GPUs, Gremlins, and Growth
I joined Karl and Jon on the Logicata Podcast to unpack a stack of AWS news: GPU price increases, MCP-driven modernization with Quiro, new Dublin data …
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See all2026 - The year we build better
Coming back from vacation leaves many of us highly-motivated to build new, better software.
Read issueWhen serving images from S3 stopped being good enough
Serving images from S3 worked for years, until it didn't. Here's how I moved image optimization out of my workflow and made performance the default.
Read the full articleWelcome to 2026!
As we ease into the new year, we had some good content that helps us get excited about building.
Read issueIt’s Builder Week
Many of us are taking off for the holidays, which means builders are at home building! We had some great content sharing fun side projects last week.
Read issueRoad to re:Invent Hackathon: How Not to Build a Serverless App
I built a deliberately overengineered serverless hackathon project with agents, event-driven choreography, and what not to do... on purpose.
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