Last 10 years? Oof, might be easier to just list the ones I know I haven’t been to

I asked and @kristiperreault.bsky.social said yes!!! There’s gonna be an AWS Hero wedding!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Well, it’s happening! @kristiperreault.bsky.social and I will be guest instructing for @andrewwcbrown.bsky.social’s free GenAI Bootcamp

The giraffe will sadly not be available as an instructor though

Oh wow, I have over 700 followers on here now. Hello everyone and happy new year!!!

Kristi and I are off off off for once, usually we’re just off, sometimes off off 😂

🙌

Thanks for the shoutout in the last newsletter of the year @jeremydaly.com 🥰 Blake, @nideveloper.bsky.social and @teachmeaws.bsky.social are thrilled!

This is always the way! You do however get more praise for working long hours to meet a deadline at the end than just working regularly the whole time undramatically

The flip problem is that without fixed dates the developers somehow take the same amount of time if not more to do the same thing. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

Past Matt did the same thing with a 3.5 hour layover in London Heathrow at 5am…

Mind the gap

This was a fun article to co-author, #listentotheheroes

Community AWS re:Invent re:Cap, Wed, Jan 22, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup Join us for our community re:Invent re:Cap event where we will be joined by our special guest Matheus Guimaraes. This event will try to be fun and interactive rather than 2

We have our BelfAWSt UG community hosted re:Invent re:Cap happening on 22nd Jan with Matheus joining us as a special guest. Sign up before you miss out

www.meetup.com/belfawst-mee...

AWS re:Invent 2024 - Building an educational startup on AWS: A heroic journey (DEV305) YouTube video by AWS Events

Just watched @kristiperreault.bsky.social & @nideveloper.bsky.social talk at re:Invent about Building an educational startup on AWS. One of those talks you want to share with everyone youtu.be/Gqy0_1B3Y9g?...
Indeed #listentotheheroes

Teach Me AWS - Blake's Log - Case Study: Teach Me AWS This is a deep dive on the technology behind Teach Me AWS including our recording from AWS re:Invent 2024

I forgot to add #listentotheheroes on this so linking our in depth case study again www.teachmeaws.com/blakes-log/t...

At the quarterly meeting of Matts we all agreed there has to be at least 2 of us in every meeting everywhere for max confusion but the specific one of us is swappable for any other so all good 😂

I hear we are easily confused lol

Our in-depth case study on how we built @teachmeaws.bsky.social is now up, along with our re:invent recording so check it out for some real-world @awscloud.bsky.social !

Teach Me AWS - Blake's Log - Case Study: Teach Me AWS This is a deep dive on the technology behind Teach Me AWS including our recording from AWS re:Invent 2024

@kristiperreault.bsky.social and I spoke last week at aws re:Invent about how we built the @teachmeaws.bsky.social platform. Now you can read about it in depth (or watch the embedded video)

www.teachmeaws.com/blakes-log/t...

On the plus side, it sounds like the moon will at least have decent public transport 😅

If they download enough stuff the wifi can heat the place to 70 😂

Advocate YouTube video by Last Week in AWS

“Why are you here?”
“Matty Stratton’s birthday.”
“Who’s @matty.wtf?”
ROLL THE TAPE!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=wsye...

Gotta get yourself a smart thermostat with auto sensing home vs away

All the fun stuff happens outside work haha…

Why is it that I hate travelling to Vegas for re:Invent and yet I always leave super inspired to achieve something immediately afterwards? Hopefully someday we will have teleporters and I can have the inspiration and interactions without the jetlag

It's a good time to re-introduce myself to new followers and give an update! I'm unexpectedly on the job market after abrupt layoffs at AWS and am looking for a new opportunity on an education-focused engineering team. I have 24 years' experience as a software engineer, dev advocate, and team lead

Breakfast with @quinnypig.com @kristiperreault.bsky.social @nideveloper.bsky.social prepping for day 2 of #reinvent!

Is this couple goals? 😁

Had a great time presenting today, if you missed it the recording should be up in a few days! @nideveloper.bsky.social

We’re ready 😎

Our session DEV305 kicks off today at 1pm PST in MGM Grand 120! Come join @nideveloper.bsky.social and I to hear all about our “Heroic” journey building @teachmeaws.bsky.social, there’s a good chance your favorite AWS services will be mentioned…