Mariano Rodríguez
@marianord.com
Cloud Enthusiast | Senior Director of Cloud and Infrastructure | 4x AWS Certified | AWS User Group Mixtli ☁️
Without a doubt a new era of the cloud is starting and AWS felt the competition.
You can now lock in a monthly price for CloudFront, WAF, and DDoS protection. 🛡️📉
Tiers range from Free ($0) to Premium ($1,000).
Source: aws.amazon.com/blogs/networ...
#AWS #CloudTech #DevOps #CloudFront #FinOps
You can now lock in a monthly price for CloudFront, WAF, and DDoS protection. 🛡️📉
Tiers range from Free ($0) to Premium ($1,000).
Source: aws.amazon.com/blogs/networ...
#AWS #CloudTech #DevOps #CloudFront #FinOps
Introducing flat-rate pricing plans with no overages | Amazon Web Services
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching flat-rate pricing plans with no overages for website delivery and security. The pricing plans, available with Amazon CloudFront, combine global content de...
aws.amazon.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Without a doubt a new era of the cloud is starting and AWS felt the competition.
You can now lock in a monthly price for CloudFront, WAF, and DDoS protection. 🛡️📉
Tiers range from Free ($0) to Premium ($1,000).
Source: aws.amazon.com/blogs/networ...
#AWS #CloudTech #DevOps #CloudFront #FinOps
You can now lock in a monthly price for CloudFront, WAF, and DDoS protection. 🛡️📉
Tiers range from Free ($0) to Premium ($1,000).
Source: aws.amazon.com/blogs/networ...
#AWS #CloudTech #DevOps #CloudFront #FinOps
AWS keeps improving the capabilities of its Console.
Today they announced the ability to create dashboards to visualize information about Cost Management, Billing, Reserved Instances, and Saving Plans. Removing a lot of manual work and hacky scripts.
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Today they announced the ability to create dashboards to visualize information about Cost Management, Billing, Reserved Instances, and Saving Plans. Removing a lot of manual work and hacky scripts.
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
What's New at AWS - Cloud Innovation & News
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August 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
AWS keeps improving the capabilities of its Console.
Today they announced the ability to create dashboards to visualize information about Cost Management, Billing, Reserved Instances, and Saving Plans. Removing a lot of manual work and hacky scripts.
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Today they announced the ability to create dashboards to visualize information about Cost Management, Billing, Reserved Instances, and Saving Plans. Removing a lot of manual work and hacky scripts.
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
🔥 Nginx announced native ACME support! 🔥
No more Certbot! No more external scripts! SSL certificates are now managed directly in nginx.conf
Build with Rust 🦀 available right now using HTTP-01 with DNS and TLS-ALPN already planned.
This changes everything! 🚀
No more Certbot! No more external scripts! SSL certificates are now managed directly in nginx.conf
Build with Rust 🦀 available right now using HTTP-01 with DNS and TLS-ALPN already planned.
This changes everything! 🚀
August 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🔥 Nginx announced native ACME support! 🔥
No more Certbot! No more external scripts! SSL certificates are now managed directly in nginx.conf
Build with Rust 🦀 available right now using HTTP-01 with DNS and TLS-ALPN already planned.
This changes everything! 🚀
No more Certbot! No more external scripts! SSL certificates are now managed directly in nginx.conf
Build with Rust 🦀 available right now using HTTP-01 with DNS and TLS-ALPN already planned.
This changes everything! 🚀
I have never thought about this, but sounds like a really interesting solution for a small subset of use-cases. AWS now supports to force terminate an instance which frees up resources like Quotas and IPs without having the AWS team involved.
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Amazon EC2 now supports force terminate for EC2 instances - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon EC2 now supports force terminate for EC2 instances
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August 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I have never thought about this, but sounds like a really interesting solution for a small subset of use-cases. AWS now supports to force terminate an instance which frees up resources like Quotas and IPs without having the AWS team involved.
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
It seems like AWS learnt from its previous EOL of services and it's now making a full announcement. This is pretty good I'd say.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
AWS service changes - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with AWS service changes
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May 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It seems like AWS learnt from its previous EOL of services and it's now making a full announcement. This is pretty good I'd say.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
👾AWS just announced Automated HTTP ACM validation through CloudFront.
This is huge, now if you have an application or website exposed through CloudFront, ACM and CloudFront will automatically manage the certificate via HTTP-01.
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
This is huge, now if you have an application or website exposed through CloudFront, ACM and CloudFront will automatically manage the certificate via HTTP-01.
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Automated HTTP validated public certificates with Amazon CloudFront - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Automated HTTP validated public certificates with Amazon CloudFront
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April 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
👾AWS just announced Automated HTTP ACM validation through CloudFront.
This is huge, now if you have an application or website exposed through CloudFront, ACM and CloudFront will automatically manage the certificate via HTTP-01.
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
This is huge, now if you have an application or website exposed through CloudFront, ACM and CloudFront will automatically manage the certificate via HTTP-01.
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
AWS just launched AWS Skill Builder Trivia. Looks really interesting to play and learn, I will be testing this on our User Group meetings to see how it goes.
aws.amazon.com/blogs/traini...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/traini...
Game on: Introducing AWS Skill Builder Trivia | Amazon Web Services
Learn all about AWS Skill Builder Trivia, a new tool that transforms knowledge reinforcement into a fun, competitive experience. Designed to create and deliver real-time multi-participant competitions, AWS Skill Builder Trivia offers an interactive format for knowledge checks, icebreakers, and team challenges that strengthen understanding of key cloud concepts.
aws.amazon.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
AWS just launched AWS Skill Builder Trivia. Looks really interesting to play and learn, I will be testing this on our User Group meetings to see how it goes.
aws.amazon.com/blogs/traini...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/traini...
The new verification methods that Bluesky is implementing is innovative. I think really AT Proto compatible and reducing the toll of being the only verifier.
Will be interesting to see it evolve as it grows but I'm optimistic about it.
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Will be interesting to see it evolve as it grows but I'm optimistic about it.
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
A New Form of Verification on Bluesky - Bluesky
We’re introducing a new layer of verification — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. Additionally, independent organizations can verify accounts directly through our Trusted Verifiers feat...
bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The new verification methods that Bluesky is implementing is innovative. I think really AT Proto compatible and reducing the toll of being the only verifier.
Will be interesting to see it evolve as it grows but I'm optimistic about it.
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Will be interesting to see it evolve as it grows but I'm optimistic about it.
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
🚀 AWS just announced the General Availability of VPC Route Server!
🌐 This feature makes possible real and automated dynamic routing between virtual appliances in your VPC through BGP.
Anyone tried implementing this in their environment yet? 🤔
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
🌐 This feature makes possible real and automated dynamic routing between virtual appliances in your VPC through BGP.
Anyone tried implementing this in their environment yet? 🤔
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Announcing the general availability of Amazon VPC Route Server - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Announcing the general availability of Amazon VPC Route Server
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April 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🚀 AWS just announced the General Availability of VPC Route Server!
🌐 This feature makes possible real and automated dynamic routing between virtual appliances in your VPC through BGP.
Anyone tried implementing this in their environment yet? 🤔
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
🌐 This feature makes possible real and automated dynamic routing between virtual appliances in your VPC through BGP.
Anyone tried implementing this in their environment yet? 🤔
Source: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
This is bad, please everyone running Kubernetes have a detailed read and patch.
March 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is bad, please everyone running Kubernetes have a detailed read and patch.
Well, this is a fancy one. AWS now allows you to easily sync between ECR repositories, no matter if it's in a different account or region the fancy part comes that it's syncing to ECR Cache. So you only sync the images you want.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Amazon ECR announces ECR to ECR pull through cache - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon ECR announces ECR to ECR pull through cache
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March 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Well, this is a fancy one. AWS now allows you to easily sync between ECR repositories, no matter if it's in a different account or region the fancy part comes that it's syncing to ECR Cache. So you only sync the images you want.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Amazon just announced that CloudWatch is now capable of analyzing data for alarms for up to 7 days (instead of the previous 24h).
This one gets really interesting to be able to start alerting based on trends and past data which I think supercharges CloudWatch a lot.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
This one gets really interesting to be able to start alerting based on trends and past data which I think supercharges CloudWatch a lot.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Amazon CloudWatch allows alarming on data up to 7 days old - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon CloudWatch allows alarming on data up to 7 days old
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January 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Amazon just announced that CloudWatch is now capable of analyzing data for alarms for up to 7 days (instead of the previous 24h).
This one gets really interesting to be able to start alerting based on trends and past data which I think supercharges CloudWatch a lot.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
This one gets really interesting to be able to start alerting based on trends and past data which I think supercharges CloudWatch a lot.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
It's official, AWS region Mexico Central is live. Happy to be part of the vibrant community of AWS in Mexico.
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Now open — AWS Mexico (Central) Region | Amazon Web Services
AWS launches its first cloud Region in Mexico, enabling digital transformation with local infrastructure, delivering low latency, and helping customers meet data residency requirements, backed by a pl...
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January 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It's official, AWS region Mexico Central is live. Happy to be part of the vibrant community of AWS in Mexico.
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/no...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/no...
It's nice to see AWS pushing forward to get closer to emerging economies. You can now pay your AWS bill in 3 new LATAM currencies and 8 globally.
This really closes the gap between builders and tinkerers in developed countries and those in developing ones.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
This really closes the gap between builders and tinkerers in developed countries and those in developing ones.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
AWS now accepts payments in 8 new local currencies - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with AWS now accepts payments in 8 new local currencies
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January 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It's nice to see AWS pushing forward to get closer to emerging economies. You can now pay your AWS bill in 3 new LATAM currencies and 8 globally.
This really closes the gap between builders and tinkerers in developed countries and those in developing ones.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
This really closes the gap between builders and tinkerers in developed countries and those in developing ones.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Now Compute Optimizer can also do recommendations based on heterogeneous EC2 Auto Scaling groups. This is an interesting one, lets see how good it can review "inconsistent" workloads and make recommendations.
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aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
AWS Compute Optimizer now expands idle and rightsizing recommendations for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with AWS Compute Optimizer now expands idle and rightsizing recommendations for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups
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January 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Now Compute Optimizer can also do recommendations based on heterogeneous EC2 Auto Scaling groups. This is an interesting one, lets see how good it can review "inconsistent" workloads and make recommendations.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Today I got confirmation from #AWS of an inconsistency between CloudFront VPC Origins and Custom Origins which breaks the implementation we have been working on the last couple weeks. How is your Thursday going?
January 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Today I got confirmation from #AWS of an inconsistency between CloudFront VPC Origins and Custom Origins which breaks the implementation we have been working on the last couple weeks. How is your Thursday going?
Y se atrevieron, se llevaron a María Corina Machado. Espero que la respuesta internacional por primera vez en la historia sea contundente.
January 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Y se atrevieron, se llevaron a María Corina Machado. Espero que la respuesta internacional por primera vez en la historia sea contundente.
Reposted by Mariano Rodríguez
Software engineers of the world, I beg you.
Stop disabling copy and paste in password fields.
Sincerely,
Someone with non-human memorable 20+ character passwords generated by a password manager.
Stop disabling copy and paste in password fields.
Sincerely,
Someone with non-human memorable 20+ character passwords generated by a password manager.
January 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Software engineers of the world, I beg you.
Stop disabling copy and paste in password fields.
Sincerely,
Someone with non-human memorable 20+ character passwords generated by a password manager.
Stop disabling copy and paste in password fields.
Sincerely,
Someone with non-human memorable 20+ character passwords generated by a password manager.
AWS Local Zones keep expanding, soon it will look more like a CDN PoP map. It will be interesting to see how this evolves and keeps differentiating from CloudFront (as using different infrastructure).
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Announcing the general availability of a new AWS Local Zone in New York City - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Announcing the general availability of a new AWS Local Zone in New York City
aws.amazon.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
AWS Local Zones keep expanding, soon it will look more like a CDN PoP map. It will be interesting to see how this evolves and keeps differentiating from CloudFront (as using different infrastructure).
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
What nobody talks about forced (and massive) migration is how broken you end up and usually how hard or even impossible it is to come back from that.
January 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
What nobody talks about forced (and massive) migration is how broken you end up and usually how hard or even impossible it is to come back from that.
It's kinda sad that this is so true 🫣
January 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's kinda sad that this is so true 🫣
Finally AWS is adding more useful visualitations into the AWS WAF dashboard. Really hope they keep improving these capabilities to quickly review WAF related metrics without having to go to three different services.
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aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
AWS WAF Console adds new Top Insights Visualizations - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with AWS WAF Console adds new Top Insights Visualizations
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January 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Finally AWS is adding more useful visualitations into the AWS WAF dashboard. Really hope they keep improving these capabilities to quickly review WAF related metrics without having to go to three different services.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
The volcano says Hi!
December 20, 2024 at 9:04 PM
The volcano says Hi!
The AI scene is getting a lot of competition.
Copilot now has a free tier if you use VS Code.
Copilot now has a free tier if you use VS Code.
Announcing GitHub Copilot Free!
A new free tier for GitHub Copilot, available for everyone today in VS Code.
No trial. No subscription. No credit card required.
Learn more in our blog: aka.ms/copilot-free
A new free tier for GitHub Copilot, available for everyone today in VS Code.
No trial. No subscription. No credit card required.
Learn more in our blog: aka.ms/copilot-free
December 18, 2024 at 6:40 PM
The AI scene is getting a lot of competition.
Copilot now has a free tier if you use VS Code.
Copilot now has a free tier if you use VS Code.
This change is going to be a weird one for a few:
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You can change the bandwidth but moving one slider up will move the other one down.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
You can change the bandwidth but moving one slider up will move the other one down.
Amazon EC2 instances support bandwidth configurations for VPC and EBS - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon EC2 instances support bandwidth configurations for VPC and EBS
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December 16, 2024 at 4:05 PM
This change is going to be a weird one for a few:
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
You can change the bandwidth but moving one slider up will move the other one down.
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
You can change the bandwidth but moving one slider up will move the other one down.