Forrest Brazeal

It has been a week since Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced our AWS Generative AI Accelerator and applications have been flying in 🚀🚀🚀 I can't share how many startups have applied, but it definitely has been the most active and exciting of our accelerator launches 🤩 What is awesome about this accelerator is that it's truly global, so startups from anywhere around the global can apply 🌐 As long as your startup is building a tech or tech-enabled product, has a tech lead, a working product, and is still early stage (not raised a Series A), then you are eligible for the program ✍️ Learn more about the program and apply using the link in the post below and remember to submit your application before 11:59 PM ET July 19 📌 #startups #AWS #GenerativeAI #accelerator

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Highly recommend listening to this podcast with Kelsey Hightower where he shares deep insights and wisdom from his tech career journey and even life advice. "If you spend all your time trying to be a senior engineer, you may make the mistake of being a junior human being. And that's probably the wrong trade off if you really want to be super successful long term." https://lnkd.in/gRXjFaAw

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I spent a good portion of my career on the partner side and I have to say this: the resources our Google Cloud team provides our partners are investments that make real world impact within our shared customers.  This next evolution of Delivery Navigator will help our customers and our partners navigate the complexities and the uncharted waters ahead.  More from Brad Little on the Google Cloud Consulting blog ——>   https://lnkd.in/gDYPGHn5 ** We know every customer is on their own cloud journey and we want to meet you exactly where you are. Learn more about how Google Cloud Consulting can help you learn, build, operate and succeed. https://lnkd.in/gf_kwBPF #Google #GoogleCloudNext #Next24 #GoogleCloud #GoogleCloudConsulting

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🌟 Excited to dive into the world of database proxies and their impact on application performance! Learn more about Amazon RDS Proxy, a game-changing tool for optimizing database access on AWS. 💻🔗 In my latest article, I explore: 💡 What is a database proxy and how does it enhance application performance? 💡 Challenges in database connectivity and how Amazon RDS Proxy addresses them. 💡 How Amazon RDS Proxy works: connection pooling, multiplexing, and automated management. 💡 Features and benefits of Amazon RDS Proxy for modern cloud-based applications. 💡 Real-world use cases where RDS Proxy streamlines database access, especially in serverless architectures. Read the full article to discover how Amazon RDS Proxy simplifies database access for serverless and scalable applications. Let's optimize database performance together! 🚀 #AWS #cloud #AmazonRDSProxy #DatabaseManagement #CloudComputing #ServerlessArchitecture

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Customers often ask if Amazon Q Developer is only for Amazon Web Services (AWS) workloads. The short answer is no. Our developer platform can add value to your on-premises development and multi-cloud needs, regardless of your platform. Our partners at Heroku have a great use case for this. Check out their blog post on how the Amazon Q Developer / Heroku integration simplifies their customer workflows.

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Check out this great article by Kara Saucerman! It talks about CETO, a high-performance gateway serving as the front-end for Microsoft AI services. It leverages YARP (Yet Another Reverse Proxy) and the latest version of .NET.

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Have you heard about #Amazon #Aurora? Wondering if it's the right relational database for your use case? 🚀 Check out our latest episode of AWS Bites podcast that explores the ins and outs of Aurora and how it compares to our good old #RDS other databases. #database #AWS #cloud https://lnkd.in/eCtMjMM9

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🚀 Exciting news in the Rust and AWS communities! 🚀 On June 8th, Werner Vogels announced **distill CLI**, an efficient, Rust-powered tool for media summarization. 📜🔧 Check out his blog for more details: [Introducing Distill CLI](https://lnkd.in/dfUT4cmf) Notably, companies like Discord and Figma have achieved remarkable performance improvements by adopting Rust. Discord moved their Read States service from Go to Rust, resulting in a 10x speed increase and nearly 100x reduction in worst tail latencies. Similarly, Figma rewrote performance-sensitive parts of their multiplayer service in Rust, seeing a 6x reduction in peak average CPU usage per machine. 🌟💪 AWS is also embracing Rust with the general availability of Cargo support in CodeArtifact, enabling the storage of Rust libraries (crates) in CodeArtifact. 📦✨ More info: [AWS CodeArtifact and Cargo Support](https://lnkd.in/dYY_fgtU) As more customers leverage Rust for their critical workloads, AWS is providing robust building blocks. AWS Lambda, for instance, can now process HTTP events more efficiently with Rust. 🚀⚡️ Learn more here: [Rust HTTP Events in AWS Lambda](https://lnkd.in/diubf8bM) #RustLang #AWS #Serverless #Performance #CloudComputing #Innovation #TechNews #CodeArtifact #DistillCLI

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DHH continues upending the prevailing style of software development by re-shoring just about everything outta the cloud... "To me, the most satisfying part of the improved performance of modern developer CPUs is the possibility to simplify our stacks. Installing, operating, and caring for a remote CI setup is a substantial complication. Either you do it on your own hardware, and deal with that complexity directly, or you pay through the nose for a cloud-based setup. Getting to flush all of it down the simplification drain is an amazing step forward. In fact, it's what I like most about paying attention to the progress of our platforms. Oh, browsers now have really good JavaScript and CSS engines? Awesome. Let's go #nobuild. Oh, developer CPUs now have dozens of cores? Sweet. Let's pull CI home. Oh, single-core performance is way up? Wonderful. Let's drop gotcha-hinged accelerators like Spring." https://lnkd.in/gVVA4xAc

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Wonder what it takes to run ChatGPT with over 180 million users today? Get an inside look at our #AzureAI supercomputer infrastructure built for ChatGPT and other large language models. I love geeking out over cloud-scale computing, but AI-scale is a whole other level! Go behind the scenes in this #MicrosoftMechanics show: https://lnkd.in/g94iWcFC #AIInfraMarketPulse #AzureAIInfra #MSFTAdvocate

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Imagine getting to read the words "Serverless Computing" in almost every other post in #Linkedin Here is one angle of thought from my side on #serverlesscomputing This is a variety in @softwarearchitecture that is gainly wide adoption... Read this article to know what I gathered, what threats could be faced and to find the answer to the question. "Are there really no servers needed in Serverless Computing?" #softwaredevelopment #microservices #architecture

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Learn how Run:ai on #OCI can help organizations scale their #AI capabilities without an increase in operational complexities or costs. https://lnkd.in/gZKiBnEF #Kubernetes

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We released two new capabilities to build even more engaging apps in Teams Meetings: ⏩ Present app content directly via Screen Share ⏩ Share to Teams Meeting directly from external webapp Check it out and see how you can make your app even more collaborative in Teams Meetings. #microsoftteams

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I have been telling everyone all week about this new video. In this video, I go over one of my favorite new features in Copilot Studio since Build 2024, Inputs for Topics. Most people don't know about this feature and the power it brings to Copilot Studio. So, make sure to watch this one! #copilot #copilotstudio #authoring #topics #power #conversationalai #gpt https://lnkd.in/emjgrjbW

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If you want to purchase third-party AI models, look no further than Google Cloud Marketplace! With its integration into Cloud Console, developers and MLOps engineers can trust the partners and solutions featured in the marketplace as they are rigorously tested and validated by the Google Cloud team. Watch along as we look at how Google Cloud Marketplace brings value to organizations worldwide. https://ow.ly/awbt50RMW33 #GenAI #GoogleCloudMarketplace

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Curious about how Claude's new artifacts feature works? They use system prompts. This approach translates user prompts into middleware, effectively bridging the gap between the initial request and the desired output. I've been considering that Copilot could benefit from similar functionality to help staff achieve the results they want. Here's the Claude system prompt: https://lnkd.in/ehDf58CU You can see system prompts in action with Home Assistant as well. For instance, you can ask Music Assistant to play specific tracks without needing to use JSON programming. The system prompt handles the translation for you. This is where prompt engineering shines, making GenAI solutions more effective and user-friendly, whether in AI for security or for home applications! Home Assistant examples using Music Assistant (Another cool media tool ;))https://lnkd.in/e3RREbym

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Netflix, once viewed as a pure cloud customer, unveils its true hybrid nature in system architecture. The platform strategically divides tasks, utilizing the cloud for UI, API, while leveraging Open Connect Appliances for CDN-based file delivery. Dive deeper into Netflix's innovative approach here: https://lnkd.in/e6E--45i

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Come join us in Seattle at Microsoft Build! Pranay Bakre from Arm Holdings will lead a talk on deploying next-generation workflows from PC to cloud using Arm tools, and I'll join him to discuss the Azure Cobalt 100-based Arm VMs, currently in preview. Register now and reach out after the talk to discuss anything Azure Arm-related with us! #publicpreview #microsoftbuild #azure #arm #cloud #developer #cobalt100

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