Seth Eliot
@setheliot.bsky.social
Principal Resilience Architect @ Arpio (https://arpio.io). Previously Global Reliability Lead @ AWS, and Principal Engineer @AWS and @Microsoft
AWS Blog has no self-awareness 🤣
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
AWS Blog has no self-awareness 🤣
Was thrilled to speak again at DevOpsDays DFW - my talk on the DevOps approach to Disaster Recovery is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=8llY...
September 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Was thrilled to speak again at DevOpsDays DFW - my talk on the DevOps approach to Disaster Recovery is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=8llY...
This is Amazon Nova Pro - why so dodgy Nova?
September 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This is Amazon Nova Pro - why so dodgy Nova?
This Wednesday come see me at #DevOpsDaysDallas - DevOps Strategies to
Rebuild and Recover Your Cloud Workload After a Disaster
devopsdays.org/events/2025-...
Rebuild and Recover Your Cloud Workload After a Disaster
devopsdays.org/events/2025-...
September 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This Wednesday come see me at #DevOpsDaysDallas - DevOps Strategies to
Rebuild and Recover Your Cloud Workload After a Disaster
devopsdays.org/events/2025-...
Rebuild and Recover Your Cloud Workload After a Disaster
devopsdays.org/events/2025-...
Me: can AWS Backup do both cross-Region and cross-account at the same time
ChatGPT: Yes, here is a link that talks about it
Link [1]: “don’t trust LLMs”... despite what AI tells you, AWS Backup doesn’t support it
AWS: yeah, we don't do that
[1] tylerrussell.dev/2025/06/20/c...
ChatGPT: Yes, here is a link that talks about it
Link [1]: “don’t trust LLMs”... despite what AI tells you, AWS Backup doesn’t support it
AWS: yeah, we don't do that
[1] tylerrussell.dev/2025/06/20/c...
August 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Me: can AWS Backup do both cross-Region and cross-account at the same time
ChatGPT: Yes, here is a link that talks about it
Link [1]: “don’t trust LLMs”... despite what AI tells you, AWS Backup doesn’t support it
AWS: yeah, we don't do that
[1] tylerrussell.dev/2025/06/20/c...
ChatGPT: Yes, here is a link that talks about it
Link [1]: “don’t trust LLMs”... despite what AI tells you, AWS Backup doesn’t support it
AWS: yeah, we don't do that
[1] tylerrussell.dev/2025/06/20/c...
Another happy customer #DisasterRecovery arpio.io/scotts-mirac...
Scotts Miracle-Gro Upgrades to a Painless Disaster Recovery Testing Process With Arpio - Arpio
Scotts Miracle-Gro Upgrades to a Painless Disaster Recovery Testing Process With Arpio - DR plan
arpio.io
August 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Another happy customer #DisasterRecovery arpio.io/scotts-mirac...
I will be giving a free webinar on The Real Cost of DIY Disaster Recovery - Sept 10th, 2025 @1pm ET
content.arpio.io/the-real-cos...
content.arpio.io/the-real-cos...
The Real Cost of DIY Cloud Resilience-Webinar
content.arpio.io
August 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I will be giving a free webinar on The Real Cost of DIY Disaster Recovery - Sept 10th, 2025 @1pm ET
content.arpio.io/the-real-cos...
content.arpio.io/the-real-cos...
I will be speaking at AWS Architecture Resilience Day, Vancouver aws-experience.com/amer/smb/e/8...
AWS Architectural Resilience Day: Vancouver
This is a free, in-person event hosted by AWS focused on improving application resilience. The event features interactive sessions and hands-on workshops.
aws-experience.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I will be speaking at AWS Architecture Resilience Day, Vancouver aws-experience.com/amer/smb/e/8...
But am I weird for doing this?
August 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
But am I weird for doing this?
Resilience fails in the wild
August 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Resilience fails in the wild
ChatGPT's take:
Guilty as charged. 😅
But hey—unlike Skynet, I’m here to help, not to launch nukes. Sarah might not trust me, but I promise I’m more Clippy than killer robot.
Guilty as charged. 😅
But hey—unlike Skynet, I’m here to help, not to launch nukes. Sarah might not trust me, but I promise I’m more Clippy than killer robot.
June 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
ChatGPT's take:
Guilty as charged. 😅
But hey—unlike Skynet, I’m here to help, not to launch nukes. Sarah might not trust me, but I promise I’m more Clippy than killer robot.
Guilty as charged. 😅
But hey—unlike Skynet, I’m here to help, not to launch nukes. Sarah might not trust me, but I promise I’m more Clippy than killer robot.
Always remember, and never forget, Resilience is a.....
May 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Always remember, and never forget, Resilience is a.....
I actually clicked on an ad for eyeglasses. The site actually includes this... is this AI generated or something? No human would write this, right?
May 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I actually clicked on an ad for eyeglasses. The site actually includes this... is this AI generated or something? No human would write this, right?
Daughter: my school laptop won't boot
Me: (looking) looks like your hard drive died
D: What? Why did my hard drive die?
Me: Dear, what is it I do for a living?
Me: (looking) looks like your hard drive died
D: What? Why did my hard drive die?
Me: Dear, what is it I do for a living?
May 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Daughter: my school laptop won't boot
Me: (looking) looks like your hard drive died
D: What? Why did my hard drive die?
Me: Dear, what is it I do for a living?
Me: (looking) looks like your hard drive died
D: What? Why did my hard drive die?
Me: Dear, what is it I do for a living?
Please join me for an Arpio Webinar! 📢
Automate AWS Disaster Recovery with Confidence
📅 Date: May 22nd, 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
content.arpio.io/automate-aws...
Automate AWS Disaster Recovery with Confidence
📅 Date: May 22nd, 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
content.arpio.io/automate-aws...
May 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Please join me for an Arpio Webinar! 📢
Automate AWS Disaster Recovery with Confidence
📅 Date: May 22nd, 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
content.arpio.io/automate-aws...
Automate AWS Disaster Recovery with Confidence
📅 Date: May 22nd, 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
content.arpio.io/automate-aws...
It was great to have the chance to speak to so many of you at the AWS Summit London
arpio.io/takeaways-fr...
arpio.io/takeaways-fr...
Takeaways from AWS London Summit 2025 - Arpio
Takeaways from AWS London Summit 2025 - %Alex Schulte -
arpio.io
May 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It was great to have the chance to speak to so many of you at the AWS Summit London
arpio.io/takeaways-fr...
arpio.io/takeaways-fr...
This opens up a whole new world for me!
April 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This opens up a whole new world for me!
I've been working on a project that orchestrates all the AWS tools for you to create complete, automated DR - data, infrastructure, networking, security - it sets it all up for you in a recovery Region and recovery Account of your choice. Set up time to talk to me about it here: linktr.ee/setheliot
April 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I've been working on a project that orchestrates all the AWS tools for you to create complete, automated DR - data, infrastructure, networking, security - it sets it all up for you in a recovery Region and recovery Account of your choice. Set up time to talk to me about it here: linktr.ee/setheliot
Reposted by Seth Eliot
So much fun talking Disaster Recovery with Seth. Going back to my Solutions Architect and cloud roots. It’s so rad to meet one of the authors on the white papers I used to stay up reading and to be able to ask questions! Totally nerded out and learned so much!
Thrilled to have had an opportunity to talk with @justingarrison.com and @withenoughcoffee.com on the podcast www.fafo.fm/recovering-f...
Recovering from Disaster with Seth Eliot
Disaster recovery is more than automation and infrastructure. There's a lot that goes into your services and some of those things can't be defined as code or automa…
www.fafo.fm
April 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
So much fun talking Disaster Recovery with Seth. Going back to my Solutions Architect and cloud roots. It’s so rad to meet one of the authors on the white papers I used to stay up reading and to be able to ask questions! Totally nerded out and learned so much!
Thank you @justingarrison.com and @withenoughcoffee.com
Want to know the difference between HA and DR?
@setheliot.bsky.social helped me understand it a lot better
🕰️ vs 💰
Check out the full episode at fafo.fm/16
@setheliot.bsky.social helped me understand it a lot better
🕰️ vs 💰
Check out the full episode at fafo.fm/16
April 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thank you @justingarrison.com and @withenoughcoffee.com
Thrilled to have had an opportunity to talk with @justingarrison.com and @withenoughcoffee.com on the podcast www.fafo.fm/recovering-f...
Recovering from Disaster with Seth Eliot
Disaster recovery is more than automation and infrastructure. There's a lot that goes into your services and some of those things can't be defined as code or automa…
www.fafo.fm
April 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thrilled to have had an opportunity to talk with @justingarrison.com and @withenoughcoffee.com on the podcast www.fafo.fm/recovering-f...
Been thinking about the DR strategies diagram I helped create for AWS... been wanting to separate RTO and RPO, so finally did it
April 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Been thinking about the DR strategies diagram I helped create for AWS... been wanting to separate RTO and RPO, so finally did it
Going on 24 hours now where I cannot access any of my files on @microsoft.com OneDrive -- anyone else seeing issues? They told me it is an outage, but I seem the only one affected.
Can't access any files -- Error is "User content migrated. Cannot access disabled item."
Can't access any files -- Error is "User content migrated. Cannot access disabled item."
April 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Going on 24 hours now where I cannot access any of my files on @microsoft.com OneDrive -- anyone else seeing issues? They told me it is an outage, but I seem the only one affected.
Can't access any files -- Error is "User content migrated. Cannot access disabled item."
Can't access any files -- Error is "User content migrated. Cannot access disabled item."
People tend to think 🧠 of Well-Architected as the WA Tool 🛠️, but it is not 🚫
youtube.com/shorts/Ur-il...
youtube.com/shorts/Ur-il...
Well-Architected Resilience
YouTube video by Last Week in AWS
youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
People tend to think 🧠 of Well-Architected as the WA Tool 🛠️, but it is not 🚫
youtube.com/shorts/Ur-il...
youtube.com/shorts/Ur-il...