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Julian Wood

@julianwood.com

Head often in the clouds, hopefully grounded in reality. Helping people love #serverless @AWSCloud.

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Olivier@olivierleplus.bsky.social · last wk.

My Tamagotchi now gets hungry while the device is unplugged 👻 (Part 3) I am getting there! By using EventBridge, my little cloudagotchi continues to live in the cloud even if it's off ^^ Next article, it gets to read the news! builder.aws.com/content/3GZm... #AWS #Serverless #DynamoDB #IoT #ESP32

Cloudagotchi Part 3 : It gets hungry while you sleep: A serverless pet brain | AWS Builder Center

Lambda decides, DynamoDB remembers, EventBridge Scheduler makes time pass. My ESP32 Tamagotchi finally has feelings... and consequences for ignoring it.

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Olivier@olivierleplus.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm building a Tamagotchi whose brain runs on AWS 👻 The body: a $30 ESP32-S3 AMOLED board The brain: Lambda + DynamoDB + EventBridge The party trick: it reads me the AWS news every morning via Bedrock + Polly Part 1: giving it a nervous system with AWS IoT Core 🧠⚡ builder.aws.com/content/3GXO...

Meet Cloudagotchi: Building a virtual pet with a cloud brain (Part 1) | AWS Builder Center

I'm turning a $30 ESP32-S3 AMOLED board into a Tamagotchi whose brain runs on AWS. Part 1: the architecture, and getting the device talking to AWS IoT Core.

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Muhammed Salih Güler@salihgueler.dev · 2w ago

My domain sat unused for months because "rebuilding a website" felt like a weekend project. Yesterday I wrote specs for what I wanted, handed them to GPT 5.6 Sol with Astro, and had a working site in 60 minutes. Code and walkthrough in thread 🧵

Olivier@olivierleplus.bsky.social · 2w ago

I built a Tamagotchi with its brain in AWS 👻 🥑 tap an avocado to feed it 😾 continues leaving while powered OFF (DynamoDB + Eventbridge), 📰 reads me the AWS news every morning (Bedrock, Polly voice, animated mouth) 1st part of article series. Meet Cloudagotchi: dev.to/aws/i-built-...

I built a Tamagotchi with its brain in AWS (and it reads me the news)

Meet Cloudagotchi, a virtual pet on a $30 ESP32 board whose feelings live in DynamoDB, whose metabolism runs on EventBridge, and who reads me the AWS news every morning. A 4-part build series is comin...

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Julian Wood@julianwood.com · 2w ago

Serverless in case you missed it Q2 2026 is out. Lambda MicroVMs, S3 Files as a local mount, durable functions in Java, 32 GB Managed Instances, and Step Functions with native agentic reasoning. Packed quarter! aws.amazon.com/blogs/comput...

Serverless ICYMI Q2 2026 | Amazon Web Services

In this 33rd quarterly recap post, discover the most impactful AWS serverless launches, features, and resources from Q2 2026 that you might have missed. Stay current with the latest serverless innovat...

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Julian Wood@julianwood.com · 4w ago

Want to speed up your serverless deploy times? I cut mine by 42% with a new flag. CloudFormation Express Mode. sam deploy --express. Demo below ↓

Seb in the cloud ☁️@sebsto.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just read a fascinating piece on how an AWS team applied random graph theory to redesign data center networks. Started with a Slack shout-out and a "spaghetti monster" of cables. Love when theoretical math meets real-world engineering at scale.

How AWS used random graph theory to build more efficient data centers

How a Slack shout-out, a dusted-off academic theory, and a spaghetti monster led an AWS team to crack an elusive code.

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Eric Johnson@edjgeek.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It's here!! AWS SAM CLI now handles dynamic loops to generate resources! This and other CloudFormation language extensions are now live! I stinking LOVE this! builder.aws.com/content/3DiJ...

Dynamic Looping Comes to AWS SAM | AWS Builder Center

AWS SAM CLI now supports CloudFormation Language Extensions, bringing Fn::ForEach, Fn::Length, Fn::ToJsonString, FindInMap with default values, and conditional deletion policies to your local developm...

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Consistent humanism means opposing the genocide in Gaza, AND antisemitism. It means opposing the US/Israeli invasion of Iran AND the Iranian regime's murder of its own people. It means opposing the US/UK invasion of Iraq AND the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It means confronting violence everywhere.

Julian Wood@julianwood.com · 3mo ago

Second talk I’ve seen today about how to get better results with prompts with /plan mode. Vibing your plan thinking is great but then I really suggest you formalise your specs and then build from that + steering + MCP. That’s what we do with Kiro and my results have been so much better.

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Julian Wood@julianwood.com · 3mo ago

My AI is shaming my bedtime!...."This is the complete picture. Want me to save all this and pick it up fresh when you're ready to build? It's past 1:30am."

Julian Wood@julianwood.com · 3mo ago

Catch up on last quarter's serverless stuff in my ICYMI blog: How to explain serverless to @edjgeek.bsky.social mom! Lambda durable functions updates, 1 MB payloads across Lambda/SQS/EventBridge, Strands Agents SDK, and more. aws.amazon.com/blogs/comput...

Serverless ICYMI Q1 2026 | Amazon Web Services

Stay current with the latest serverless innovations that can improve your applications. In this 32nd quarterly recap, discover the most impactful AWS serverless launches, features, and resources from ...

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Julian Wood@julianwood.com · 4mo ago

📢🚀 Ready to optimize your data pipeline orchestration on AWS with Apache Airflow? Understand MWAA Provisioned and Serverless/trade-offs/vs Step Functions. | Join #Serverless Office Hours with John JacksonPM and Kamen Sharlandjiev. Tuesday:Live 11AM PT www.youtube.com/@AWSEventsCh...

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