Brad Werner
@bwer432.bsky.social
Software engineer, cloud+infrastructure architect, consultant, technical trainer, writer, wannabe poet ; Poetry blog at https://bwer432.wordpress.com ; note: I work for AWS but my opinions and posts are my own.
Happy Chanukah / Hanukkah!
May your oil and the light of your spirit be everlasting!
May your oil and the light of your spirit be everlasting!
December 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Happy Chanukah / Hanukkah!
May your oil and the light of your spirit be everlasting!
May your oil and the light of your spirit be everlasting!
taste the nectar of the sky
this mangolicious night
bask in sweet moonlight
… full lyrics at:
#poem #moon
this mangolicious night
bask in sweet moonlight
… full lyrics at:
#poem #moon
mangolicious moon
sixty-six moons agothe cyclic ebb and flowthe shadow and the show mangorrific moondripping night’s nectarmars now far ahead eighth night comes soonwe’re at the right vectorsinging words once said...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Lyrics to “Grace Hopper” written by Brad Werner, based on music and lyrics of “True Colors” written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and performed by Cyndi Lauper.
– Lyrics at:
#poem #song #software
– Lyrics at:
#poem #song #software
grace hopper
“Grace Hopper” song lyrics [verse 1]do your compilerstranslate the languageof math formalizedbut with human* languageyou can reach more peopleyou know you’re right, heed the callyears later we than…
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December 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
you’ve eight pieces of pizza
plenty enough to share
or whole if you dare
…read the whole song lyrics at:
#poem #song #pizza #comfortfood
plenty enough to share
or whole if you dare
…read the whole song lyrics at:
#poem #song #pizza #comfortfood
pieces of pizza
sliced up in eighths you’ve eight pieces of pizzaplenty enough to shareor whole if you dareyou’ve eight pieces of pizzaplenty enough to shareor whole if you dare spun as they’re thrownpizzas make...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
you’ve eight pieces of pizza
plenty enough to share
or whole if you dare
…read the whole song lyrics at:
#poem #song #pizza #comfortfood
plenty enough to share
or whole if you dare
…read the whole song lyrics at:
#poem #song #pizza #comfortfood
you can atone
with a sad trombone
monotone
with a standing stone
with a sad trombone
monotone
with a standing stone
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
you can atone
with a sad trombone
monotone
with a standing stone
with a sad trombone
monotone
with a standing stone
🤖🧠 Some of the NEW Amazon Bedrock AgentCore capabilities announced at re:Invent 2025
• YT: youtube.com/shorts/TIRb7...
• General announcement “Amazon launches AI Agents that stay within boundaries, track their performance, and get smarter over time” = 🔗 www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws...
• YT: youtube.com/shorts/TIRb7...
• General announcement “Amazon launches AI Agents that stay within boundaries, track their performance, and get smarter over time” = 🔗 www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws...
New Amazon Bedrock AgentCore capabilities
🤖🧠 Some of the NEW Amazon Bedrock AgentCore capabilities announced at re:Invent 2025
• AgentCore Policy = 🔗…
youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
🤖🧠 Some of the NEW Amazon Bedrock AgentCore capabilities announced at re:Invent 2025
• YT: youtube.com/shorts/TIRb7...
• General announcement “Amazon launches AI Agents that stay within boundaries, track their performance, and get smarter over time” = 🔗 www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws...
• YT: youtube.com/shorts/TIRb7...
• General announcement “Amazon launches AI Agents that stay within boundaries, track their performance, and get smarter over time” = 🔗 www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws...
Rabbit! Rabbit!! Rabbit!!! 🐇🐇🐇
I hope that December is a splendiferous, healthful, and enriching month of adventures for you and yours.
I hope that December is a splendiferous, healthful, and enriching month of adventures for you and yours.
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Rabbit! Rabbit!! Rabbit!!! 🐇🐇🐇
I hope that December is a splendiferous, healthful, and enriching month of adventures for you and yours.
I hope that December is a splendiferous, healthful, and enriching month of adventures for you and yours.
What are your favorite ways to describe (or to abide by) the “iron triangle” of project management/architecture/systems engineering?
How about a song? :)
#poem #song #engineering
How about a song? :)
#poem #song #engineering
fast, good, cheap
“fast, good, cheap” song lyrics [verse 1]when you have a project and you want it donebut haven’t got the timecan’t afford another budget overrundon’t wanna spend a dimecan’t have it all, but...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
What are your favorite ways to describe (or to abide by) the “iron triangle” of project management/architecture/systems engineering?
How about a song? :)
#poem #song #engineering
How about a song? :)
#poem #song #engineering
NOTE: i wrote seven stanzas of this silly poem in January 2011, and left it unfinished
#poem #silliness #reflection #iplaywithwords
#poem #silliness #reflection #iplaywithwords
mopuim
page up/dn keys make me sneezethen upside-down it seems a breezebut for j/k or up/dn arrow keystautly tethered tautologies looked out the mopuimclouds like wispy babblerssaw pretty >|uid flowers…
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November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NOTE: i wrote seven stanzas of this silly poem in January 2011, and left it unfinished
#poem #silliness #reflection #iplaywithwords
#poem #silliness #reflection #iplaywithwords
🧠🤖🥐⚖️ MEDLEY: *Beta Registration* & *Exam Prep* NOW OPEN: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional (AIP-C01)
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/l2X5u...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/l2X5u...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🧠🤖🥐⚖️ MEDLEY: *Beta Registration* & *Exam Prep* NOW OPEN: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional (AIP-C01)
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/l2X5u...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/l2X5u...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
🧠🤖🥐⚖️ INFO: *Beta Registration* & *Exam Prep* NOW OPEN: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional (AIP-C01)
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/eZfHI...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/eZfHI...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
🧠🤖🥐⚖️ INFO: *Beta Registration* & *Exam Prep* NOW OPEN: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional (AIP-C01)
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/eZfHI...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
- YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/eZfHI...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- AIP-C01 Exam Prep: 🔗 skillbuilder.aws/category/exa...
"Women of COBOL" song, sung to the tune of "Eleanor Rigby"
• What about YOU? Are you a developer? Database admin? Do you know these… "Women of COBOL"?
www.youtube.com/shorts/rm-ti...
• What about YOU? Are you a developer? Database admin? Do you know these… "Women of COBOL"?
www.youtube.com/shorts/rm-ti...
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"Women of COBOL" song, sung to the tune of "Eleanor Rigby"
• What about YOU? Are you a developer? Database admin? Do you know these… "Women of COBOL"?
www.youtube.com/shorts/rm-ti...
• What about YOU? Are you a developer? Database admin? Do you know these… "Women of COBOL"?
www.youtube.com/shorts/rm-ti...
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: Building Custom container images
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-11
- YT: youtu.be/XNCPhQK1dF8
- Containers domain on AWS Skill Builder - skillbuilder.aws/category/dom...
#Kubernetes #AmazonEKS
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-11
- YT: youtu.be/XNCPhQK1dF8
- Containers domain on AWS Skill Builder - skillbuilder.aws/category/dom...
#Kubernetes #AmazonEKS
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: Building Custom container images
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-11
- YT: youtu.be/XNCPhQK1dF8
- Containers domain on AWS Skill Builder - skillbuilder.aws/category/dom...
#Kubernetes #AmazonEKS
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-11
- YT: youtu.be/XNCPhQK1dF8
- Containers domain on AWS Skill Builder - skillbuilder.aws/category/dom...
#Kubernetes #AmazonEKS
Limited Time Offer through December 31, 2025: Free AWS Foundational Certification Prep Resources
- YT: youtube.com/shorts/kTpL8...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
#AWS #Certification #AWSCloudPractitioner #AWSAIPractitioner
• skillbuilder.aws/learn?trk=1a...
- YT: youtube.com/shorts/kTpL8...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
#AWS #Certification #AWSCloudPractitioner #AWSAIPractitioner
• skillbuilder.aws/learn?trk=1a...
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Limited Time Offer through December 31, 2025: Free AWS Foundational Certification Prep Resources
- YT: youtube.com/shorts/kTpL8...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
#AWS #Certification #AWSCloudPractitioner #AWSAIPractitioner
• skillbuilder.aws/learn?trk=1a...
- YT: youtube.com/shorts/kTpL8...
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
#AWS #Certification #AWSCloudPractitioner #AWSAIPractitioner
• skillbuilder.aws/learn?trk=1a...
**NEW** AWS Certified: Generative AI Developer Professional **beta** exam opens 2025-11-18.
• YOU Developing generative/agentic AI apps/solutions?
- YT: youtu.be/TJcYQHq_4ks
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
#AWS #GenAI #AgenticAI #Developer #Certification
• YOU Developing generative/agentic AI apps/solutions?
- YT: youtu.be/TJcYQHq_4ks
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
#AWS #GenAI #AgenticAI #Developer #Certification
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
**NEW** AWS Certified: Generative AI Developer Professional **beta** exam opens 2025-11-18.
• YOU Developing generative/agentic AI apps/solutions?
- YT: youtu.be/TJcYQHq_4ks
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
#AWS #GenAI #AgenticAI #Developer #Certification
• YOU Developing generative/agentic AI apps/solutions?
- YT: youtu.be/TJcYQHq_4ks
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
#AWS #GenAI #AgenticAI #Developer #Certification
"Codin'" song #KPopDaemonHunters #Developer #Parody
- YT: youtu.be/TTXXw0n2yAI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...
"codin'" song, sung to the tune of "Golden" by Huntr/x (KPop Demon Hunters)
• What would you like to be coding in the future?
- YT: youtu.be/TTXXw0n2yAI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...
"codin'" song, sung to the tune of "Golden" by Huntr/x (KPop Demon Hunters)
• What would you like to be coding in the future?
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Codin'" song #KPopDaemonHunters #Developer #Parody
- YT: youtu.be/TTXXw0n2yAI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...
"codin'" song, sung to the tune of "Golden" by Huntr/x (KPop Demon Hunters)
• What would you like to be coding in the future?
- YT: youtu.be/TTXXw0n2yAI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...
"codin'" song, sung to the tune of "Golden" by Huntr/x (KPop Demon Hunters)
• What would you like to be coding in the future?
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: ConfigMaps - part 2: Mounting the ConfigMap
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-04
- YT: youtu.be/OQ1rOqzqzOo
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
*YOUR* CallToAction™: what kinds of configuration you might cook into an image
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-04
- YT: youtu.be/OQ1rOqzqzOo
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
*YOUR* CallToAction™: what kinds of configuration you might cook into an image
kubetuesday 2025-11-04
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: ConfigMaps - part 2: Mounting the ConfigMap
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-04
*YOUR* CallToAction™: let me know what kinds of…
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: ConfigMaps - part 2: Mounting the ConfigMap
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-04
- YT: youtu.be/OQ1rOqzqzOo
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
*YOUR* CallToAction™: what kinds of configuration you might cook into an image
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-11-04
- YT: youtu.be/OQ1rOqzqzOo
- LI: www.linkedin.com/posts/bradwe...
*YOUR* CallToAction™: what kinds of configuration you might cook into an image
Welcome back to Standard Time for those of you who have been “Saving Daylight” for the past eight months. I hope you enjoy your time on Standard Time for the next few months!
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Welcome back to Standard Time for those of you who have been “Saving Daylight” for the past eight months. I hope you enjoy your time on Standard Time for the next few months!
From well-sown seeds sprout great possibilities. May the spirit of the Great Pumpkin, & las pepitas de la calabaza sagrada be with you throughout this Hallowed Evening (Hallowe'en), all Saints' Day, día de los muertos, & all November! What seeds are you planting in your life? 🌱
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
From well-sown seeds sprout great possibilities. May the spirit of the Great Pumpkin, & las pepitas de la calabaza sagrada be with you throughout this Hallowed Evening (Hallowe'en), all Saints' Day, día de los muertos, & all November! What seeds are you planting in your life? 🌱
Rabbit! Rabbit!! Rabbit!!! 🐇🐇🐇
Happy November! Carpe Nové! Seize November and make it a glorious thirty days. May a cornucopia of blessings be bestowed upon you—with you & the universe co-creating peace, more peace, good health, and wellbeing. I hope you have a fabulous month.
Happy November! Carpe Nové! Seize November and make it a glorious thirty days. May a cornucopia of blessings be bestowed upon you—with you & the universe co-creating peace, more peace, good health, and wellbeing. I hope you have a fabulous month.
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Rabbit! Rabbit!! Rabbit!!! 🐇🐇🐇
Happy November! Carpe Nové! Seize November and make it a glorious thirty days. May a cornucopia of blessings be bestowed upon you—with you & the universe co-creating peace, more peace, good health, and wellbeing. I hope you have a fabulous month.
Happy November! Carpe Nové! Seize November and make it a glorious thirty days. May a cornucopia of blessings be bestowed upon you—with you & the universe co-creating peace, more peace, good health, and wellbeing. I hope you have a fabulous month.
Lyrics to “Codin’” written by Brad Werner, based on music and lyrics of “Golden” written by EJAE (Kim Eun-jae) and Mark Sonnenblick as performed by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami - [HUNTR/X – 헌트릭스] from KPop Demon Hunters
#poem #song #software
#poem #song #software
codin’
you found some code, in a blog postwhere to begin? you’ll find your wayrun on a host, on the backbone, you can achievewrite a routine, run on a machineobject data hides, interface providesinstance …
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October 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“seeds of sentience” song
YT: youtu.be/qZozKQvoOn8
NOTE: Lyrics to “the seeds of sentience” written by Brad Werner, based on music and lyrics of “The Sound of Silence” written by Paul Simon
YT: youtu.be/qZozKQvoOn8
NOTE: Lyrics to “the seeds of sentience” written by Brad Werner, based on music and lyrics of “The Sound of Silence” written by Paul Simon
“seeds of sentience” song
"Seeds of Sentience" song
*YOUR* CallToAction™: Even if you are committed to generative AI, agents, and agentic AI, do you ever worry that some people may take things too far and delegate too much…
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
“seeds of sentience” song
YT: youtu.be/qZozKQvoOn8
NOTE: Lyrics to “the seeds of sentience” written by Brad Werner, based on music and lyrics of “The Sound of Silence” written by Paul Simon
YT: youtu.be/qZozKQvoOn8
NOTE: Lyrics to “the seeds of sentience” written by Brad Werner, based on music and lyrics of “The Sound of Silence” written by Paul Simon
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: ConfigMaps - part 1: Creating the ConfigMap
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-10-28
- YT: youtu.be/0kEqLqBgpiQ
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-10-28
- YT: youtu.be/0kEqLqBgpiQ
kubetuesday 2025-10-28
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: ConfigMaps - part 1: Creating the ConfigMap
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-10-28
*YOUR* CallToAction™: let me know what kinds of…
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
How to run jobs without baking everything into the image: ConfigMaps - part 1: Creating the ConfigMap
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-10-28
- YT: youtu.be/0kEqLqBgpiQ
in this episode of #KubeTuesday 2025-10-28
- YT: youtu.be/0kEqLqBgpiQ
"Art of Donald Knuth" song #MusicMonday #TOACP #TeX #Knuth
- YT: youtu.be/t4VnkOOugXI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...
- YT: youtu.be/t4VnkOOugXI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...
"art of Donald Knuth" song
"Art of Donald Knuth" song
*YOUR* CallToAction™: How did you get started with computer programming? Or if you have not done so yet, would you like to? Do you blend documentation and code with…
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"Art of Donald Knuth" song #MusicMonday #TOACP #TeX #Knuth
- YT: youtu.be/t4VnkOOugXI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...
- YT: youtu.be/t4VnkOOugXI
- TT: www.tiktok.com/@bwer432/vid...
- Lyrics: bwer432.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...