Vlad Ionescu (he/him)
@vladionescu.me
sugarbaby cosplaying as a tech consultant • mean eastern european with unrealistically high expectations and unreasonable quality standards
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Reposted by Vlad Ionescu (he/him)
I did a fun thing and gave every Belgian access to my AWS Account (or: playing around with IAM Roles Anywhere)
cloudar.be/awsblog/sign...
cloudar.be/awsblog/sign...
Sign in with your eID: Using AWS IAM Roles Anywhere with a SmartCard Reader
Using temporary credentials to access resources, has long been a best practice and is usually straight-forward if the person or machine that is starting the action is already known in AWS (either by u...
cloudar.be
June 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I did a fun thing and gave every Belgian access to my AWS Account (or: playing around with IAM Roles Anywhere)
cloudar.be/awsblog/sign...
cloudar.be/awsblog/sign...
Reposted by Vlad Ionescu (he/him)
"To further cement the nexus between Microsoft and Europe, going forward our European datacenter operations and their boards will be overseen by a European board of directors that consists exclusively of European nationals and operates under European law."
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
Microsoft announces new European digital commitments - Microsoft On the Issues
As a multinational company, Microsoft believes in trans-Atlantic ties that promote mutual economic growth and prosperity.
blogs.microsoft.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"To further cement the nexus between Microsoft and Europe, going forward our European datacenter operations and their boards will be overseen by a European board of directors that consists exclusively of European nationals and operates under European law."
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
Hey @rmondello.com, if I remember correctly you were collecting feedback for Passwords. Is that still a thing?
If yes, I have 1.5 feature requests targeting power-users.
If no, no worries! Passwords is still a heck of a lot more awesome than I expected and I will still fully migrate to it ❣️
If yes, I have 1.5 feature requests targeting power-users.
If no, no worries! Passwords is still a heck of a lot more awesome than I expected and I will still fully migrate to it ❣️
January 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hey @rmondello.com, if I remember correctly you were collecting feedback for Passwords. Is that still a thing?
If yes, I have 1.5 feature requests targeting power-users.
If no, no worries! Passwords is still a heck of a lot more awesome than I expected and I will still fully migrate to it ❣️
If yes, I have 1.5 feature requests targeting power-users.
If no, no worries! Passwords is still a heck of a lot more awesome than I expected and I will still fully migrate to it ❣️
Holy heck does the the agenda for AWS Community Day Romania look awesome 🤯
I mean I was expecting it to be *good* but I wan't expecting it to be *this good*. It's amazing!
aws-community.ro#agenda
I mean I was expecting it to be *good* but I wan't expecting it to be *this good*. It's amazing!
aws-community.ro#agenda
AWS Community Day Romania
aws-community.ro
September 16, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Holy heck does the the agenda for AWS Community Day Romania look awesome 🤯
I mean I was expecting it to be *good* but I wan't expecting it to be *this good*. It's amazing!
aws-community.ro#agenda
I mean I was expecting it to be *good* but I wan't expecting it to be *this good*. It's amazing!
aws-community.ro#agenda
⚠️AWS WAF Bot Control v3.0 will no longer block some AI bots by default❗
I'm breaking my social media no-no and pulling this out of OtherSecretProject since I bet a bunch of people won't carefully read the changelog and docs and AWS intentionally did not call this out 🤦
1/14
I'm breaking my social media no-no and pulling this out of OtherSecretProject since I bet a bunch of people won't carefully read the changelog and docs and AWS intentionally did not call this out 🤦
1/14
September 14, 2024 at 5:19 PM
⚠️AWS WAF Bot Control v3.0 will no longer block some AI bots by default❗
I'm breaking my social media no-no and pulling this out of OtherSecretProject since I bet a bunch of people won't carefully read the changelog and docs and AWS intentionally did not call this out 🤦
1/14
I'm breaking my social media no-no and pulling this out of OtherSecretProject since I bet a bunch of people won't carefully read the changelog and docs and AWS intentionally did not call this out 🤦
1/14
FYI: just 11 days left to send your talk proposals for AWS Community Day Romania!
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August 9, 2024 at 1:41 PM
FYI: just 11 days left to send your talk proposals for AWS Community Day Romania!
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Apropos of nothing: after the Log4Shell drama the Log4j team got a massive influx of support, a huge and constant influx of money, expert assistance, and corporations&governments started actively supporting their open-source dependencies.
Yes yes yes, that is 100% what happened 🙃
Yes yes yes, that is 100% what happened 🙃
March 30, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Apropos of nothing: after the Log4Shell drama the Log4j team got a massive influx of support, a huge and constant influx of money, expert assistance, and corporations&governments started actively supporting their open-source dependencies.
Yes yes yes, that is 100% what happened 🙃
Yes yes yes, that is 100% what happened 🙃
FYI: I am very annoyed with social media but I don't wanna give it up so I'll be trying some things.
Considered but dismissed for now:
- going private
- limiting replies + mass blocking
- hiding behind a paywall (Twitter subscriptions)
- moving off-platform (private groups)
Considered but dismissed for now:
- going private
- limiting replies + mass blocking
- hiding behind a paywall (Twitter subscriptions)
- moving off-platform (private groups)
March 30, 2024 at 7:31 PM
FYI: I am very annoyed with social media but I don't wanna give it up so I'll be trying some things.
Considered but dismissed for now:
- going private
- limiting replies + mass blocking
- hiding behind a paywall (Twitter subscriptions)
- moving off-platform (private groups)
Considered but dismissed for now:
- going private
- limiting replies + mass blocking
- hiding behind a paywall (Twitter subscriptions)
- moving off-platform (private groups)
This looks fabulous 🤩 YAS, this is how I want to manage developer environments!
TL;DR: Nix but with a proper user experience, similar to what Docker did to containers. It's barely v1 but it looks great and the Flox team seems brilliant 🤞
flox.dev/blog/flox-wh...
TL;DR: Nix but with a proper user experience, similar to what Docker did to containers. It's barely v1 but it looks great and the Flox team seems brilliant 🤞
flox.dev/blog/flox-wh...
flox | Why we built Flox
Flox CLI 1.0 and FloxHub is here! It's a good opportunity to reflect on our own experiences and the reasons we feel Flox is a part of the next generation of software development practices.
flox.dev
March 26, 2024 at 2:18 PM
This looks fabulous 🤩 YAS, this is how I want to manage developer environments!
TL;DR: Nix but with a proper user experience, similar to what Docker did to containers. It's barely v1 but it looks great and the Flox team seems brilliant 🤞
flox.dev/blog/flox-wh...
TL;DR: Nix but with a proper user experience, similar to what Docker did to containers. It's barely v1 but it looks great and the Flox team seems brilliant 🤞
flox.dev/blog/flox-wh...
Reposted by Vlad Ionescu (he/him)
If you’re in Paris for KubeCon EU, I’d love to see you! I’ve even 3D printed some earrings to give away!
March 19, 2024 at 10:01 PM
If you’re in Paris for KubeCon EU, I’d love to see you! I’ve even 3D printed some earrings to give away!
APAC&EMEA are up and I'm getting way too many DMs about Bloomberg's report that HashiCorp is considering options (including a sale)
Let's all chill until 13:30GMT first, m'kay? At that point we'll either 1) know more or 2) not know more and we'll chill because this isn't something we can control 🧘
Let's all chill until 13:30GMT first, m'kay? At that point we'll either 1) know more or 2) not know more and we'll chill because this isn't something we can control 🧘
March 18, 2024 at 8:07 AM
APAC&EMEA are up and I'm getting way too many DMs about Bloomberg's report that HashiCorp is considering options (including a sale)
Let's all chill until 13:30GMT first, m'kay? At that point we'll either 1) know more or 2) not know more and we'll chill because this isn't something we can control 🧘
Let's all chill until 13:30GMT first, m'kay? At that point we'll either 1) know more or 2) not know more and we'll chill because this isn't something we can control 🧘
FYI: I am not at KubeCon+CloudNativeCon — I am not doing in-person conferences in 2024.
I'm sorry I won't get to see y'all and I am full of FOMO so please have some extra fun for me!
I'm sorry I won't get to see y'all and I am full of FOMO so please have some extra fun for me!
March 17, 2024 at 6:03 PM
FYI: I am not at KubeCon+CloudNativeCon — I am not doing in-person conferences in 2024.
I'm sorry I won't get to see y'all and I am full of FOMO so please have some extra fun for me!
I'm sorry I won't get to see y'all and I am full of FOMO so please have some extra fun for me!
Person 1: so cloud is somebody else's computer/data-center the same way a dildo is someone else's penis. you know, technically true but so not true — we have glow-in-the-dark ones and dragons and all that
Person 2: oh, it's an evolving definition — like the camembert and brie thing!
Me:
Person 2: oh, it's an evolving definition — like the camembert and brie thing!
Me:
March 16, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Person 1: so cloud is somebody else's computer/data-center the same way a dildo is someone else's penis. you know, technically true but so not true — we have glow-in-the-dark ones and dragons and all that
Person 2: oh, it's an evolving definition — like the camembert and brie thing!
Me:
Person 2: oh, it's an evolving definition — like the camembert and brie thing!
Me:
Late December: I start using App1 more seriously
Mid-January: I start using App2 seriously
March, looking at the changelogs for both apps: 8 and 12 updates aaand literally every single one has at least 1 bugfix for me 🤣
Ah, I love seeing that my chaotic QA spirit is very much alive 💪
Mid-January: I start using App2 seriously
March, looking at the changelogs for both apps: 8 and 12 updates aaand literally every single one has at least 1 bugfix for me 🤣
Ah, I love seeing that my chaotic QA spirit is very much alive 💪
March 16, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Late December: I start using App1 more seriously
Mid-January: I start using App2 seriously
March, looking at the changelogs for both apps: 8 and 12 updates aaand literally every single one has at least 1 bugfix for me 🤣
Ah, I love seeing that my chaotic QA spirit is very much alive 💪
Mid-January: I start using App2 seriously
March, looking at the changelogs for both apps: 8 and 12 updates aaand literally every single one has at least 1 bugfix for me 🤣
Ah, I love seeing that my chaotic QA spirit is very much alive 💪
Did anybody write a full timeline for the ✨API client drama✨? You know, the whole Postman did something bad so people moved to Insomnia, Insomnia did something bad so people moved to, Hoppscotch etc etc.
It's a perfect and short example of some market forces and I wanna save it.
It's a perfect and short example of some market forces and I wanna save it.
March 15, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Did anybody write a full timeline for the ✨API client drama✨? You know, the whole Postman did something bad so people moved to Insomnia, Insomnia did something bad so people moved to, Hoppscotch etc etc.
It's a perfect and short example of some market forces and I wanna save it.
It's a perfect and short example of some market forces and I wanna save it.
I hate the "one-way/two-way door decision" bullshit so much. It's condescending executive puffery at its finest 🤢
March 15, 2024 at 8:54 AM
I hate the "one-way/two-way door decision" bullshit so much. It's condescending executive puffery at its finest 🤢
"C'mon, with the ever-present hero syndrome and with the military language overuse are you really surprised that DevOps has many similarities to the Military Industrial Complex!?!"
March 11, 2024 at 9:14 PM
"C'mon, with the ever-present hero syndrome and with the military language overuse are you really surprised that DevOps has many similarities to the Military Industrial Complex!?!"
🏆 Best line of February 2024 🥇
"Fuck no, I don't wanna compare the number of orgasms I had in 2023 with the number of meetings I had in 2023 — it's a lose-lose: I have so many meetings that'll show I am either underfucked or, arguably worse, overcompensating. Neither is good!"
"Fuck no, I don't wanna compare the number of orgasms I had in 2023 with the number of meetings I had in 2023 — it's a lose-lose: I have so many meetings that'll show I am either underfucked or, arguably worse, overcompensating. Neither is good!"
March 6, 2024 at 11:28 AM
🏆 Best line of February 2024 🥇
"Fuck no, I don't wanna compare the number of orgasms I had in 2023 with the number of meetings I had in 2023 — it's a lose-lose: I have so many meetings that'll show I am either underfucked or, arguably worse, overcompensating. Neither is good!"
"Fuck no, I don't wanna compare the number of orgasms I had in 2023 with the number of meetings I had in 2023 — it's a lose-lose: I have so many meetings that'll show I am either underfucked or, arguably worse, overcompensating. Neither is good!"
PSA: internet connections are super-fast these days so keep an eye on data transfer when you're working!
This PSA is brought to you by Vlad uploading, deleting, and re-uploading 3TB to S3 Glacier IR. Multiple times. An embarrassingly large number of times 🤦
This PSA is brought to you by Vlad uploading, deleting, and re-uploading 3TB to S3 Glacier IR. Multiple times. An embarrassingly large number of times 🤦
February 22, 2024 at 4:15 PM
PSA: internet connections are super-fast these days so keep an eye on data transfer when you're working!
This PSA is brought to you by Vlad uploading, deleting, and re-uploading 3TB to S3 Glacier IR. Multiple times. An embarrassingly large number of times 🤦
This PSA is brought to you by Vlad uploading, deleting, and re-uploading 3TB to S3 Glacier IR. Multiple times. An embarrassingly large number of times 🤦
Developers: ew LLMs suggest such bad code 🤮
Also developers: wow LLMs generate such good business/marketing text 😍
I beg of you all please stop this bullshit — it ruins the message you're trying to communicate and it absolutely does not make you sound "smart" or "business-y"!
Also developers: wow LLMs generate such good business/marketing text 😍
I beg of you all please stop this bullshit — it ruins the message you're trying to communicate and it absolutely does not make you sound "smart" or "business-y"!
February 21, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Developers: ew LLMs suggest such bad code 🤮
Also developers: wow LLMs generate such good business/marketing text 😍
I beg of you all please stop this bullshit — it ruins the message you're trying to communicate and it absolutely does not make you sound "smart" or "business-y"!
Also developers: wow LLMs generate such good business/marketing text 😍
I beg of you all please stop this bullshit — it ruins the message you're trying to communicate and it absolutely does not make you sound "smart" or "business-y"!
Reposted by Vlad Ionescu (he/him)
If you think of all platform engineering as just Heroku fanfic, it makes a lot more sense.
January 27, 2024 at 8:23 PM
If you think of all platform engineering as just Heroku fanfic, it makes a lot more sense.
FYI: I am tentatively trying LinkedIn again.
I have no idea if this'll be a thing or not (last time I tried it I rage quit in ~24 hours) buuut some of y'all are having awesome conversations there and some of y'all wanted me there so here we go: www.linkedin.com/in/vlaaaaaaad
I have no idea if this'll be a thing or not (last time I tried it I rage quit in ~24 hours) buuut some of y'all are having awesome conversations there and some of y'all wanted me there so here we go: www.linkedin.com/in/vlaaaaaaad
www.linkedin.com
January 23, 2024 at 8:26 AM
FYI: I am tentatively trying LinkedIn again.
I have no idea if this'll be a thing or not (last time I tried it I rage quit in ~24 hours) buuut some of y'all are having awesome conversations there and some of y'all wanted me there so here we go: www.linkedin.com/in/vlaaaaaaad
I have no idea if this'll be a thing or not (last time I tried it I rage quit in ~24 hours) buuut some of y'all are having awesome conversations there and some of y'all wanted me there so here we go: www.linkedin.com/in/vlaaaaaaad
I am tentatively trying LinkedIn again!
I have no idea how LinkedIn works and the last time I tried it I got so annoyed I deleted it after less than 24 hours, but some of y'all wanted me there and Twitter is a mess so here we go:
www.linkedin.com/in/vlaaaaaaad
I have no idea how LinkedIn works and the last time I tried it I got so annoyed I deleted it after less than 24 hours, but some of y'all wanted me there and Twitter is a mess so here we go:
www.linkedin.com/in/vlaaaaaaad
www.linkedin.com
January 19, 2024 at 5:28 PM
I am tentatively trying LinkedIn again!
I have no idea how LinkedIn works and the last time I tried it I got so annoyed I deleted it after less than 24 hours, but some of y'all wanted me there and Twitter is a mess so here we go:
www.linkedin.com/in/vlaaaaaaad
I have no idea how LinkedIn works and the last time I tried it I got so annoyed I deleted it after less than 24 hours, but some of y'all wanted me there and Twitter is a mess so here we go:
www.linkedin.com/in/vlaaaaaaad
Pro tip for my alcoholic ADHD followers: go get your bone density checked!
The test is called a DEXA/DXA test and it's basically a series of X-rays done while you're laying down — it's super-easy to do and should not be that expensive (~30€ for me).
The test is called a DEXA/DXA test and it's basically a series of X-rays done while you're laying down — it's super-easy to do and should not be that expensive (~30€ for me).
January 19, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Pro tip for my alcoholic ADHD followers: go get your bone density checked!
The test is called a DEXA/DXA test and it's basically a series of X-rays done while you're laying down — it's super-easy to do and should not be that expensive (~30€ for me).
The test is called a DEXA/DXA test and it's basically a series of X-rays done while you're laying down — it's super-easy to do and should not be that expensive (~30€ for me).
"No Vlad, don't get a hair transplant! You're at the perfect mid-way point: with that one outfit you look like a college freshman and with that other outfit you look like a middle-age dad 😍 You're hot for both people with daddy issues and for people without daddy issues!"
January 19, 2024 at 1:23 PM
"No Vlad, don't get a hair transplant! You're at the perfect mid-way point: with that one outfit you look like a college freshman and with that other outfit you look like a middle-age dad 😍 You're hot for both people with daddy issues and for people without daddy issues!"