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05/26/22 • 29 min
When it comes to choosing compute services on AWS, there are a lot of options, including EC2, ECS, Lambda, EKS... New ones keep emerging all the time! Selecting the right one for each application is no longer an easy choice. In this episode we discuss why you need compute services and what kinds of problems should be offloaded to something else entirely. We suggest how you can develop a methodology to make the selection process easier and less biased within your company. We discuss at a high level what are some of the different compute options available in AWS and finally we provide a few different options example use cases and describe how we picked the compute service for each.
In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
InfoQ article “A Recipe to Migrate and Scale Monoliths in the Cloud”: https://www.infoq.com/articles/cloud-migrate-scale/
Our previous episode about migrating monoliths to the cloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYa2RkYDfBQ
Article on choosing the right compute service: https://www.fourtheorem.com/blog/aws-compute
This episode is also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AWSBites
You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q
Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites
RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address?
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#aws #compute #lambda
02/24/23 • 21 min
Do you know what horrors lurk in your AWS account? Aren't you afraid of the murky waters of an old and cluttered AWS account, which might be rife with security risks and other unexpected dark forces?
Fear no more!
In this episode, we share our best tips to discover every resource in your neglected AWS account and, whether you decide to clean things up, delete what's needed, or just put some order into the mess, we give you some practical suggestions on what kind of tools or services you could you to achieve your task.
Throughout the episode, we reveal some of the secrets and hidden potential of AWS Config, Resource Explorer, Resource Groups, and CloudTrail.
Finally, We talk about third-party services and open-source projects such as Resmo, Steampipe, and CloudQuery, which can even span the realms of AWS and help you with other clouds and services.
💰 SPONSORS 💰
AWS Bites is sponsored by fourTheorem, an AWS Consulting Partner offering training, cloud migration, and modern application architecture.
In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
- AWS Config: https://aws.amazon.com/config/
- AWS Resource Explorer: https://aws.amazon.com/resourceexplorer/
- AWS Resource Groups: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ARG/latest/userguide/resource-groups.html
- AWS Tag Editor: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/tag-editor/latest/userguide/tagging.html
- CloudTrail: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/cloudtrail-user-guide.html
- Resmo https://www.resmo.com/
- Steampipe: https://steampipe.io/
- CloudQuery: https://www.cloudquery.io/
- Our previous episode: "How do you move away from the management console?": https://awsbites.com/11-how-do-you-move-away-from-the-management-console/
- cloud-nuke: https://github.com/gruntwork-io/cloud-nuke
- aws-nuke: https://github.com/rebuy-de/aws-nuke
- terraformer: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/terraformer
- Former2: https://github.com/iann0036/former2
You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q
- Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
- Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites
- RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss
03/31/22 • 16 min
AWS Lambda just got a big upgrade in ephemeral storage: you can now have up to 10 GB of storage for your /tmp folder! Before this was limited to “only” 512 Mb... But is this really useful? What can we do now that we couldn’t do before? Also, is this going to have an impact on price? And how does it compare with other storage capabilities that are available in Lambda? Eoin and Luciano are on the case to try to find some answers to these compelling questions, for the greater serverless good!
In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
Official AWS announcement blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/03/aws-lambda-configure-ephemeral-storage/
Will Dady on Twitter about 10GB of ephemeral storage now enabling interesting CI/CD use cases: https://twitter.com/WillDady/status/1507110176209322018
Yan Cui’s post on Lumigo’s blog “Welcome to 10GB of tmp storage with Lambda”: https://lumigo.io/blog/welcome-to-10gb-of-tmp-storage-with-lambda/
Lambda cost comparison with ephemeral storage spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_oGjLN0BeRR8CWfgdjeYiIknRTugdmJOhGkAjLCTStw/edit?usp=sharing
This episode is also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AWSBites
You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q
Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites
RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address?
Leave a comment here or connect with us on Twitter:
- https://twitter.com/eoins
- https://twitter.com/loige
10/12/23 • 23 min
In this thrilling episode of AWS Bites Podcast, we delve into the murky world of cloud computing and discuss the most haunting fears that deter businesses from adopting Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this gritty discussion reminiscent of a noir novel, they reveal the sinister concerns of cost, complexity, security, and vendor lock-in that keep organizations in the dark. If you're in the cloud consulting business or facing internal resistance to moving your projects to AWS, this episode is your secret weapon. We shed light on how to reassure your clients and your boss that AWS can bring value. We also provide valuable tips on how to prepare your organization for a successful migration, as these transitions often require significant changes within the company itself. In this episode, you'll discover: How to tackle the fear of cost and gain control over your spending; Strategies to navigate the labyrinth of AWS complexity and maximize productivity; Techniques to secure your AWS environment and shield against potential breaches; The trade-offs of vendor lock-in and how to mitigate risks; Whether AWS is the right path for your business and when to embrace it. 💰 SPONSORS 💰 fourTheorem is the company that makes AWS Bites possible. If you are looking for a partner to accompany you on your cloud journey, check them out at fourtheorem.com!
In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
- Our previous episode on AWS Governance and Landing Zone with Control Tower, Org Formation, and Terraform: https://awsbites.com/96-aws-governance-and-landing-zone-with-control-tower-org-formation-and-terraform/
You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q
- Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
- Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites
- RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss
10/17/24 • 28 min
In this special episode of AWS Bites, Eoin is joined by Fiona McKenna, co-founder and CFO of fourTheorem, to discuss startup advice, hiring and growing teams, creating an environment for success, and managing cloud costs. They cover important themes around people, culture, leadership, and finance from Fiona's extensive experience in the tech industry. 💰 SPONSORS 💰 AWS Bites is sponsored by fourTheorem, an Advanced AWS partner that works collaboratively with you and sets you up for long-term success on AWS. Find out more at https://fourtheorem.com. 🔖 Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:28 Advice on hiring and growing teams 06:00 Challenges in recruiting the right people 09:06 Advice for startups growing from small to large teams 12:53 More general advice for startups 18:25 Are cloud economics understood by CFOs and finance leaders? 21:42 Advice for large companies migrating to the cloud 25:35 Tips for starting an AWS consultancy 28:32 Closing notes Find Fiona on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-mc-kenna-174172a2 Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address? Leave a comment here or connect with us on X, formerly Twitter: - https://twitter.com/eoins - https://twitter.com/loige
83. Bucket List of S3 Best Practices
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06/01/23 • 22 min
In this episode of the AWS Bites podcast, we explore the best practices for creating and configuring S3 Buckets, Amazon Web Services' popular object storage service. We will learn how to set up buckets correctly from the start, avoiding common pitfalls and ensuring efficient management.
We provide a quick recap of Amazon S3, covering buckets, objects, and various use cases. Discover the importance of globally unique bucket names, versioning, and observability through logging and metrics. We will tell you how to ensure the security of your buckets with encryption options and proper access controls.
Finally, we discuss S3 integrations and additional settings you might consider for your workload.
Don't miss this insightful episode packed with practical tips and expert advice. Tune in now and optimize your S3 Bucket setup for success!
💰 SPONSORS 💰
AWS Bites is sponsored by fourTheorem, an AWS Consulting Partner offering training, cloud migration, and modern application architecture.
In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
- Our previous episode on How to deploy static websites on AWS: https://awsbites.com/3-how-do-you-deploy-a-static-website-on-aws/
- Our previous episode on How to deploy private static websites on AWS: https://awsbites.com/80-can-you-do-private-static-websites-on-aws/
- Official documentation for S3 buckets server logs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/ServerLogs.html
- AWS S3 Storage Lens: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/s3-storage-lens/
- Yan Cui's article on S3 Object encryption: https://theburningmonk.com/2023/01/yes-s3-now-encrypts-objects-by-default-but-your-job-is-not-done-yet/
You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q
- Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
- Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites
- RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss
09/29/22 • 97 min
This is a special episode recorded live during a live coding session on YouTube (2022-09-28). The audio-only experience might not be the best one, so if you are curious to see the video and enjoy our diagrams and screen sharing, please check this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/b-FoqIcOcPw.
How can you build a WeTransfer or a Dropbox Transfer clone on AWS? This is our sixth (and last!) live coding stream. In this episode, we completed the authentication layer for our file transfer application. Specifically, we completed the OAuth 2 device flow on top of AWS Cognito and updated the weshare CLI application to support this new authentication flow. We also added an authorization layer in front of our file upload API.
All our code is available in this repository: https://github.com/awsbites/weshare.click
In this episode we mentioned the following resources:
- GitHub PR with the final OAuth 2.0 device flow step: https://github.com/awsbites/weshare.click/pull/2
- jwtinfo CLI tool: https://github.com/lmammino/jwtinfo
- enquirer package: https://npm.im/enquirer
- undici HTTP client package: https://npm.im/undici
- open package to open the browser at a specific URL: https://npm.im/open
- ora: animated spinner package: https://npm.im/ora
- conf package for persisting user settings: https://npm.im/conf
You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q
Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites
RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address?
Leave a comment here or connect with us on Twitter: - https://twitter.com/eoins - https://twitter.com/loige
#AWS #livecoding #transfer
08/24/22 • 103 min
This is a special episode recorded live during a live coding session on YouTube (2022-08-24). The audio-only experience might not be the best one, so if you are curious to see the video and enjoy our diagrams and screen sharing, please check this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4wCX32YUtMk
How can you build a WeTransfer or a Dropbox Transfer clone on AWS? This is our second live coding stream. In this episode, we revisited our architecture and added a custom domain to our APIs, and created a new API endpoint that allows us to have download URLs that are much nicer (shorter and branded).
We also added support for the Content-Disposition header to make sure that uploads can specify a file name and that downloads will retain the same file name (regardless of the file key in S3).
All our code is available in this repository: https://github.com/awsbites/weshare.click
You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q
Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites
RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address?
Leave a comment here or connect with us on Twitter: - https://twitter.com/eoins - https://twitter.com/loige
#AWS #livecoding #transfer
01/19/24 • 24 min
In this episode, we discuss using AWS Lambda for machine learning inference. We cover the tradeoffs between GPUs and CPUs for ML, tools like ggml and llama.cpp for running models on CPUs, and share examples where we've experimented with Lambda for ML like podcast transcription, medical imaging, and natural language processing. While Lambda ML is still quite experimental, it can be a viable option for certain use cases.
💰 SPONSORS 💰 AWS Bites is brought to you by fourTheorem, an Advanced AWS Partner. If you are moving to AWS or need a partner to help you go faster, check us out at fourtheorem.com ! In this episode, we mentioned the following resources.
- Episode "46. How do you do machine learning on AWS?": https://awsbites.com/46-how-do-you-do-machine-learning-on-aws/
- Episode "108. How to Solve Lambda Python Cold Starts": https://awsbites.com/108-how-to-solve-lambda-python-cold-starts/
- ggml (the framework): https://github.com/ggerganov/ggml
- ggml (the company): https://ggml.ai
- llama.cpp: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp
- whisper.cpp: https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp
- whisper.cpp WebAssembly demo: https://whisper.ggerganov.com/
- ONNX Runtime: https://onnxruntime.ai/
- An example of using whisper.cpp with the Rust bindings: https://github.com/lmammino/whisper-rs-example
- Project running Whisper.cpp in a Lambda function: https://github.com/eoinsha/whisper_lambda_cpp
- AWS Lambda Image Container Chest X-Ray Example: https://github.com/fourTheorem/lambda-image-cxr-detection
- Episode "103. Building GenAI Features with Bedrock": https://awsbites.com/103-building-genai-features-with-bedrock/
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address? Leave a comment here or connect with us on X, formerly Twitter: - https://twitter.com/eoins - https://twitter.com/loige
03/08/24 • 21 min
In this episode, we provide an overview of Amazon EBS, which stands for Elastic Block Storage. We explain what block storage is and how EBS provides highly available and high-performance storage volumes that can be attached to EC2 instances. We discuss the various EBS volume types, including GP3, GP2, provisioned IOPS, and HDD volumes, and explain how they differ in performance characteristics like IOPS and throughput. We go over important concepts like IOPS, throughput, and volume types so listeners can make informed decisions when provisioning EBS. We also cover EBS features like snapshots, encryption, direct API access, and ECS integration. Overall, this is a comprehensive guide to understanding EBS and choosing the right options based on your workload needs.
💰 SPONSORS 💰 AWS Bites is brought to you by fourTheorem, an AWS Partner that does CLOUD stuff really well. Go to fourtheorem.com to read about our case studies!
In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
- EBS Official Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ebs/latest/userguide/what-is-ebs.html
- EBS Direct Access API: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-accessing-snapshot.html
- EBS internal configuration is implemented as “millions of tiny databases” (paper): https://www.amazon.science/publications/millions-of-tiny-databases
- EBS Pricing examples: https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/pricing/#Pricing_examples
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address? Leave a comment here or connect with us on X, formerly Twitter: - https://twitter.com/eoins - https://twitter.com/loige
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How many episodes does AWS Bites have?
AWS Bites currently has 146 episodes available.
What topics does AWS Bites cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts and Technology.
What is the most popular episode on AWS Bites?
The episode title '80. Can you do private static websites on AWS?' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on AWS Bites?
The average episode length on AWS Bites is 26 minutes.
How often are episodes of AWS Bites released?
Episodes of AWS Bites are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of AWS Bites?
The first episode of AWS Bites was released on Sep 3, 2021.
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