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article Issue #173
HUGE week from the AWS Summit in New York

So many incredible things were announced last week, it's going to be hard to keep up!

July 21, 2025
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article Issue #172
Work smarter, not harder

We had some great tips about how to work smarter and build software a little bit easier for ourselves

July 14, 2025
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article Issue #171
Database Week

We had so much content around database last week, let's take it back to the basics!

July 07, 2025
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article Issue #170
Productionizing GenAI

As usual, we had lots of GenAI content - but the tide is turning more towards real, production-ready systems.

June 30, 2025
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article Issue #169
DIY serverless

Last week focused on quick blurbs showing you how to optimize your serverless apps.

June 23, 2025
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article Issue #168
The internet goes down 😱

For two hours in the middle of the Western Hemisphere work day, the internet was crippled.

June 16, 2025
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article Issue #167
AI and APIs

We had a busy week in the world of AI and APIs!

June 09, 2025
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article Issue #166
Aurora DSQL is ready for prime time!

Amazon Aurora DSQL went generally available last week, signaling a huge leap forward in distributed SQL.

June 02, 2025
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article Issue #165
Serverless .NET - a big win?

We had a surprising amount of .NET on Lambda content last week that makes you seriously consider it for future projects.

May 26, 2025
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