First AWS reinvent session of 2025!

I made it to AWS reinvent

The AWS re:Invent app seems pretty buggy this year. When I try to enable notifications, I get an error message. Their AI recommendations error out too. #reinvent

I actually have like 100-200 people visiting anthropicnews.com daily and I didn’t even do much to advertise it 😅

Instead of invading everyone’s privacy with age-verification laws, how about parents step up and do their job? This Michigan bill is ridiculous. www.mlive.com/politics/202...

I added day/night mode to AnthropicNews.com. Feel free to give me suggestions and feedback on how this could be more useful (if you're into Antropic news).

I benchmarked AWS Lambda on Arm64 vs. x86_64 across Node.js, Python, and Rust. Sharing the results for anyone making runtime/architecture decisions. chrisebert.net/comparing-aw...

I've been wanting a site/place that aggregates Anthropic-related AI news. This weekend, I created a simple Cloudflare site for this called anthropicnews.com. It's still very much a work I progress, but I thought I'd share.

Welp, I guess it's time for me to switch to AT&T Fiber or Wowway Internet. I am getting sick and tired of Comcast/Xfinity charging me for overages when I use more than 1.2TB of data. That's not that much data these days.

MCP Inspector is a free browser tool for testing and debugging MCP servers. If you're doing development with MCP servers and haven't heard of it yet, you need to give this tool a try. chrisebert.net/testing-mcp-...

I’m a nice afternoon working on a blog post at Starbucks on AWS Lambda benchmarks.

This Segment Anything 3 model Meta just freely released looks really good: ai.meta.com/sam3/

I've been working on building an AWS Lambda benchmark for Node, Python, and Rust to compare x86_64 vs ARM64 performance on actively supported AWS runtimes. I plan on blogging about it later this week after a few test runs. Here’s a link to the repo: github.com/cebert/aws-l...

Why does Bluesky have so many bots?

I will be blogging about it later this week, but it is super easy to build and ship a Rust Lambda. As of November 14th, AWS officially supports the Rust runtime, and Cargo Lambda makes it a pleasant experience. @calavera.dev did some great work on Cargo Lambda. aws.amazon.com/blogs/comput...

I'm attending LF AWS re:Invent meetup Valkey w/ House of Valkey on 12/3/2025. If you’re going to reInvent it’d be great to see you there. community.linuxfoundation.org/events/detai...

Don’t pass up alumni group meetups. I went to a U of M CSE alumni meetup in Detroit tonight and it was great to connect with folks doing so many different things and also hearing what’s new at U of M.

There’s so much happening with Anthropic + Claude Code right now. Is there an Anthropic focused podcast that covers news, example applications, best practices, guests, etc.? I feel like this would be a massive hit.

I’m saddened that it will be dark earlier than necessary for the next few months now thanks to the time change.

I don’t check Facebook often (few times a week), but whenever I do, it reliably suggests AI slop short videos for me to watch, frequently mocking overweight people. How is this good for society? The things big tech does for ad revenue and impressions is gross.

In case you missed it. If you use multiple LLMs and want to use AGENTS.md and have Claude Code also reference it, simply put @AGENTS.md in your CLAUDE.md file. This works and is documented by Anthropic: docs.claude.com/en/docs/clau...

I wasn’t blown away with any GitHub Universe announcements this year. They’re clearly trying to increase AI revenue. It got me wondering if we could see GitHub becoming less open to 3rd parties in the future than they’ve been in the past.

My heart goes out to everyone working at Amazon being laid off today. This is a difficult situation compounded with a terrible job market. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/a...

AI may be overhyped. It may never achieve AGI. Many AI projects will fail. However, if you’re a developer, I’m pleading you to start learning and gaining experience with concepts and tools. I see too many people who are resting on their laurels and not retooling.

I hadn’t heard of “I got an offer” as a service for mock interviews and resume reviews before, but it looks quite cool for folks searching for jobs. I’ve heard good things.

I’m disappointed that The New Stack doesn’t clearly highlight sponsored articles upfront. I started reading this piece, and it immediately felt like an ad. Only after scrolling to the very bottom did I see the disclosure: “Docker is a sponsor of The New Stack.”

Open Source is broken. Django powers several businesses with combined revenues in the billions, but on its 20th birthday has only reached 25% of its annual 300k fundraising goal. www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/...

I took a second look at the Amazon Q Developer CLI while participating in the AWS #BuildGamesChallenge. In my latest blog post, I share what stood out and my impressions of using it. #AmazonQDevCLI chrisebert.net/giving-aws-q...

I created a Frogger-like classic arcade game using AWS Q Develop for the July 2025 AWS Build Games Challenge. With minimal investment, I was able to build a decent classic game. Expect a blog post on this soon. github.com/cebert/antze... #BuildGamesChallenge #AmazonQDevCLI

I have an original Nest thermostat that Google will no longer support starting October. Should I replace it with a fourth-generation replacement (which they offered me a discount on) or consider a different device like Ecobee?

When individuals make claims on resumes, such as reducing costs by 40% or implementing a feature that boosts sales by 250%, do these claims ever get verified? If so, how? Why is this so common?

Has anyone made a MCP service for information about themselves for recruiters / skills demonstration?

I admit it, I am growing increasingly worried about the potential impact of AI on the workforce over the next decade. While I am trying to stay informed about the evolving landscape, I can’t help but be concerned about the jobs that may be displaced by the advancements in AI.

I had no idea @Ford made eBikes until I saw a sign at my local dealership advertising they had them in stock. It’s cool to see an automotive company branching out like this. ford-bikes.com/products/mus...

I’ll take a $2m salary Meta! Right here. Look at me! 😅 www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

One thing they don’t warn you about having kids is that you’ll never know where your TV remotes are for the rest of your of your life. They manage to vanish everywhere.

Should you list AI tools on your resume or LinkedIn? Are we at that point in AI’s evolution? Some firms like Zappier are only planning to hire AI fluent team members moving forward. I think it may be time.

This great read from a16z suggests that with AI accelerating everything, startups now face new expectations: faster revenue growth and shorter timelines to prove success. a16z.com/revenue-benc...

I live in Michigan. It starts getting light a little before 5:30 AM and gets dark after 9:30 PM this time of year. I wish we had sunlight long all year.

Valkey has great documentation for getting started that explains core features and how to get started. It’s a great pattern to follow if you’re building a developer tool. valkey.io/topics/

This article on AI mass replacing jobs is a bit sensational, but still a sobering possibility www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...

It looks like Victoria’s Secret is having a bad day

Gail Wellington passed away last week. She has an important place in computer history as the former VP of Commodore Computers. Her bio is an interesting read and demonstrates an incredible career trajectory for someone in her era. commodore.international/2021/11/21/g...

If you’re interested in learning more about multi-tenant DynamoDB modeling, AWS has a comprehensive three-part blog post here: aws.amazon.com/blogs/databa...

Has anyone used a Gmail MCP with an LLM, such as Claude? Are there any good implementations out there already? This was the most popular one I could find on GitHub github.com/GongRzhe/Gma...

“Journey of next generation control plane for data systems” is a good read from the LinkedIn engineering team www.linkedin.com/blog/enginee...

Giving a student driver a Porsche makes sense…

When you read technical books, do you take notes or just read and try to learn something new?

The dad who is cooking out here during a lacrosse tournament knows how to do kids events