Brad Werner
@bwer432.bsky.social
Software engineer, cloud+infrastructure architect, consultant, technical trainer, writer, wannabe poet ; Poetry blog at https://bwer432.wordpress.com ; note: I work for AWS but my opinions and posts are my own.
Rabbit! Rabbit!! Rabbit!!!
Happy 2461041.5 ≤ t < 2461406.5
(i.e. Happy New Year 2026! (for the Gregorians))
What are your hopes and goals for this coming year?
Happy 2461041.5 ≤ t < 2461406.5
(i.e. Happy New Year 2026! (for the Gregorians))
What are your hopes and goals for this coming year?
Happy New Year 2026!
Rabbit! Rabbit!! Rabbit!!!Happy 2461041.5 ≤ t < 2461406.5 (i.e. Happy New Year 2026! (for the Gregorians)) Congratulations! We have made another lap around our sun. We hope you can create and fi…
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January 1, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Rabbit! Rabbit!! Rabbit!!!
Happy 2461041.5 ≤ t < 2461406.5
(i.e. Happy New Year 2026! (for the Gregorians))
What are your hopes and goals for this coming year?
Happy 2461041.5 ≤ t < 2461406.5
(i.e. Happy New Year 2026! (for the Gregorians))
What are your hopes and goals for this coming year?
Happy Third Day of Christmas!
Don’t worry, I’m not sending out tiny flocks of French Hens.
(and why after typing that does my brain go to a Monty Python sketch about Budgies? iykyk)
Don’t worry, I’m not sending out tiny flocks of French Hens.
(and why after typing that does my brain go to a Monty Python sketch about Budgies? iykyk)
December 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Happy Third Day of Christmas!
Don’t worry, I’m not sending out tiny flocks of French Hens.
(and why after typing that does my brain go to a Monty Python sketch about Budgies? iykyk)
Don’t worry, I’m not sending out tiny flocks of French Hens.
(and why after typing that does my brain go to a Monty Python sketch about Budgies? iykyk)
Merry Christmas! May a light be born within you that warms and brightens your life and shines out to those around you as well.
…read more at:
#celebration #transformation
…read more at:
#celebration #transformation
Merry Christmas 2025
Merry Christmas! May a light be born within you that warms and brightens your life and shines out to those around you as well. Lights within your heart and mind that burn like stars guiding us to t…
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December 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Merry Christmas! May a light be born within you that warms and brightens your life and shines out to those around you as well.
…read more at:
#celebration #transformation
…read more at:
#celebration #transformation
Happy Solstice 2461031.127083 !
(2025-12-21T15:03UTC)
Whatever you have brewing in your life, I hope that you can cultivate warmth in your heart and mind, and shine a little light on those around you. May love, peace, and joy be with you on this solstice, and always. #solstice
(2025-12-21T15:03UTC)
Whatever you have brewing in your life, I hope that you can cultivate warmth in your heart and mind, and shine a little light on those around you. May love, peace, and joy be with you on this solstice, and always. #solstice
December 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy Solstice 2461031.127083 !
(2025-12-21T15:03UTC)
Whatever you have brewing in your life, I hope that you can cultivate warmth in your heart and mind, and shine a little light on those around you. May love, peace, and joy be with you on this solstice, and always. #solstice
(2025-12-21T15:03UTC)
Whatever you have brewing in your life, I hope that you can cultivate warmth in your heart and mind, and shine a little light on those around you. May love, peace, and joy be with you on this solstice, and always. #solstice
Pod Identity - part 2: AWS IAM Role
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-12-16
— YT: youtu.be/COnP73XFJMA?...
— TT: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrpBvX6M/
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-12-16
— YT: youtu.be/COnP73XFJMA?...
— TT: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrpBvX6M/
TikTok · bwer432
Check out bwer432’s video.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Pod Identity - part 2: AWS IAM Role
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-12-16
— YT: youtu.be/COnP73XFJMA?...
— TT: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrpBvX6M/
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-12-16
— YT: youtu.be/COnP73XFJMA?...
— TT: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrpBvX6M/
Happy Chanukah / Hanukkah!
May your oil and the light of your spirit be everlasting!
May your oil and the light of your spirit be everlasting!
December 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Happy Chanukah / Hanukkah!
May your oil and the light of your spirit be everlasting!
May your oil and the light of your spirit be everlasting!
taste the nectar of the sky
this mangolicious night
bask in sweet moonlight
… full lyrics at:
#poem #moon
this mangolicious night
bask in sweet moonlight
… full lyrics at:
#poem #moon
mangolicious moon
sixty-six moons agothe cyclic ebb and flowthe shadow and the show mangorrific moondripping night’s nectarmars now far ahead eighth night comes soonwe’re at the right vectorsinging words once said...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Lyrics to “Grace Hopper” written by Brad Werner, based on music and lyrics of “True Colors” written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and performed by Cyndi Lauper.
– Lyrics at:
#poem #song #software
– Lyrics at:
#poem #song #software
grace hopper
“Grace Hopper” song lyrics [verse 1]do your compilerstranslate the languageof math formalizedbut with human* languageyou can reach more peopleyou know you’re right, heed the callyears later we than…
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December 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
you’ve eight pieces of pizza
plenty enough to share
or whole if you dare
…read the whole song lyrics at:
#poem #song #pizza #comfortfood
plenty enough to share
or whole if you dare
…read the whole song lyrics at:
#poem #song #pizza #comfortfood
pieces of pizza
sliced up in eighths you’ve eight pieces of pizzaplenty enough to shareor whole if you dareyou’ve eight pieces of pizzaplenty enough to shareor whole if you dare spun as they’re thrownpizzas make...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
you’ve eight pieces of pizza
plenty enough to share
or whole if you dare
…read the whole song lyrics at:
#poem #song #pizza #comfortfood
plenty enough to share
or whole if you dare
…read the whole song lyrics at:
#poem #song #pizza #comfortfood
you can atone
with a sad trombone
monotone
with a standing stone
with a sad trombone
monotone
with a standing stone
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
you can atone
with a sad trombone
monotone
with a standing stone
with a sad trombone
monotone
with a standing stone
🤖🧠 Some of the NEW Amazon Bedrock AgentCore capabilities announced at re:Invent 2025
• YT: youtube.com/shorts/TIRb7...
• General announcement “Amazon launches AI Agents that stay within boundaries, track their performance, and get smarter over time” = 🔗 www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws...
• YT: youtube.com/shorts/TIRb7...
• General announcement “Amazon launches AI Agents that stay within boundaries, track their performance, and get smarter over time” = 🔗 www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws...
New Amazon Bedrock AgentCore capabilities
🤖🧠 Some of the NEW Amazon Bedrock AgentCore capabilities announced at re:Invent 2025
• AgentCore Policy = 🔗…
youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
🤖🧠 Some of the NEW Amazon Bedrock AgentCore capabilities announced at re:Invent 2025
• YT: youtube.com/shorts/TIRb7...
• General announcement “Amazon launches AI Agents that stay within boundaries, track their performance, and get smarter over time” = 🔗 www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws...
• YT: youtube.com/shorts/TIRb7...
• General announcement “Amazon launches AI Agents that stay within boundaries, track their performance, and get smarter over time” = 🔗 www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws...
Rabbit! Rabbit!! Rabbit!!! 🐇🐇🐇
I hope that December is a splendiferous, healthful, and enriching month of adventures for you and yours.
I hope that December is a splendiferous, healthful, and enriching month of adventures for you and yours.
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Rabbit! Rabbit!! Rabbit!!! 🐇🐇🐇
I hope that December is a splendiferous, healthful, and enriching month of adventures for you and yours.
I hope that December is a splendiferous, healthful, and enriching month of adventures for you and yours.
What are your favorite ways to describe (or to abide by) the “iron triangle” of project management/architecture/systems engineering?
How about a song? :)
#poem #song #engineering
How about a song? :)
#poem #song #engineering
fast, good, cheap
“fast, good, cheap” song lyrics [verse 1]when you have a project and you want it donebut haven’t got the timecan’t afford another budget overrundon’t wanna spend a dimecan’t have it all, but...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
What are your favorite ways to describe (or to abide by) the “iron triangle” of project management/architecture/systems engineering?
How about a song? :)
#poem #song #engineering
How about a song? :)
#poem #song #engineering
NOTE: i wrote seven stanzas of this silly poem in January 2011, and left it unfinished
#poem #silliness #reflection #iplaywithwords
#poem #silliness #reflection #iplaywithwords
mopuim
page up/dn keys make me sneezethen upside-down it seems a breezebut for j/k or up/dn arrow keystautly tethered tautologies looked out the mopuimclouds like wispy babblerssaw pretty >|uid flowers…
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November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NOTE: i wrote seven stanzas of this silly poem in January 2011, and left it unfinished
#poem #silliness #reflection #iplaywithwords
#poem #silliness #reflection #iplaywithwords
🧠🤖🥐⚖️ MEDLEY: *Beta Registration* & *Exam Prep* NOW OPEN: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional (AIP-C01)
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/l2X5u...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/l2X5u...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🧠🤖🥐⚖️ MEDLEY: *Beta Registration* & *Exam Prep* NOW OPEN: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional (AIP-C01)
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/l2X5u...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/l2X5u...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
🧠🤖🥐⚖️ INFO: *Beta Registration* & *Exam Prep* NOW OPEN: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional (AIP-C01)
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/eZfHI...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/eZfHI...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
🧠🤖🥐⚖️ INFO: *Beta Registration* & *Exam Prep* NOW OPEN: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional (AIP-C01)
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/eZfHI...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/eZfHI...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
"Women of COBOL" song, sung to the tune of "Eleanor Rigby"
• What about YOU? Are you a developer? Database admin? Do you know these… "Women of COBOL"?
www.youtube.com/shorts/rm-ti...
• What about YOU? Are you a developer? Database admin? Do you know these… "Women of COBOL"?
www.youtube.com/shorts/rm-ti...
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"Women of COBOL" song, sung to the tune of "Eleanor Rigby"
• What about YOU? Are you a developer? Database admin? Do you know these… "Women of COBOL"?
www.youtube.com/shorts/rm-ti...
• What about YOU? Are you a developer? Database admin? Do you know these… "Women of COBOL"?
www.youtube.com/shorts/rm-ti...
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: Building Custom container images
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-11
- YT: youtu.be/XNCPhQK1dF8
- Containers domain on AWS Skill Builder - skillbuilder.aws/category/dom...
#Kubernetes #AmazonEKS
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-11
- YT: youtu.be/XNCPhQK1dF8
- Containers domain on AWS Skill Builder - skillbuilder.aws/category/dom...
#Kubernetes #AmazonEKS
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: Building Custom container images
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-11
- YT: youtu.be/XNCPhQK1dF8
- Containers domain on AWS Skill Builder - skillbuilder.aws/category/dom...
#Kubernetes #AmazonEKS
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-11
- YT: youtu.be/XNCPhQK1dF8
- Containers domain on AWS Skill Builder - skillbuilder.aws/category/dom...
#Kubernetes #AmazonEKS
Limited Time Offer through December 31, 2025: Free AWS Foundational Certification Prep Resources
- YT: youtube.com/shorts/kTpL8...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
#AWS #Certification #AWSCloudPractitioner #AWSAIPractitioner
• skillbuilder.aws/learn?trk=1a...
- YT: youtube.com/shorts/kTpL8...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
#AWS #Certification #AWSCloudPractitioner #AWSAIPractitioner
• skillbuilder.aws/learn?trk=1a...
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Limited Time Offer through December 31, 2025: Free AWS Foundational Certification Prep Resources
- YT: youtube.com/shorts/kTpL8...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
#AWS #Certification #AWSCloudPractitioner #AWSAIPractitioner
• skillbuilder.aws/learn?trk=1a...
- YT: youtube.com/shorts/kTpL8...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
#AWS #Certification #AWSCloudPractitioner #AWSAIPractitioner
• skillbuilder.aws/learn?trk=1a...
**NEW** AWS Certified: Generative AI Developer Professional **beta** exam opens 2025-11-18.
• YOU Developing generative/agentic AI apps/solutions?
- YT: youtu.be/TJcYQHq_4ks
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
#AWS #GenAI #AgenticAI #Developer #Certification
• YOU Developing generative/agentic AI apps/solutions?
- YT: youtu.be/TJcYQHq_4ks
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
#AWS #GenAI #AgenticAI #Developer #Certification
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
**NEW** AWS Certified: Generative AI Developer Professional **beta** exam opens 2025-11-18.
• YOU Developing generative/agentic AI apps/solutions?
- YT: youtu.be/TJcYQHq_4ks
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
#AWS #GenAI #AgenticAI #Developer #Certification
• YOU Developing generative/agentic AI apps/solutions?
- YT: youtu.be/TJcYQHq_4ks
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
#AWS #GenAI #AgenticAI #Developer #Certification
"Codin'" song #KPopDaemonHunters #Developer #Parody
- YT: youtu.be/TTXXw0n2yAI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...
"codin'" song, sung to the tune of "Golden" by Huntr/x (KPop Demon Hunters)
• What would you like to be coding in the future?
- YT: youtu.be/TTXXw0n2yAI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...
"codin'" song, sung to the tune of "Golden" by Huntr/x (KPop Demon Hunters)
• What would you like to be coding in the future?
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Codin'" song #KPopDaemonHunters #Developer #Parody
- YT: youtu.be/TTXXw0n2yAI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...
"codin'" song, sung to the tune of "Golden" by Huntr/x (KPop Demon Hunters)
• What would you like to be coding in the future?
- YT: youtu.be/TTXXw0n2yAI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...
"codin'" song, sung to the tune of "Golden" by Huntr/x (KPop Demon Hunters)
• What would you like to be coding in the future?
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: ConfigMaps - part 2: Mounting the ConfigMap
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-04
- YT: youtu.be/OQ1rOqzqzOo
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
*YOUR* CallToAction™: what kinds of configuration you might cook into an image
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-04
- YT: youtu.be/OQ1rOqzqzOo
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
*YOUR* CallToAction™: what kinds of configuration you might cook into an image
kubetuesday 2025-11-04
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: ConfigMaps - part 2: Mounting the ConfigMap
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-04
*YOUR* CallToAction™: let me know what kinds of…
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: ConfigMaps - part 2: Mounting the ConfigMap
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-04
- YT: youtu.be/OQ1rOqzqzOo
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
*YOUR* CallToAction™: what kinds of configuration you might cook into an image
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-04
- YT: youtu.be/OQ1rOqzqzOo
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
*YOUR* CallToAction™: what kinds of configuration you might cook into an image
Welcome back to Standard Time for those of you who have been “Saving Daylight” for the past eight months. I hope you enjoy your time on Standard Time for the next few months!
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Welcome back to Standard Time for those of you who have been “Saving Daylight” for the past eight months. I hope you enjoy your time on Standard Time for the next few months!
From well-sown seeds sprout great possibilities. May the spirit of the Great Pumpkin, & las pepitas de la calabaza sagrada be with you throughout this Hallowed Evening (Hallowe'en), all Saints' Day, día de los muertos, & all November! What seeds are you planting in your life? 🌱
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
From well-sown seeds sprout great possibilities. May the spirit of the Great Pumpkin, & las pepitas de la calabaza sagrada be with you throughout this Hallowed Evening (Hallowe'en), all Saints' Day, día de los muertos, & all November! What seeds are you planting in your life? 🌱