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Werner
@werner.social
· Sep 2
My dad taught me the difference between cheap and frugal...It made me a better engineer
Growing up tracking every mile per gallon in his father's worn notebook, Craig learned early that frugality means making smart tradeoffs. Today, he applies those same principles as Zillow's Chief Clou...
www.thefrugalarchitect.com
Werner
@werner.social
· Aug 7
Removing friction from Amazon SageMaker AI development
Building with Amazon SageMaker AI should be about innovation, not wrestling with development environments or building bespoke observability systems. Here's how we're removing roadblocks so builders ca...
www.allthingsdistributed.com
Werner
@werner.social
· Jul 23
Always ask why: A journey from sports tech to food waste
From a traffic spike that crashed their system during the 2018 World Cup to serving millions of users in 19 countries, Morten and Robert share how questioning everything, embracing incremental progres...
www.thefrugalarchitect.com
Werner
@werner.social
· May 27
Just make it scale: An Aurora DSQL story
AWS Senior Principal Engineers, Niko Matsakis and Marc Bowes, take us inside Aurora DSQL's development: scaling write operations without two-phase commit, overcoming garbage collection hurdles, and em...
www.allthingsdistributed.com
Werner
@werner.social
· May 26
Keeping the Stories Flowing at Warner Bros. Discovery
With just nine months to launch Max and no room for downtime, Warner Bros. Discovery had to make every architectural decision count. This story follows how they built observability into their systems,...
thefrugalarchitect.com
Werner
@werner.social
· May 8
In the works – AWS South America (Chile) Region | Amazon Web Services
AWS announces plans to launch a new AWS Region in Chile by the end of 2026 with three Availability Zones, marking the third AWS Region in Latin American alongside existing Regions in São Paulo and Mex...
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Werner
@werner.social
· Apr 29
Power is the lifeblood of a modern digital world, and while most of us see… | Kevin Miller | 14 comments
Power is the lifeblood of a modern digital world, and while most of us see power infrastructure at work on a daily basis, it's so ubiquitous that it can be invisible. Just to open a messaging app ...
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Werner
@werner.social
· Apr 9
Alexa+ gets us a step closer to ambient interfaces
The vision was to build the Star Trek computer. 10 years ago that was an ambitious goal. We’ve come a long way since then - from basic voice commands to much more conversational interfaces with Alexa+...
www.allthingsdistributed.com
Werner
@werner.social
· Mar 18
Born from fire and frustration: Watch Duty keeps the tech simple
Watch Duty's mission to deliver real-time emergency information works backward from a simple truth: during a disaster, people need clear, reliable updates to make life-critical decisions. When your fo...
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Werner
@werner.social
· Mar 6
New year, new Heroes – March 2025 | Amazon Web Services
As we dive into 2025, we’re thrilled to announce our latest group of AWS Heroes! These exceptional individuals have demonstrated outstanding expertise and innovation, and are committed to sharing know...
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Werner
@werner.social
· Mar 5
Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton are the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning.
Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton as the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning. In a series of papers beginning...
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