I just set up my first 'plant stand'. It's at the end of my driveway, and I have basil, thyme, dill, and marigolds. Let's see what happens😀

Needed some time away from the keyboard to let the brain rest a bit, so I potted up a bunch of marigolds. All these came from seeds I collected last fall. I think I have enough to get a 2nd tray going. It's a bit late, so we'll see.

The best hair ever? youtu.be/gOK3rqVgN2I?...

So close, someone do me a solid and sub! 😝 www.youtube.com/@brettg98

This feels like the '80s are back. I've played this so much recently, my wife is just rolling her eyes 👀 music.youtube.com/watch?v=xkGl...

Where the heck did the time go?! Seven years helping folks figure out how to leverage the AWS platform for their businesses.

This is my brain 🧠 while attempting to multitask ... oof.

Every time I hear this song, I'm immediately transported back in time to swim team bus trips! youtu.be/tkOr12AQpnU?...

CBC News played this just before the 08:30 news, and I was immediately transported back to spending my entire summer on the halfpipe in the backyard. youtu.be/K6YlvPIZw2k?...

You can thank me later ... youtu.be/f55KlPe81Yw?...

Sometimes, no matter what you do, things just don’t go your way — even when you’re livestreaming (looking at you, audio gremlins 👿 ). The good news? Even when things don’t go as planned, there’s always a quiet win hiding somewhere. I did end up with a great diagram! Keep building. Keep learning.

“We’re just swapping Cloudflare for CloudFront. Should be easy, right?” This week’s project involved migrating DNS, caching rules, and WAF policies — and trying to avoid waking the dragon. Happy Friday!

CloudFormation deployment bug last week: ✅ Fix = adding a comment to force redeploy 😅 This is why I always use change sets—especially for production. 3 mins from my stream here 👇

Generative AI (GenAI) 's rapid evolution has transformed how we approach software development. Recently, I leveraged GenAI to help me create 🕵️ VPC Detective. Discover more about VPC Detective on GitHub:

A collection of open source #AWS MCP servers is available at #awslabs github.com/awslabs/mcp

Not all AWS costs come from bad decisions. Some just come from... silence. A customer recently got hit with a surprise bill—hundreds of dollars tied to unused EBS volumes left in the “available” state. Not attached, not used—just quietly burning cash. So I built a simple 💬 ChatOps solution 💬

I’ve been using this analogy lately to explain VPC Lattice auth policies: ✅ Network-level policies = NACLs ✅ Service-level policies = Security Groups It’s a layered security model. More power, more complexity. Quick breakdown from a stream 👇

Managing AWS environments across multiple accounts and regions can be complex, especially when it comes to documenting VPC configurations. I often need to get this information quickly for customers, so I developed 🕵️ VPC Detective. You can check it out on GitHub:

A great video, and the kit is _sooo_ much fun!

Thursday Tune 🎧

Tuesday Tune! 🎹

If your Monday didn't go the way you had hoped I got you - this will straighten it right out 😀 youtu.be/IDI2WQJyE7I?...

You can now run DeepSeek-R1 on Amazon Bedrock. Would anyone like a stream on this?

Amazon Q CLI has been my go-to for AWS-related questions for quite a while now, but this new update is a big one - check it out! buff.ly/HU8WkNt

I'm not sure if my coffee is happy, sad or maybe scared? Have a great Wednesday everyone!

I'm in the process of eating my body weight in pancakes. I don't regret the decision.

I think somebody has a case of the Monday's. 😀 Stay safe out there! #WAF

Have you enabled this feature in your AWS environment yet? If not, what's stopping you?

The new AWS Icons pack has been published!

My indoor veggie garden is overflowing!

Oof. That took longer to troubleshoot than I care to admit. 😕 How are you spending your afternoon?

I've been using VPC Lattice on a new project recently, and I absolutely love it. Would I say that it has helped 'simplify connectivity' - no, but that may also be user related 😀

Integrating the IAM Access Analyzer into your deployment process allows you to validate IAM policies before they are deployed. You should check it out. https://buff.ly/4aN4GlL

I've talked about the most important AWS CLI command before. Hint: it's aws sts get-caller-identity. I use it so much that I created an alias for my ZSH configuration.

Badged unlocked for another year! 🚀 #alwaysbelearning #aws #training

Weekend project! I haven't built a new PC in decades. This is going to be fun?! 🤞 Wish me luck.

This is long overdue, but has its time passed? I've been using Granted for so long now this is old hat. What do you think? Useful or too late to be useful?

Another #AWS class is complete. This week, I taught Developing on AWS. It's a fun class, but I'm exhausted.

The most boring camera - ever!

How much time a day do you spend looking up AWS account numbers? I know I spend quite a bit of time looking up those 12-digit IDs.

I've gone down a complete rabbit hole on this. Who knew!?

My mood today. I'm 100% in holiday mode.

This was at great watch - youtu.be/EfeHDwigy4s?...

When working on a presales engagement, I often use several GenAI tools (Q and Claude) to help validate ideas and customer requirements. How are you using GenAI, and do you use multiple tools?

One of our favourite Christmas tunes. Enjoy 😀 youtu.be/mkHsRWX6dUU?...

I heard this on CBC is morning. Been singing it all day. youtu.be/TFI3ev53baE?...

Last night, I decided to modify my Wezterm configuration. This morning, I forget all my changes. This is going to be 'fun'.