Cloud Host Dispatches: Episode 363
AWS SQS turns 20 as the hosts reflect on how far cloud storage has come, plus a look at AI tools like Entire and Scape that layer onto GitHub and Gmail instead of replacing them.
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363: SQS: 20 Years of waiting in line
Join Justin, Matt, and Ryan on episode 363 of The Cloud Pod as they dive into the latest in cloud and AI innovation. This week, we celebrate 20 years of Amazon SQS, explore the future of distributed Git networks for AI agents, and break down Anthropic’s Claude Code desktop redesign. From new AWS AI security tools and Google Cloud Run sandboxes to the economics of AI, get the essential updates on the services shaping the industry.
Cloud Host Dispatches: Episode 362
The hosts reflect on AWS Mechanical Turk’s legacy and how AI has ironically displaced the human workforce that once trained it.
362: Mechanical Turk: The Fall of the Ottoman API
In episode 362 of The Cloud Pod, titled “Mechanical Turk: The Fall of the Ottoman API,” the team explores the sunsetting of Amazon Mechanical Turk and its impact on the AI data pipeline. Key cloud updates include the introduction of Kubernetes version rollbacks for Amazon EKS, AWS Security Hub’s expansion to Microsoft Azure, and the expansion of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork to web and mobile. The episode also dives into Google Cloud’s AlloyDB AI functions, Microsoft’s Frontier Company AI engineering initiative, and the public preview of Azure Chaos Studio Workspaces. Finally, the “After Show” discusses Sony’s decision to end physical PlayStation game discs by 2028 and what that means for digital ownership
Cloud Host Dispatches: Episode 361
The Cloud Pod dives into AWS’s new ACME-compatible certificate product, plus the week’s biggest cloud news and updates.
361: Beep Beep: AWS Ships an ACME Product That Actually Works
Episode 361 of The Cloud Pod podcast, with all the latest Cloud and AI news from AWS, Azure, GCP, Nano Banana, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, and ACME
Cloud Host Dispatches: Episode 360
AWS surprises everyone with fresh S3 features, plus the hosts share behind-the-scenes plans to get news to listeners faster than ever.
360: And you thought AWS was out of features for S3. Surprise!
Episode 360 of The Cloud Pod podcast, with all the latest Cloud news from AWS, Oracle, GCP, Azure, S3, Anthropic, Kafka, Analytics, agents, and Kubernetes
Cloud Host Dispatches: Episode 359
Token economics meets cloud budgeting as the hosts dig into AI cost management, plus the challenge of keeping up with fast-moving AI news cycles.
359: Tokenomicon Sounds Metal, but it’s Just Cloud Budgets
Episode 359 of The Cloud Pod podcast, with all the latest Cloud news from AWS, Oracle, GCP, Azure, AI Tokens, Anthropic,Oracle, FinOps, Earnings, Brazo, Data Centers