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AWS Educate - things have changed a bit since I last visited
By Gerald Abshez December 29, 2022 - 10:56pmWell, AWS Educate has been updated, and it's very different. So, let's do some diving in.First, the bad: The mostly broken access to the console is now gone. So, you can't try things like you could before, directly in the console; and you can't...AWS Educate - Changes from earlier this year
By Gerald Abshez September 3, 2021 - 12:21amI've overall really enjoyed AWS Educate, but some changes earlier this year make it an overall worse experience. The main new wrinkle is automatically shutting down EC2 instances when you are "logged out". While I do understand that new to AWS...AWS Educate - Lambda overview
By Gerald Abshez January 1, 2021 - 3:02pmWhile Functions as a Service (FaaS) has been around for a bit, the "serverless" buzz has continued to mount in the last year or so. The version AWS offers is called Lambda, and it's quite interesting.I've worked a bit with Lambda before, so I know...AWS Educate - On Demand vs Spot
By Gerald Abshez December 16, 2020 - 1:33pmHere's a short bit about on demand vs. spot instances, and management of "credits" on AWS Educate in general. First, the thing to remember is that the service is giving you a certain amount of credit for free, which is awesome and I'm thankful for,...Why do I have to use my "business" email address to sign up?
By Gerald Abshez November 16, 2020 - 1:02pmEmail address classification sucksAWS Educate - Cloud Computing 101
By Gerald Abshez October 30, 2020 - 11:58amI took this course a while back, and I thought I'd talk a bit about it. It's a good basic introduction to cloud computing, allowing you to dip a toe into a number of areas and understand the fundamentals. It explores compute (EC2), storage (S3), a...AWS Educate -- Credits bite me
By Gerald Abshez October 25, 2020 - 5:38pmJust after I blogged, I went to check on my AWS Educate instance, and it was DOWN, ugh. It turns out I'd run out of credits. So, this is bad -- because there should be SOME notification that you are close to running out of credits, and there...AWS Educate - A few months in
By Gerald Abshez October 22, 2020 - 10:25amLife has a way of sneaking up on you -- more on that in another entry.Let's chat about AWS Educate!So, after my initial entry, I've had time on and off again with it, and I have more thoughts.There are lots of educational options, which seem...AWS Educate - A first look
By Gerald Abshez July 29, 2019 - 6:43pmI signed up a number of months ago for AWS Educate, a program that is offered for free through my enrollment at AU. It took a bit of a song and a dance to get working (my school address wouldn't actually let me sign up), but that got sorted out...Getting back to blogging
By Gerald Abshez July 29, 2019 - 6:28pmI haven't blogged in a while publicly, for a variety of reasons. I've been too distracted with work and school and just life in general. I've just finished a course and a short contract, so it's time to take a little breath and do some reflection....
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