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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · last mo.

Two-pizza culture was about ownership, speed, and not being bogged down by bureaucracy. Working backwards from the customer was about forcing clarity of thought. But the industry is changing, and it’s time to reconsider how we bring products to live. www.allthingsdistributed.com/2026/06/retu...

A return to two-pizza culture

What made the Quick Desktop team successful is the same thing that has always produced the best work I've seen at Amazon: a small group of people who trusted each other, owned the problem end-to-end, ...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The latest Now Go Build CTO Fellowship cohort is reimagining education from the ground up. They're not accepting "we can't do that." They're asking, "why haven't we tried this?" Meet the Fellows: www.allthingsdistributed.com/2026/01/educ...

Education is not one-size-fits-all for the latest CTO Fellows

Today, I’m honored to introduce you to the latest cohort of Now Go Build CTO Fellows. Individuals from around the world with diverse backgrounds (engineering, the humanities, business, healthcare, ent...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · 8mo ago

As we head into the new year, I want to share an article by Andy Warfield called "A little bit uncomfortable". It touches on a topic we don't talk about nearly enough--vulnerability and the relationship between fear and growth. allthingsdistributed.com/2025/12/a-little-bit-uncomfortable.html

A little bit uncomfortable

Fear is actually a pretty good signal that you are pushing into the unknown, that real growth doesn’t happen without a bit of that associated discomfort, and that it’s worth becoming aware when it hap...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · 8mo ago

AI in the human loop, not the other way around. This shift will transform how we combat loneliness, deliver care, build systems, and educate ourselves in an era of rapid change. Read my tech predictions for 2026 on All Things Distributed: www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/11/tech... Now, go build!

Tech predictions for 2026 and beyond

We’ve caught glimpses of a future that values autonomy, empathy, and individual expertise. Where interdisciplinary cooperation influences discovery and creation at an unrelenting pace. In the coming y...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · 9mo ago

In the latest Frugal Architect podcast we talk with @boyanslat.bsky.social about @theoceancleanup.bsky.social’s mission to remove 90% of ocean plastic by 2040. When you're climbing the right hill, solutions get simpler over time. thefrugalarchitect.com/architects/b...

Frugal engineering for ocean conservation: My journey with The Ocean Cleanup

When 16-year-old Boyan Slat encountered more plastic bags than fish in Greek waters, he asked a simple question that would change everything:

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · 10mo ago

No data, no AI, no progress. My @AmazonScience article explores how multi-layered mapping + petabyte-scale cloud infrastructure helps save lives in time of crisis. Building AI without addressing the fundamental data divide means solving the wrong problems. amazon.science/blog/why-ai-...

Why AI for good depends on good data

New technologies are helping vulnerable communities produce maps that integrate topographical, infrastructural, seasonal, and real-time data — an essential tool for many humanitarian endeavors.

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · 11mo ago

As developers, we want to create and find new solutions—not port Java 11 apps to 17. Here is a real opportunity with AI tools. First understand your problem, THEN consider solutions. Our data shows that teams using this approach cut costs 15.9% YoY. www.amazon.science/blog/measuri...

Measuring the effectiveness of software development tools and practices

New cost-to-serve-software metric that accounts for the full software development lifecycle helps determine which software development innovations provide quantifiable value.

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Cheap ≠ frugal. This is a lesson Zillow’s Craig Link learned from his dad. Packing lunch, limiting stops on road trips, and on the latest episode of The Frugal Architect, we talk about how these early lessons in frugality made him a better engineer. www.thefrugalarchitect.com/architects/c...

My dad taught me the difference between cheap and frugal...It made me a better engineer

Growing up tracking every mile per gallon in his father's worn notebook, Craig learned early that frugality means making smart tradeoffs. Today, he applies those same principles as Zillow's Chief Clou...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Eight years after launching SageMaker AI, our mission remains the same: put machine learning in the hands of every builder, regardless of skill level. Our latest updates tackle real builder pain points. Read more on All Things Distributed: www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/08/remo...

Removing friction from Amazon SageMaker AI development

Building with Amazon SageMaker AI should be about innovation, not wrestling with development environments or building bespoke observability systems. Here's how we're removing roadblocks so builders ca...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · last yr.

Morten Keldebaek and Robert Christiansen "always ask why". Why keep all data hot? Why make every component global? Why chase shiny tech? This engineering philosophy has helped Too Good To Go achieve its mission of keeping fresh food out of the dump. www.thefrugalarchitect.com/architects/m...

Always ask why: A journey from sports tech to food waste

From a traffic spike that crashed their system during the 2018 World Cup to serving millions of users in 19 countries, Morten and Robert share how questioning everything, embracing incremental progres...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · last yr.

In a new guest post from #AWS Sr. Principal Engineers @nikomatsakis.com and Mark Bowes take us inside Aurora DSQL's development from scaling write operations without two-phase commit, to overcoming garbage collection hurdles, and embracing Rust. www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/05/just...

Just make it scale: An Aurora DSQL story

AWS Senior Principal Engineers, Niko Matsakis and Marc Bowes, take us inside Aurora DSQL's development: scaling write operations without two-phase commit, overcoming garbage collection hurdles, and em...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · last yr.

How do you scale globally while keeping costs in check? Tom Leaman shows how standardization, self-service tooling, and smart automation helped them do just that at Warner Bros. Discovery. Read (or listen) to the latest from The Frugal Architect here: thefrugalarchitect.com/architects/t...

Keeping the Stories Flowing at Warner Bros. Discovery

With just nine months to launch Max and no room for downtime, Warner Bros. Discovery had to make every architectural decision count. This story follows how they built observability into their systems,...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · last yr.

Announcing plans for the new #AWS South America (Chile) Region! Local innovators like @GrupoCetep are already using #AWS and GenAI to expand mental healthcare access. Excited to see what the next generation of builders will create in the region. aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/co...

In the works – AWS South America (Chile) Region | Amazon Web Services

AWS announces plans to launch a new AWS Region in Chile by the end of 2026 with three Availability Zones, marking the third AWS Region in Latin American alongside existing Regions in São Paulo and Mex...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · last yr.

There is no compression algorithm for experience. During the power outage in Spain and Portugal, the local AWS datacentres kept humming thanks to careful planning and preparation. Remember: Everything fails, all the time, so plan for failure and nothing fails. www.linkedin.com/posts/kevinm...

Power is the lifeblood of a modern digital world, and while most of us see… | Kevin Miller | 14 comments

Power is the lifeblood of a modern digital world, and while most of us see power infrastructure at work on a daily basis, it's so ubiquitous that it can be invisible. Just to open a messaging app ...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · last yr.

Interfaces should adapt to humans, not the other way around. The AI-native SDKs for #Alexa+ remove NLU complexity so builders can focus on innovation, not invocation patterns. www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/04/alex...

Alexa+ gets us a step closer to ambient interfaces

The vision was to build the Star Trek computer. 10 years ago that was an ambitious goal. We’ve come a long way since then - from basic voice commands to much more conversational interfaces with Alexa+...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · last yr.

The new Frugal Architect podcast features @watchduty.org. A tech-first non-profit that proves you just need the right tools to achieve your mission. From a handful of volunteers to millions of users across 22 states, their choices speak volumes. www.thefrugalarchitect.com/architects/j...

Born from fire and frustration: Watch Duty keeps the tech simple

Watch Duty's mission to deliver real-time emergency information works backward from a simple truth: during a disaster, people need clear, reliable updates to make life-critical decisions. When your fo...

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · last yr.

On #PiDay (Amazon S3's 19th birthday), Andy Warfield takes us through S3's evolution from simple object store to sophisticated data platform. A fascinating look at how customer feedback shapes our services and how we maintain simplicity at massive scale. www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/03/in-s...

In S3 simplicity is table stakes

From simple object storage to sophisticated table management, builders have always shaped S3's evolution. Andy Warfield discusses why making complex systems simple remains our north star at AWS.

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Werner@wernervogels.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats to Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton for receiving the 2024 @TheOfficialACM Turing Award. They introduced the main ideas, constructed the mathematical foundations, and developed the algorithms for reinforcement learning. awards.acm.org/about/2024-t...

Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton are the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning.

Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton as the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning. In a series of papers beginning...

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