paulmilbank.bsky.social
@paulmilbank.bsky.social
Lifelong learner, husband and father, computer tinkerer, SRE. Love road cycling and cooking BBQ.
Finally. This is such a needed improvement. Needing to manage 2 sets of creds per service to use RDS proxy was a bit crap
Amazon RDS Proxy now supports end-to-end IAM authentication for Aurora and RDS database instances, simplifying credential management and enhancing connection security without requiring Secrets Manager.
Amazon RDS Proxy announces support for end-to-end IAM authentication
Amazon RDS Proxy now supports end-to-end IAM authentication for Aurora and RDS database instances, simplifying credential management and enhancing connection security without requiring Secrets Manager.
aws-news.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Reposted
Amazon RDS Proxy now supports end-to-end IAM authentication for Aurora and RDS database instances, simplifying credential management and enhancing connection security without requiring Secrets Manager.
Amazon RDS Proxy announces support for end-to-end IAM authentication
Amazon RDS Proxy now supports end-to-end IAM authentication for Aurora and RDS database instances, simplifying credential management and enhancing connection security without requiring Secrets Manager.
aws-news.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The S in Temu stands for safety. It's only a little blender marketed at kids, I'm sure they will only touch the button with the top attached. They were a Christmas gift from a lovely family friend that out kids will never use.
June 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
So... I pulled my keyboard apart to clean it and because it's battery life was terrible. 1: I should clean it more, that was gross. 2: where do I dispose of a battery that has an unknown spice level? Google says Bunnings, but I'm not sure if they will take a naked, slightly puffy battery.
June 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
With apparently no sense of irony, a website uses a terrible AI slop image in an article about Klarna regretting going all in on AI for customer service
May 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Having gastro as a family has been much better than our planned holiday. No wait, the opposite of better, much, much the opposite of better
January 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Realised I had never actually watched the original Alien movies I knew plenty of parts of it, but hadn’t actually seen it. No time like the present to catch up
January 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Well that’s moderately upsetting, those games were big parts of my childhood.
These DOS games are turning 30 years old this year:
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Full Throttle
Hexen
Abuse
Worms
Terminal Velocity
Dark Forces
Command & Conquer
BioForge
Need for Speed
Hi-Octane
Destruction Derby
Witchaven
Descent
Stonekeep
Crusader
Heroes of Might & Magic
Warcraft 2
Phantasmagoria
Discworld
MechWarrior 2
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Somehow, in the age of the one standard port we now don’t have usb c to usb c cables in the house.
January 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
It’s only the 27th, but fridge Tetris is getting easier. Freezer Tetris on the other hand seems unresolvable.
December 26, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Those Python libraries are getting ridiculous.

From car_code import *

car.run()
December 15, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Fun way to kick off your summer weight loss… get 4 wisdom teeth removed.
December 11, 2024 at 7:27 AM