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Michael Walmsley
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Technology Architect, Cloud leader and AWS Serverless Hero. I like building cloud things and helping people learn.
🚀 Just launched: Unofficial Powertools MCP Search Server!

Let Claude search AWS Lambda Powertools docs for all runtimes. No more outdated info!

Learn more on GitHub: github.com/serverless-d...

#AWS #Serverless #MCP
April 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Did you know that Web Sockets don't Pub-Sub?

It's a common myth that Web Sockets provide Pub-Sub, but this is a part of the backend server. To learn more about Web Sockets, check out my latest article on Serverless DNA.

serverlessdna.com/strands/webs...
Web Sockets Don't Pub-Sub
Dive deep into how Web Sockets really work and understand what they actually provide as a part of your architecture. We will talk about common myths and misunderstandings about these useful bi-direct...
serverlessdna.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Thanks Amazon!!! Always looking out for me 😇
February 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Looking forward to what is coming ...... what are you looking forward to?

Let me know what you would love to see and learn in 2025 in the comments!!
February 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Playing around with the Amazon Nova Canvas models in the bedrock playground ...... who thought naming the downloaded files using the prompt text was a fab idea ??????
a man in a white t-shirt is standing in a room
ALT: a man in a white t-shirt is standing in a room
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February 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Not sure who needs to read this, but when taking a CC payment online DO NOT GIVE ME 2 DROP DOWN BOXES FOR THE EXPIRY DATE - it means I buy less online because it takes TOO LONG
January 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Christmas time means many different things to everyone. There are two things that come to mind for me. Family and peaches.

Family because I get to spend quality time with people who matter so much to me, and peaches because the days before Christmas is when the peaches on my tree ripen!
December 21, 2024 at 1:56 AM
I'm really proud of my talk at re:Invent this year. It is full of meaty #serverless design with plenty of "Why"'s.

It's a good story, flowing narrative and solid Serverless facts.

Let me know your thoughts - what you liked, did not like or where you want a deeper dive.

#ListenToTheHeroes
My re:Invent 2024 talk Dev-319 is on YouTube now! It covers my experience building a live scoring system for a global sporting event. I enjoyed crafting this story; it provides solid strategies and principles for everyone watching it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lxz...

#ListenToTheHeroes
AWS re:Invent 2024 - Serverless scalability unleashed (DEV319)
YouTube video by AWS Events
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December 13, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Reposted by Michael Walmsley
All content from re:Invent is now available, including 📹 videos for Breakout Sessions and 📊 slide decks for Chalk Talks: aws.amazon.com/events/event...
#listentotheheroes
AWS Events Content
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December 12, 2024 at 11:23 AM
re:Invent is a LOT about networking and meeting people I collaborate with throughout the year. Great to Meetup with the #AWS Powertools for Lambda team!

Was so good to meet you all and take a few minutes to chat and catchup. Look forward to many more collaborations in 2025!

#ListenToTheHeroes
December 11, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Loving the @valkeyio.bsky.social velocity, so refreshing!
The Valkey community is hard at work developing a high performance vector similarity search implementation, and we're looking for folks interested in providing high level API and directional feedback here: github.com/valkey-io/va.... They'll be a more concrete implementation soon once we're aligned.
Revised VSS RFC by allenss-amazon · Pull Request #15 · valkey-io/valkey-rfc
Replaces and extends the previous PR for VSS module.
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December 10, 2024 at 11:48 PM
At re:Invent I went to the Valkey Mixer where I got to nerd out with @reconditerose.bsky.social about Valkey!

I really admire Madelyn's bravery in taking on the Redis license change head on!

Big thanks to you and all the maintainers who followed - you are the true heroes in this story!!
December 10, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Reposted by Michael Walmsley
If you are using #AWS or just interested in solid technical advice, you should listen to the Heroes: bsky.app/profile/did:... #listentotheheroes
December 10, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Reposted by Michael Walmsley
Looking for content from AWS #reInvent?

Suggest starting with this collection on YouTube, featuring all the DEV track sessions (AWS Hero led & Developer Advocate led talks) 🔥💥 #AWSCommunity

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
AWS re:Invent 2024 - Community - YouTube
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:15 PM
At re:Invent 2024 I met AWS All Builders Welcome grant recipients and all of them are inspiring! I can't wait to see your #AWS journey.

Reach out for mentoring, continue finding your place in this amazing #AWSCommunity!

Thanks: Suzana, Bhavana, Blair, Dana, Dale and Clariza

#ListenToTheHeroes
December 10, 2024 at 1:56 AM
My re:Invent 2024 talk Dev-319 is on YouTube now! It covers my experience building a live scoring system for a global sporting event. I enjoyed crafting this story; it provides solid strategies and principles for everyone watching it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lxz...

#ListenToTheHeroes
AWS re:Invent 2024 - Serverless scalability unleashed (DEV319)
YouTube video by AWS Events
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:22 AM
I wholeheartedly support Anna's message and am appalled at vendors given how much it costs for an expo booth, a few shirts to be more inclusive is 🥜.

I am done with tech t-shirts unless you show me you are being inclusive, and we should all do the same.
As half my timeline is currently posting from #reinvent, please allow me to rant about a topic I care deeply about: swag.

Taking a male cut t-shirt, changing nothing about it other than maybe printing a few extra XS sizes, and calling it “unisex” is not, in fact, unisex.
December 4, 2024 at 8:44 AM
I #believeinserverless and have the Momentos to prove it.
December 4, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Getting ready to speak...15 minutes to go!

If you're not here already you missed it, the shuttle bus takes some time!
December 2, 2024 at 11:45 PM
....and it's re:Invent 2024 Go Time! Excited to be here in person and looking forward to meeting up with all my online community friends and making new ones.

If you see me out there come say Hi - Would love to meet you!
December 2, 2024 at 9:54 PM
re:Invent 2024, here I come!! See you all on the ground tomorrow for my second Friday In a row!
November 29, 2024 at 12:35 AM
EventHub For Front Ends (Effe) is a pure Event management system with publish and subscribe semantics, there are no WebSockets!!!

Events on FrontEnd does not mean WebSockets! They are a transport medium used by Connectors.

Join in the conversation here:
RFC: Effe Roadmap Development and Q&A · Issue #8 · serverless-dna/effe
Hi @walmsles! I found your post on LinkedIn and have a few questions. Questions Do you already have new ideas for this project? Which providers are you thinking about implementing? How will the fro...
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November 26, 2024 at 5:30 AM
WooHoo! I have been accpted for the best party at re:Invent! Can't wait for this community gathering, see you there!

I'm EXCITED!!!!!
November 22, 2024 at 11:35 PM
I am loving the Visual Update in the #AWS console lately. I am finding it responsive as well so I can move faster BUT....I still want the Lambda Console search feature in EVERY console!!! Its still so ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥. Looking at you SQS Console 👀.
Announcing a visual update to the AWS Management Console (preview) | Amazon Web Services
A new intuitive AWS console design enhances readability, reduces complexity for improved task focus and efficiency while maintaining familiarity across AWS experiences.
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November 22, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Introducing EventHub for Front Ends (Effe). It's time to build in public and get feedback.

What is Effe?

🌟A pure event bus without confusing WebSockets
🌟Connectors to transmit your events anywhere!

I like to think of it as EventBridge for FrontEnd!

https://buff.ly/3Cyet24
GitHub - serverless-dna/effe
Contribute to serverless-dna/effe development by creating an account on GitHub.
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November 21, 2024 at 2:38 PM