All Things Distributed

We've entered an era of unprecedented societal challenges and rapid technological advancements. Harnessing technology for good has become both an ethical imperative and a profitable endeavor. These are the areas where I see technology shaping society in 2025 and beyond—and it all starts with mission-driven work.

The Frugal Architect returns with expanded content, featuring stories from AWS customers optimizing their architectures for cost and sustainability.

Earlier this year, I announced the Now Go Build CTO Fellowship. A program designed to empower leaders from nonprofits and social impact organizations solving hard human problems. Today, I'm excited to introduce the first two cohorts, focusing on Disaster Management and Climate Resilience.

On AWS Lambda's 10th anniversary, I'm publishing the internal PR/FAQ that helped launch this groundbreaking service. This document provides insight into the customer problems we observed in the early 2010s and our vision for serverless computing. Readers will find annotations throughout, offering a glimpse into how our long-term thinking has...

Builders are at the heart of AWS. Most recently, I visited Malaysia, the location of the newest AWS Region, our 34th globally, and home to a rapidly evolving technology sector, where businesses of all sizes are proving that solving hard human problems can be a profitable business model.

Marc Olson, a long-time Amazonian, discusses the evolution of EBS, highlighting hard-won lessons in queueing theory, the importance of comprehensive instrumentation, and the value of incrementalism versus radical changes. It's an insightful look at how one of AWS’s foundational services has evolved to meet the needs of our customers.

After a few code reviews from Rustaceans at Amazon and a bit of polishing, I'm ready to share the Distill CLI. An open-source tool written in Rust for summarizing meetings and other media that uses AWS services, such as S3, Transcribe, and Bedrock.

My team and I set out to build a simple note taking aide, which transcribes and summarizes our meetings using Bedrock. Today, we’re making the proof of concept available to everyone.

An inside look at the Tallaght District Heating Scheme, where Heat Works is using recycled heat from an AWS data center to warm a community in Dublin, Ireland.

After a busy conference season, I've taken some time to catch up on reading and make a dent in the pile of books on my nightstand. Here's what I've started, finished, and picked up since re:Invent.