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#AWS #reinvent if you want to use the 9th most popular code assistant with the 11th most popular IDE, you can!

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/11/amazon-q-developer-eclipse-ide-public-preview

The rush of pre #reinvent #aws releases is starting. So far it's a bit meh, with the exception of root-less member accounts, which is also a bit meh, but important.
I knew DNS HTTPS was support was coming, but they delivered the absolute minimum.
I'd really like firecracker support in bottlerocket. The amount of customers that run containers as root for <insert important sounding reason> is truly shocking. MicroVM support in EKS is long overdue.

#aws #reinvent S3 will now calculate checksums on uploads by default. Sensible change IMO. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/12/amazon-s3-default-data-integrity-protections/

#aws #reinvent Data Transfer Terminals. Will they co-locate with those Amazon delivery lockers? Collect your anime themed tea set and upload a TB of selfies. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/12/aws-data-transfer-terminal-high-speed-data-uploads

#aws #reinvent You can now target non load balanced resources for Private Link. Lots of customers want/need this but its almost always due to poor/constrained design. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/12/access-vpc-resources-aws-privatelink/

#aws #reinvent I won't comment on all the updates overnight. Most of them are pretty boring and niche. Also there's the disposable AI junk that is mandatory these days.

These are probably the most interesting:

#aws #reinvent Security Incident Response. You can never have enough single panes of glass. If you're not looking at security hub, AWS can do it for you. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/12/aws-security-incident-response/

#aws #reinvent Control Tower will provide prescriptive backup plans. More of this please.
Control Tower needs more opinionated policies. Landing Zone Accelerator kinda provides prescriptive configs, but it's a half backed solution that very few customers use. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/11/aws-control-tower-prescriptive-backup-plans-landing-zone/

A few more #aws #reinvent feature drops overnight.

Going over my list of notes, at the top I have "more Q junk". I can probably leave that in my notes for every day.

#aws #reinvent conditional writes for S3 is mildly interesting. Not really atomic updates, but it might save money and improve client performance under certain circumstances
Split over multiple updates for *reasons*. but here's the useful link
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/11/amazon-s3-functionality-conditional-writes