Tobias Schmidt
@tpschmidt.com
Helping aspiring engineers master the cloud
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📕 Book #2: http://cloudwatchbook.com
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👨💻 Freelance Software Engineer
✍️ Book #1: http://awsfundamentals.com
📕 Book #2: http://cloudwatchbook.com
Learn AWS for Free: https://awsfundamentals.com/newsletter
P.S.: if you want to learn how to use AWS properly, we run a free bi-weekly newsletter 📨
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AWS Fundamentals Newsletter
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November 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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I'd argue that the word "hacking" didn't need to be placed here anywhere.
Just use the keys right in front of you and get the full tour: customer databases, invoices, internal dashboards, even write access to some production sites. One bucket alone had over 70 TB of data.
Just use the keys right in front of you and get the full tour: customer databases, invoices, internal dashboards, even write access to some production sites. One bucket alone had over 70 TB of data.
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I'd argue that the word "hacking" didn't need to be placed here anywhere.
Just use the keys right in front of you and get the full tour: customer databases, invoices, internal dashboards, even write access to some production sites. One bucket alone had over 70 TB of data.
Just use the keys right in front of you and get the full tour: customer databases, invoices, internal dashboards, even write access to some production sites. One bucket alone had over 70 TB of data.
Link to the full article (Disclaimer: it's from 2023):
eaton-works.com/2025/10/28/...
eaton-works.com/2025/10/28/...
Hacking India’s largest automaker: Tata Motors
Tata Motors gave away the keys to their infrastructure and customer data on their public websites.
eaton-works.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Link to the full article (Disclaimer: it's from 2023):
eaton-works.com/2025/10/28/...
eaton-works.com/2025/10/28/...
By the way, we dive deeper into AWS patterns and real-world scenarios in our newsletter every two weeks. It's free!
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November 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Still has some quirks (and/or missing parts in the docs) and some configurations that not obvious to configure (e.g. how to group services into applications or clusters), but it works quite nicely.
November 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Still has some quirks (and/or missing parts in the docs) and some configurations that not obvious to configure (e.g. how to group services into applications or clusters), but it works quite nicely.
Official announcement article ✍️
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/w...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/w...
Application map is now generally available for Amazon CloudWatch - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Application map is now generally available for Amazon CloudWatch
aws.amazon.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Official announcement article ✍️
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/w...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/w...
P.S.: I'm Tobi, a full-stack engineer who's been through the AWS hell more times than I'd like to admit. I put together some free animations to break down how the main AWS services actually tick. Worth a look if you want to see how things fit together. 👋
awsfundamentals.com/animations
awsfundamentals.com/animations
Animations | AWS Fundamentals
Learn visually with our animated guides to AWS services.
awsfundamentals.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
P.S.: I'm Tobi, a full-stack engineer who's been through the AWS hell more times than I'd like to admit. I put together some free animations to break down how the main AWS services actually tick. Worth a look if you want to see how things fit together. 👋
awsfundamentals.com/animations
awsfundamentals.com/animations
Finding out the metrics and their required parameters (e.g. some Lambda metrics are only per function, some are per account; or some DynamoDB metrics are per table, some per operation) is quite tedious ⚡️
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Finding out the metrics and their required parameters (e.g. some Lambda metrics are only per function, some are per account; or some DynamoDB metrics are per table, some per operation) is quite tedious ⚡️
Full blog article with more numbers 👀
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/a...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/a...
AWS services scale to new heights for Prime Day 2025: key metrics and milestones | Amazon Web Services
Amazon Prime Day 2025 achieved record-breaking sales with enhanced AI shopping features, while AWS infrastructure handled unprecedented volumes of data—including 1.7 trillion Lambda invocations per day, DynamoDB peaking at 151 million requests per second, and a 77% increase in Fargate container tasks—showcasing the massive scalability required to power the four-day shopping event.
aws.amazon.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Full blog article with more numbers 👀
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/a...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/a...
Seriously, AWS, how is that even possible?
Outstanding work! ⚡️
Outstanding work! ⚡️
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Seriously, AWS, how is that even possible?
Outstanding work! ⚡️
Outstanding work! ⚡️
• 💾 Aurora: 500B transactions, 4.071TB stored, 999TB transferred
• 🚀 ElastiCache: Peaked at 1,5Q daily reqs, 1,4T reqs/min
• 📬 SQS: Peak 166M msgs/sec
• 📊 Kinesis: Peak 807M records/sec
• 🔐 CloudTrail: 2.5T+ Events processed
• 🚀 ElastiCache: Peaked at 1,5Q daily reqs, 1,4T reqs/min
• 📬 SQS: Peak 166M msgs/sec
• 📊 Kinesis: Peak 807M records/sec
• 🔐 CloudTrail: 2.5T+ Events processed
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
• 💾 Aurora: 500B transactions, 4.071TB stored, 999TB transferred
• 🚀 ElastiCache: Peaked at 1,5Q daily reqs, 1,4T reqs/min
• 📬 SQS: Peak 166M msgs/sec
• 📊 Kinesis: Peak 807M records/sec
• 🔐 CloudTrail: 2.5T+ Events processed
• 🚀 ElastiCache: Peaked at 1,5Q daily reqs, 1,4T reqs/min
• 📬 SQS: Peak 166M msgs/sec
• 📊 Kinesis: Peak 807M records/sec
• 🔐 CloudTrail: 2.5T+ Events processed
• ⚡ Lambda: Handled 1,7T+ invocations/day
• 🔗 API Gateway: Processed 1T+ internal service reqs
• 🌐 CloudFront: Delivered 3T+ HTTP reqs during Prime Day week
• 🗄️ DynamoDB: Peaked at 151M reqs/sec; tens of T API calls
• 🔗 API Gateway: Processed 1T+ internal service reqs
• 🌐 CloudFront: Delivered 3T+ HTTP reqs during Prime Day week
• 🗄️ DynamoDB: Peaked at 151M reqs/sec; tens of T API calls
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
• ⚡ Lambda: Handled 1,7T+ invocations/day
• 🔗 API Gateway: Processed 1T+ internal service reqs
• 🌐 CloudFront: Delivered 3T+ HTTP reqs during Prime Day week
• 🗄️ DynamoDB: Peaked at 151M reqs/sec; tens of T API calls
• 🔗 API Gateway: Processed 1T+ internal service reqs
• 🌐 CloudFront: Delivered 3T+ HTTP reqs during Prime Day week
• 🗄️ DynamoDB: Peaked at 151M reqs/sec; tens of T API calls
By the way, if you're interested in CloudWatch, we're also teaching everything you need to know about it and other AWS core services on our free bi-weekly newsletter 📨
awsfundamentals.com/newsletter
awsfundamentals.com/newsletter
AWS Fundamentals Newsletter
Learn AWS skills that actually work in production. Join 10k+ engineers mastering real-world cloud architecture
awsfundamentals.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
By the way, if you're interested in CloudWatch, we're also teaching everything you need to know about it and other AWS core services on our free bi-weekly newsletter 📨
awsfundamentals.com/newsletter
awsfundamentals.com/newsletter
Link to the recorded talk on YouTube 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn8...
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Link to the recorded talk on YouTube 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn8...
• Centralized Observability 🕹️
• Dashboards 📊
• Application Signals 📡
• Traces 🧩
• AIOps 🤖
• OpenTelemetry 🔭
and quite a few more 👀
• Dashboards 📊
• Application Signals 📡
• Traces 🧩
• AIOps 🤖
• OpenTelemetry 🔭
and quite a few more 👀
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
• Centralized Observability 🕹️
• Dashboards 📊
• Application Signals 📡
• Traces 🧩
• AIOps 🤖
• OpenTelemetry 🔭
and quite a few more 👀
• Dashboards 📊
• Application Signals 📡
• Traces 🧩
• AIOps 🤖
• OpenTelemetry 🔭
and quite a few more 👀
Features you'll learn about in just one hour:
• Metrics 📏
• GenAI Observability 🧠
• Alarms 🚨
• Logs 📜
• Insights 💡
• CloudWatch Agent ☁️
• Metrics 📏
• GenAI Observability 🧠
• Alarms 🚨
• Logs 📜
• Insights 💡
• CloudWatch Agent ☁️
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Features you'll learn about in just one hour:
• Metrics 📏
• GenAI Observability 🧠
• Alarms 🚨
• Logs 📜
• Insights 💡
• CloudWatch Agent ☁️
• Metrics 📏
• GenAI Observability 🧠
• Alarms 🚨
• Logs 📜
• Insights 💡
• CloudWatch Agent ☁️
Joe covers not only new and shiny features but also neat tips and tricks on how to use established features like Log Insights the best way.
I've learned quite a few things even though I'm working with CloudWatch heavily.
I've learned quite a few things even though I'm working with CloudWatch heavily.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Joe covers not only new and shiny features but also neat tips and tricks on how to use established features like Log Insights the best way.
I've learned quite a few things even though I'm working with CloudWatch heavily.
I've learned quite a few things even though I'm working with CloudWatch heavily.
P.S.: I'm Tobi, a full-stack engineer and I've put together a lot of free animations that break down how AWS services actually work 👀
awsfundamentals.com/animations
awsfundamentals.com/animations
Animations | AWS Fundamentals
Learn visually with our animated guides to AWS services.
awsfundamentals.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
P.S.: I'm Tobi, a full-stack engineer and I've put together a lot of free animations that break down how AWS services actually work 👀
awsfundamentals.com/animations
awsfundamentals.com/animations
Reminder: you can't simply change a log group's storage class after it's created. You'd need to "manually" move it to another group, so be sure that Infrequent Access is the right class before going with it!
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Reminder: you can't simply change a log group's storage class after it's created. You'd need to "manually" move it to another group, so be sure that Infrequent Access is the right class before going with it!