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Author: Sébastien Stormacq
Seb has been writing code since he first touched a Commodore 64 in the mid-eighties. He inspires builders to unlock the value of the AWS cloud, using his secret blend of passion, enthusiasm, customer advocacy, curiosity and creativity. His interests are software architecture, developer tools and mobile computing. If you want to sell him something, be sure it has an API. Follow him on Twitter @sebsto.
A New Set of APIs for HAQM SQS Dead-Letter Queue Redrive
Today, we launch a new set of APIs for HAQM SQS. These new APIs allow you to manage dead-letter queue (DLQ) redrive programmatically. You can now use the AWS SDKs or the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to programmatically move messages from the DLQ to their original queue, or to a custom queue destination, […]
Week in Review – AWS Verified Access, Java 17, Amplify Flutter, Conferences, and More – May 1, 2023
Conference season has started and I was happy to meet and talk with iOS and Swift developers at the New York Swifty conference last week. I will travel again to Turino (Italy), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Frankfurt (Germany), and London (UK) in the coming weeks. Feel free to stop by and say hi if you are around. […]
Introducing Athena Provisioned Capacity
Update October 31, 2023 — Starting today, the minimum billed duration for provisioned capacity is one hour instead of eight hours as it was at the time we initially released this capability. The original reference to the sweet spot of $100 monthly spend to start using provisioned capacity is not relevant anymore. We have updated the […]
Week in Review: Terraform in Service Catalog, AWS Supply Chain, Streaming Response in Lambda, and Amplify Library for Swift – April 10, 2023
The AWS Summit season has started. AWS Summits are free technical and business conferences happening in large cities across the planet. This week, we were happy to welcome our customers and partners in Sydney and Paris. In France, 9,973 customers and partners joined us for the day to meet and exchange ideas but also to […]
How French Broadcaster TF1 Used AWS Cloud Technology and Expertise to Bring the FIFA World Cup to Millions
Three years before millions of viewers saw, arguably, one of the most thrilling World Cup Finals ever broadcast, TF1, the leading private TV channel in France, started a project to redefine the foundations of its broadcasting platform, including adopting a new cloud-based architecture. They, and all other broadcasters, have been observing diminishing audiences for traditional […]
HAQM Chime SDK Call Analytics: Real-Time Voice Tone Analysis and Speaker Search
Today, I am pleased to announce the availability of HAQM Chime SDK call analytics, a new set of capabilities that helps make it easier and cost effective to record and generate insights on real-time audio calls: transcription, voice tone analysis, and speaker search. We’ve also improved the HAQM Chime SDK section of the AWS Management […]
AWS Chatbot Now Integrates With Microsoft Teams
I am pleased to announce that, starting today, you can use AWS Chatbot to troubleshoot and operate your AWS resources from Microsoft Teams. Communicating and collaborating on IT operation tasks through chat channels is known as ChatOps. It allows you to centralize the management of infrastructure and applications, as well as to automate and streamline […]
HAQM Linux 2023, a Cloud-Optimized Linux Distribution with Long-Term Support
I am excited to announce the general availability of HAQM Linux 2023 (AL2023). AWS has provided you with a cloud-optimized Linux distribution since 2010. This is the third generation of our HAQM Linux distributions. Every generation of HAQM Linux distribution is secured, optimized for the cloud, and receives long-term AWS support. We built HAQM Linux […]