Matt J
@mhjwork.bsky.social
CTO at Rayo; previously Chief Technologist, UK Public Sector at AWS. This profile is work/tech focussed.
Also: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhjwork
Also: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhjwork
My guess - nothing, they’re just doing it to spite the EU over recent rulings around App Stores, etc…
September 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My guess - nothing, they’re just doing it to spite the EU over recent rulings around App Stores, etc…
A good way of checking: awsapichanges.info/archive/serv...
AWS API Changes
Changelog of AWS APIs.
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August 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A good way of checking: awsapichanges.info/archive/serv...
Recent sysadmin wisdom: if an AWS service hasn’t had any updates in the last 3+ years, make sure you have a plan B
August 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Recent sysadmin wisdom: if an AWS service hasn’t had any updates in the last 3+ years, make sure you have a plan B
No TikTok installed, no account, and I can see the video after this click through (from Bluesky app on iOS)
March 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
No TikTok installed, no account, and I can see the video after this click through (from Bluesky app on iOS)
It seems like the chime SDK is staying (which I believe is what powers slack comms), just the standalone Chime app that’s going.
February 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It seems like the chime SDK is staying (which I believe is what powers slack comms), just the standalone Chime app that’s going.
Great report, but how do you pronounce it? WhoAmy? Who-Ah-Em-Ai? @quinnypig.com will have thoughts… :)
February 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Great report, but how do you pronounce it? WhoAmy? Who-Ah-Em-Ai? @quinnypig.com will have thoughts… :)
The “best” attempt I’ve seen to try and get real-time billing data involved a complex setup where CloudTrail events were fed into the AWS pricing API to calculate the potential costs of newly deployed infrastructure.
Hate to think how difficult to support that would be…
Hate to think how difficult to support that would be…
December 30, 2024 at 9:16 PM
The “best” attempt I’ve seen to try and get real-time billing data involved a complex setup where CloudTrail events were fed into the AWS pricing API to calculate the potential costs of newly deployed infrastructure.
Hate to think how difficult to support that would be…
Hate to think how difficult to support that would be…
Sort of breaking the rules by adding a comment, but the version I read when I was a kid only had three parts.
If you’ve not read it in the last 10 years or so, there is a new “ending” that’s pretty thought-provoking…
If you’ve not read it in the last 10 years or so, there is a new “ending” that’s pretty thought-provoking…
December 22, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Sort of breaking the rules by adding a comment, but the version I read when I was a kid only had three parts.
If you’ve not read it in the last 10 years or so, there is a new “ending” that’s pretty thought-provoking…
If you’ve not read it in the last 10 years or so, there is a new “ending” that’s pretty thought-provoking…
This suggestion is more around charity than giving than a loan, but have you seen Give Directly? Even though you don’t get your money back at the end, given your ~50% return rate from the loans, it’s probably going to be more impactful for your donation: www.givedirectly.org
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December 18, 2024 at 6:31 AM
This suggestion is more around charity than giving than a loan, but have you seen Give Directly? Even though you don’t get your money back at the end, given your ~50% return rate from the loans, it’s probably going to be more impactful for your donation: www.givedirectly.org