Mar 10

Reading Code is an Essential Skill:

medium.com/@nextjeff/re...

Reading Code is an Essential Skill

Over the last couple of months I have spoken about “next generation software development” to audiences in Bangkok, Bangalore, and Tokyo…

medium.com

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Feb 17

The #AWS Trust Center is your online resource that will help you to learn more the approach we take to securing your cloud assets. You will find documentation & tools that address every level from the ground up: data centers, cloud infrastructure, and cloud services.

aws.amazon.com/blogs/securi...

Introducing the AWS Trust Center | Amazon Web Services

We’re launching the AWS Trust Center, a new online resource that shares how we approach securing your assets in the cloud. The AWS Trust Center is a window into our security practices, compliance prog...

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Greg Wilson @gregwilson.tech · Feb 13

Here's a quick article to provide an update on AWS Documentation progress -- sharing details about recent content refactoring, website updates, new content types, and a peek at how we're leveraging AI. I'll follow up soon with a similar update about the SDKs and CLI! 😎
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-in...

AWS Documentation update — progress, challenges, and what’s next for 2025 | Amazon Web Services

WS has been making significant improvements to their documentation through content restructuring, increased code samples, enhanced website navigation, and AI integration, while maintaining their commi...

aws.amazon.com

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Werner @werner.social · Feb 12

Load management is all around us - from restaurants handling the lunch rush to cloud systems balancing millions of requests. Mike Haken’s latest Builders' Library article shows how the principles never change: detect early, adapt quickly, degrade gracefully. aws.amazon.com/builders-lib...

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Luciano Mammino 📙 Node.js Design Patterns @loige.co · Feb 4

For a deeper dive into all the changes (and how to download the new version), check out our newsletter:

news.rust-lambda.com/p/crabby-lam...

🦀 The Crabby Lambda Book is Back! New Release & CDK Magic!

Lots of fixes, using the new Cargo-Lambda file structure, a new appendix on how to use CDK

news.rust-lambda.com

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Jan 15

I spent a few minutes using the Amazon Nova Canvas model via the Bedrock console to create some images reminiscent of an iconic scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

My basic prompt was "an ape standing up, throwing a bone up to the sky. There's a bright sun in the background, and also a spaceship."

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Jan 14

I made a contribution, how do I get access to the models?

Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Jan 8

Can we share it?

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Jan 8

The #AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region is now open -- learn more at aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/an... .

This is our 14th region in Asia Pacific and our 35th globally, with 5 more regions in the works.

Announcing the new AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region | Amazon Web Services

AWS launches Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region with 3 Availability Zones, accelerating cloud adoption. Strategically located to meet data residency needs, it drives innovation across industries. Early AW...

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Dec 16

After 20 years as lead blogger on the #AWS News Blog, I am going to return to my builder roots and spend more time with fewer AWS services. Here's my announcement:

And that's a wrap! - aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/an...

And that’s a wrap! | Amazon Web Services

After 20 years, and 3283 posts adding up to 1,577,106 words I am wrapping up my time as the lead blogger on the AWS News Blog. It has been a privilege to be able to “live in the future” and to get to ...

aws.amazon.com

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Randall Hunt @randall.dev · Dec 2

My first AWS re:Invent selfie with @jeffbarr.bsky.social !

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Nov 28

As the sun sets (all too early during the Seattle winter), I am wrapping up my hashtag#AWS News blogging for re:Invent 2024.

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Nov 27

Check out the very cool #AWS Region Comparison tool at
region-comparison.aws.com .

Select two regions and you will see which services, APIs, EC2 instance types, and DB engines differ with respect to availability.

Source is available; link at bottom!

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Nov 26

Gravity++

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Nov 26

It is open source, go for it!

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Nov 26

If you are heading to #AWS re:Invent and need to set up a private meeting with me, another AWS person, a community member, or another attendee, I strongly recommend that you check our PeerTalk at reinvent.awsevents.com/peertalk/ .

Two people having a meeting across a desk.

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Nov 25

A new open source #AWS Amplify component - StorageBrowser for Amazon S3:

What's New: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...

Repo: github.com/aws-amplify/...

Sample App: github.com/reesscot/nex...

Animated GIF of StorageBrowser for Amazon S3 - a simple UI for data stored in Amazon S3.

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Nov 18

AWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking ahead - aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aw...

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Nov 15

Good idea Justin. Let me see what I can do.

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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · Apr 29

I'm now https://bsky.app/profile/jeff-barr.com . Thanks for the invite!

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