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In good news, for the first time in a long while I took my phone out of its case and cleaned both. In other good news they now both have a...

In good news, for the first time in a long while I took my phone out of its case and cleaned both.
In other good news they now both have a faint coffee smell. #dadlife

12 days after my second child is born, who would've guessed this would happen?

12 days after my second child is born, who would've guessed this would happen?

Yesterday a thing happened, aside from my Christmas holiday starting. Specifically, Rigel here was born and is going to be improving the...

Yesterday a thing happened, aside from my Christmas holiday starting. Specifically, Rigel here was born and is going to be improving the lives of my wife and I, as well as his big sister.
I do wonder if this will mean I'll be posting more here while I'm nap-trapped (like right now) out less because I'm asleep deprived (again, like right now). Either way, it's a great way to end the year.

Start of the week: this should be a pretty quiet week workwise, so I can keep an eye on all things #reinvent2023.End of the week: this week...

Start of the week: this should be a pretty quiet week workwise, so I can keep an eye on all things #reinvent2023.
End of the week: this week was insane, wait wasn’t re:Invent on as well?

#AWS released #PartyRock overnight and as an #awscommunitybuilder I got early access so have had the chance to play around with it over the...

#AWS released #PartyRock overnight and as an #awscommunitybuilder I got early access so have had the chance to play around with it over the last couple of days. In short. it's an enormous amount of fun and I highly recommend everyone to play around with it. My full thoughts and some of the apps I built are mentioned in this post:
https://ig.nore.me/2023/11/party-on-dude/

I guess it's a good thing I hadn't gotten around to updating my Go Lambdas to use the now old custom runtime and can upgrade them...

I guess it's a good thing I hadn't gotten around to updating my Go Lambdas to use the now old custom runtime and can upgrade them straight to the new custom runtime. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/introducing-the-amazon-linux-2023-runtime-for-aws-lambda/

Those days when you have a 3 meter commute but still wait for the rain to stop...

Those days when you have a 3 meter commute but still wait for the rain to stop...

At the keynote of the #AWS Cloud Day Melbourne right now. Come say hi if you see me (after the keynote obviously).

At the keynote of the #AWS Cloud Day Melbourne right now. Come say hi if you see me (after the keynote obviously).

My study plan for the #AWS SA Pro renewal I did yesterday:1. Ignore all the emails about the renewal coming up2. Suddenly realise it will...

My study plan for the #AWS SA Pro renewal I did yesterday:
1. Ignore all the emails about the renewal coming up
2. Suddenly realise it will expire in less than 2 weeks and not doing it is more work as it means I'll have to renew the associate separately
3. Book the exam for the next Tuesday
4. Forget about it again
5. Check the A Cloud Guru course on Sunday
6. Watch the new and updated videos at 2x over a period of a couple hours
7. Trust that my ego is right and I can do it
8. Pass the exam

The studio is now basically complete. Only things left are someone hooking up the aircon to power (because that needed someone specific...

The studio is now basically complete. Only things left are someone hooking up the aircon to power (because that needed someone specific 🤷‍♂️) and cleanup. The latter is scheduled for Saturday. Then on Sunday I'll move in a single desk and chair so I can inaugurate it on Tuesday by renewing my SA Pro cert from there, before moving everything else in.

First layers of paint have gone on the studio. One more day of painting and the electrical work and it'll be done. Handover should be by...

First layers of paint have gone on the studio. One more day of painting and the electrical work and it'll be done. Handover should be by Thursday.

Today's work on the studio is done. The outside looks mostly finished and the isolation material is in. Next up is the electrical work...

Today's work on the studio is done. The outside looks mostly finished and the isolation material is in. Next up is the electrical work and plastering, which probably won't be as visually interesting.

Really looking forward to my new backyard office. It should be completely done in 2 weeks or so, after which it's a matter of moving...

Really looking forward to my new backyard office. It should be completely done in 2 weeks or so, after which it's a matter of moving desks and everything else I need in there.
Photos are from yesterday and today

TIL: Adding new entries to a prefix list while increasing the number of entries is impossible in a single CloudFormation deployment. When...

TIL: Adding new entries to a prefix list while increasing the number of entries is impossible in a single CloudFormation deployment. When you do, you get a wonderful message telling you to do it in two steps because the underlying service can't be bothered doing that for you.

Interesting to see that Intel will be the last one to get a 7th gen instance type with an AMD one now being added to the existing Graviton...

Interesting to see that Intel will be the last one to get a 7th gen instance type with an AMD one now being added to the existing Graviton ones. I didn't expect that. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/06/amazon-ec2-m7a-instances-preview/

It's great to see people I know and like being recognised for being as awesome as they are! Congrats @walmsles on being Melbourne's...

It's great to see people I know and like being recognised for being as awesome as they are! Congrats @walmsles on being Melbourne's latest #aws Hero! https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-the-latest-aws-heroes-june-2023/

With the way Apple Vision reviews all seem to rave about the sport-watching experience, I suddenly wonder what it would be like to watch...

With the way Apple Vision reviews all seem to rave about the sport-watching experience, I suddenly wonder what it would be like to watch Formula 1 like that. From the cockpit of your favourite driver while being able to freely look around sounds to me like an amazing experience.

Have you ever wondered what all those seemingly random letters in #aws EC2 instance types actually stand for? Asking ChatGPT gives horribly...

Have you ever wondered what all those seemingly random letters in #aws EC2 instance types actually stand for? Asking ChatGPT gives horribly wrong results, so I figured I'd put the correct ones in a single place for you. There's a full article with my commentary about the sometimes terrible naming, or you can download an easy cheatsheet. Find it all at https://ig.nore.me/2023/05/ec2-instance-naming-explained/

#awscommunity #awscommunitybuilder #awsambassador

For a while now I've referred to some of the coding I do as being Presso-Driven Development. I figured I'd write out what I mean by...

For a while now I've referred to some of the coding I do as being Presso-Driven Development. I figured I'd write out what I mean by that and share it with the world.
https://ig.nore.me/2023/05/presso-driven-development/
#development #pdd

This Thursday (aka tomorrow), I'll be speaking at the #golang meetup again! It feels like years since I last did so, probably because...

This Thursday (aka tomorrow), I'll be speaking at the #golang meetup again! It feels like years since I last did so, probably because it's been years 🤔. I'll be talking about my go-output library that I use to make my various #aws related CLI tools look good and be able to create diagrams.
If you're interested to come along (and heckle/give constructive feedback), you can RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/golang-mel/events/292204325/ https://www.meetup.com/golang-mel/events/292204325/