Luc van Donkersgoed
@lucvandonkersgoed.com
AWS Serverless Hero & Principal Engineer @ PostNL
This was a long time coming, glad it's finally here: SQS, Async Lambda, and EventBridge now support payloads up to 1 MB
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More room to build: serverless services now support payloads up to 1 MB
AWS has increased the maximum payload size from 256 KB to 1 MB for asynchronous Lambda invocations, Amazon SQS, and Amazon EventBridge, enabling developers to ...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
This was a long time coming, glad it's finally here: SQS, Async Lambda, and EventBridge now support payloads up to 1 MB
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I am super happy to welcome AWS itself as a Gold sponsor for the AWS News Feed! Their content and marketing team acknowledges the unique value of the AWS News Feed and we're looking forward to working together more in the months and years to come ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I am super happy to welcome AWS itself as a Gold sponsor for the AWS News Feed! Their content and marketing team acknowledges the unique value of the AWS News Feed and we're looking forward to working together more in the months and years to come ❤️
Non-AI topics get 10% of the keynote, but 70% of the attention on the AWS News Feed. Just sayin'
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Non-AI topics get 10% of the keynote, but 70% of the attention on the AWS News Feed. Just sayin'
Amazon released 40 new features during Matt Garman’s opening keynote! Go check out buff.ly/xNZK1L9 to see all of them, including related blog posts 🚀
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December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Amazon released 40 new features during Matt Garman’s opening keynote! Go check out buff.ly/xNZK1L9 to see all of them, including related blog posts 🚀
Ooohh Savings Plans now have specific Database Savings Plans, lower cost across the board if you commit to a 1-year term. Very nice.
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Introducing Database Savings Plans for AWS Databases
AWS launches Database Savings Plans, offering up to 35% cost savings on managed database services with flexible 1-year commitments across multiple database eng...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ooohh Savings Plans now have specific Database Savings Plans, lower cost across the board if you commit to a 1-year term. Very nice.
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Lambda Durable Functions are here! This one will take some time to wrap your head around. It’s like a state machine, where the function can delegate work and wait to be resumed - without incurring cost. I love this design and expect to use it a LOT.
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AWS Lambda announces durable functions for multi-step applications and AI workflows
AWS Lambda introduces durable functions that enable developers to build reliable multi-step applications and AI workflows with automatic checkpointing, long-te...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Lambda Durable Functions are here! This one will take some time to wrap your head around. It’s like a state machine, where the function can delegate work and wait to be resumed - without incurring cost. I love this design and expect to use it a LOT.
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The AWS News weekly digest just went out, and this edition is the prime example why you want to subscribe. Last week AWS published 95 news releases and 135 blog posts, and the digest shows you the top 10 at a glance. Easy as pie. Want to get all Re:Invent updates? aws-news.com?showSubscrib... 💌
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The AWS News weekly digest just went out, and this edition is the prime example why you want to subscribe. Last week AWS published 95 news releases and 135 blog posts, and the digest shows you the top 10 at a glance. Easy as pie. Want to get all Re:Invent updates? aws-news.com?showSubscrib... 💌
Big day for networking in AWS. Introducing Interconnect Multicloud and Last Mile. The first offers native network integration with Google Cloud and soon Azure too. The second offers branch office connectivity straight into AWS. Huge news!
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AWS announces gated preview of AWS Interconnect - last mile
AWS Interconnect - last mile is a fully managed connectivity service enabling customers to connect branch offices and data centers to AWS with simplified setup...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Big day for networking in AWS. Introducing Interconnect Multicloud and Last Mile. The first offers native network integration with Google Cloud and soon Azure too. The second offers branch office connectivity straight into AWS. Huge news!
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BOOM! AWS Lambda Managed Instances are here! This is an insane crossover between Lambda and EC2 - you can now select EC2 instances to host your Lambda Functions, giving you access to specific CPUs and cost savings plans. But be aware: this is for steady workloads!
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Introducing AWS Lambda Managed Instances: Serverless simplicity with EC2 flexibility
AWS Lambda Managed Instances enables running Lambda functions on EC2 instances with serverless simplicity, offering specialized compute options, cost optimizat...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
BOOM! AWS Lambda Managed Instances are here! This is an insane crossover between Lambda and EC2 - you can now select EC2 instances to host your Lambda Functions, giving you access to specific CPUs and cost savings plans. But be aware: this is for steady workloads!
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Re:Invent 2025, here we come! Looking forward to a intense week of learning, seeing friends old and new, and most of all: FUN 🎉💃
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Re:Invent 2025, here we come! Looking forward to a intense week of learning, seeing friends old and new, and most of all: FUN 🎉💃
Oooooh this is GOOD! You can now block public access to S3 buckets across the entire organization ❤️ Every org should consider turning this on by default.
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Amazon S3 Block Public Access now supports organization-level enforcement
Amazon S3 Block Public Access now supports organization-level enforcement through AWS Organizations, enabling you to standardize and enforce S3 public access s...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Oooooh this is GOOD! You can now block public access to S3 buckets across the entire organization ❤️ Every org should consider turning this on by default.
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After a false start about 7 weeks ago, *actual* automatic quota management is now available in AWS. It addresses a major pain point in AWS by actively monitoring quota usage and automatically raising the limit when you near it.
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Automatic quota management is now AWS Service Quotas adds support for automatic quota management
AWS Service Quotas now automatically adjusts service quotas based on usage patterns, eliminating the need for manual quota increase requests and reducing the r...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
After a false start about 7 weeks ago, *actual* automatic quota management is now available in AWS. It addresses a major pain point in AWS by actively monitoring quota usage and automatically raising the limit when you near it.
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Last week saw a torrent of AWS releases.. but which ones were most popular? At first it looked to be ✨ Flat-rate pricing for CloudFront, but in the end 📖 API Gateway Developer Portals got more views! See aws-news.com/popular for the full articles.
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Last week saw a torrent of AWS releases.. but which ones were most popular? At first it looked to be ✨ Flat-rate pricing for CloudFront, but in the end 📖 API Gateway Developer Portals got more views! See aws-news.com/popular for the full articles.
Enterprises, rejoice! CloudFront now supports client certificates / mutual TLS!
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Trust goes both ways: Amazon CloudFront now supports viewer mTLS
Amazon CloudFront now supports viewer mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication, enabling bidirectional certificate verification between clients and CloudFront to enhan...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Enterprises, rejoice! CloudFront now supports client certificates / mutual TLS!
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Unique visitor counts for The AWS News Feed tell me it's almost Thanksgiving 🦃📈
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Unique visitor counts for The AWS News Feed tell me it's almost Thanksgiving 🦃📈
I've updated the stats view on the AWS News Feed to show the daily granularity. This is what Pre:Invent 2025 looks like... and the reason I felt quite overwhelmed last week 😅
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I've updated the stats view on the AWS News Feed to show the daily granularity. This is what Pre:Invent 2025 looks like... and the reason I felt quite overwhelmed last week 😅
Oh I LIKE this! ECS Express Mode - simple setup for ECS services, including scaling, task definitions, domain names, and an ALB! super nice for those (many) use cases you just want to spin up a simple container. Also, 100 bonus points for IaC support out of the box!
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Build production-ready applications without infrastructure complexity using Amazon ECS Express Mode
Amazon ECS Express Mode simplifies deploying production-ready containerized applications by automating infrastructure setup including load balancing, auto scal...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Oh I LIKE this! ECS Express Mode - simple setup for ECS services, including scaling, task definitions, domain names, and an ALB! super nice for those (many) use cases you just want to spin up a simple container. Also, 100 bonus points for IaC support out of the box!
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YAAAASS! Private API Gateways finally get direct integration with ALBs! No more NLB gymnastics! LOVE seeing all these APIGW Pre:Invent releases ❤️
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Build scalable REST APIs using Amazon API Gateway private integration with Application Load Balancer
Amazon API Gateway REST APIs now support direct private integration with Application Load Balancers, eliminating the need for intermediary Network Load Balance...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
YAAAASS! Private API Gateways finally get direct integration with ALBs! No more NLB gymnastics! LOVE seeing all these APIGW Pre:Invent releases ❤️
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Fascinating release for environments with high compliance requirements: VPC Encryption Controls. They monitor and enforce all traffic in a VPC is encrypted at the hardware level by only allowing Nitro-based hardware.
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Introducing VPC encryption controls: Enforce encryption in transit within and across VPCs in a Region
AWS VPC encryption controls enable organizations to audit and enforce encryption in transit for all traffic within and across VPCs in a Region, with monitor an...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Fascinating release for environments with high compliance requirements: VPC Encryption Controls. They monitor and enforce all traffic in a VPC is encrypted at the hardware level by only allowing Nitro-based hardware.
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All these AWS Pre:Invent releases are nice, but they broke dark mode on public CloudWatch dashboards. Literally unusable.
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
All these AWS Pre:Invent releases are nice, but they broke dark mode on public CloudWatch dashboards. Literally unusable.
OMFG look at these stickers! Come find me at Re:Invent if you want one 👀
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
OMFG look at these stickers! Come find me at Re:Invent if you want one 👀
If you haven't subscribed to the AWS News Feed daily digest, now is the time! Yesterday AWS released 56 (!) new features, and the daily digest brings the top 10 straight to your inbox. Find the subscribe link in the comments 💌
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
If you haven't subscribed to the AWS News Feed daily digest, now is the time! Yesterday AWS released 56 (!) new features, and the daily digest brings the top 10 straight to your inbox. Find the subscribe link in the comments 💌