DeanLJ
@deanlj.social
Competitive Archer (when my body isn’t broken)
Solutions Architect @awscloud
Opinions my own.
Solutions Architect @awscloud
Opinions my own.
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DeanLJ
@deanlj.social
· Mar 4
I just broke the promise I made to myself that I’d never post on XTwitter again. In my defence it was to @ Keir Starmer and Zelenskyy to start posting on Bluesky.
If you still have your account over there why don’t you do the same?
If you still have your account over there why don’t you do the same?
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There are three US-based Developer Advocate roles open in the org I manage right now!
The first two are focused on telling AWS's developer tools story - for example, Kiro, Serverless, Amplify, etc.
amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3021...
amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3029...
The first two are focused on telling AWS's developer tools story - for example, Kiro, Serverless, Amplify, etc.
amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3021...
amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3029...
Sr Developer Advocate, Developer Productivity, DevEx
Developers are at the heart of everything AWS builds. We are creating AI-powered development tools like Amazon Q Developer that help developers write code more efficiently, debug faster, and eliminate...
amazon.jobs
July 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There are three US-based Developer Advocate roles open in the org I manage right now!
The first two are focused on telling AWS's developer tools story - for example, Kiro, Serverless, Amplify, etc.
amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3021...
amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3029...
The first two are focused on telling AWS's developer tools story - for example, Kiro, Serverless, Amplify, etc.
amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3021...
amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3029...
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Here’s some dog content to temporarily distract you from the mess happening in the world
June 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Here’s some dog content to temporarily distract you from the mess happening in the world
IMHO Amazon Q CLI is underrated. I use it daily, not just for code gen but as my AWS search engine.
I work for AWS so you may think I’m biased but I also choose to use it for my personal projects.
I work for AWS so you may think I’m biased but I also choose to use it for my personal projects.
So strange:
Practically no one outside of Amazon seems to know about Amazon Q Developer. It's Amazon's "version" of GH Copilot. All devs at Amazon use it (and like it AFAIK!) It excels working with anything AWS.
And it's a public product!
Like they were hiding it... but not!
Practically no one outside of Amazon seems to know about Amazon Q Developer. It's Amazon's "version" of GH Copilot. All devs at Amazon use it (and like it AFAIK!) It excels working with anything AWS.
And it's a public product!
Like they were hiding it... but not!
June 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
IMHO Amazon Q CLI is underrated. I use it daily, not just for code gen but as my AWS search engine.
I work for AWS so you may think I’m biased but I also choose to use it for my personal projects.
I work for AWS so you may think I’m biased but I also choose to use it for my personal projects.
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Reposting a link to my article about my color blindness. My color blindness, not yours. Most articles about how to produce figures that work for colorblind people are written by people with normal vision who don't know what it's like.
commandcenter.blogspot.com/2020/09/colo...
commandcenter.blogspot.com/2020/09/colo...
Color blindness
Color blindness is an inaccurate term. Most color-blind people can see color, they just don't see the same colors as everyone else. There ha...
commandcenter.blogspot.com
June 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Reposting a link to my article about my color blindness. My color blindness, not yours. Most articles about how to produce figures that work for colorblind people are written by people with normal vision who don't know what it's like.
commandcenter.blogspot.com/2020/09/colo...
commandcenter.blogspot.com/2020/09/colo...
Worth every penny, if you are in business you need this book.
Deploy Empathy is only 24 copies from selling 5,000 copies, which is absolutely WILD
...so the Kindle version is now on sale for $ | £ | € 5.00 to get it over the line
www.amazon.com/Deploy-Empat...
...so the Kindle version is now on sale for $ | £ | € 5.00 to get it over the line
www.amazon.com/Deploy-Empat...
June 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Worth every penny, if you are in business you need this book.
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It's Sunday, Take a break!
June 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It's Sunday, Take a break!
I feel seen
May 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I feel seen
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aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/am...
Amazon Aurora DSQL is now GA!! It's "the fastest serverless distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale" according to AWS.
Been trying out the preview of this and it looks super promising.
Amazon Aurora DSQL is now GA!! It's "the fastest serverless distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale" according to AWS.
Been trying out the preview of this and it looks super promising.
Amazon Aurora DSQL is now generally available | Amazon Web Services
Amazon Aurora DSQL is the fastest serverless distributed SQL database for always available applications. It makes it effortless for customers to scale to meet any workload demand with zero infrastruct...
aws.amazon.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/am...
Amazon Aurora DSQL is now GA!! It's "the fastest serverless distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale" according to AWS.
Been trying out the preview of this and it looks super promising.
Amazon Aurora DSQL is now GA!! It's "the fastest serverless distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale" according to AWS.
Been trying out the preview of this and it looks super promising.
Gotta be honest, Junie by @jetbrains.com is pretty solid and currently my first choice.
Current order of usage for new code… Junie, Claude code, Amazon Q Developer cli.
For debugging/fixing q developer, copilot.
Need to put Junie through its paces on existing projects.
Junie Go support is good.
Current order of usage for new code… Junie, Claude code, Amazon Q Developer cli.
For debugging/fixing q developer, copilot.
Need to put Junie through its paces on existing projects.
Junie Go support is good.
May 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Gotta be honest, Junie by @jetbrains.com is pretty solid and currently my first choice.
Current order of usage for new code… Junie, Claude code, Amazon Q Developer cli.
For debugging/fixing q developer, copilot.
Need to put Junie through its paces on existing projects.
Junie Go support is good.
Current order of usage for new code… Junie, Claude code, Amazon Q Developer cli.
For debugging/fixing q developer, copilot.
Need to put Junie through its paces on existing projects.
Junie Go support is good.
If you run a small software company in the USA you should defo be aware of this and take action.
If you run a small software company and want congress to fix section 174 sign this: ssballiance.org/signon/
SIGN ON: American Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners – SSBA
SIGN ON: American Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners Support the Passage of the American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2025 Small businesses are at a critical crossroads: risk falling...
ssballiance.org
May 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
If you run a small software company in the USA you should defo be aware of this and take action.
#AWS London Summit tomorrow, I’m really looking forward to meeting lots of you cloud folks.
Staff badge collected, all checked in at the hotel, time for dinner.
Not a bad view from the room
Staff badge collected, all checked in at the hotel, time for dinner.
Not a bad view from the room
April 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#AWS London Summit tomorrow, I’m really looking forward to meeting lots of you cloud folks.
Staff badge collected, all checked in at the hotel, time for dinner.
Not a bad view from the room
Staff badge collected, all checked in at the hotel, time for dinner.
Not a bad view from the room
If you’re going to the #AWS London Summit next week at ExCel and see me then say hi.
I’ll be the one in the AWS polo shirt and staff lanyard 🤣
I’ll be the one in the AWS polo shirt and staff lanyard 🤣
April 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you’re going to the #AWS London Summit next week at ExCel and see me then say hi.
I’ll be the one in the AWS polo shirt and staff lanyard 🤣
I’ll be the one in the AWS polo shirt and staff lanyard 🤣
Deep dive in to @localstack.cloud today for personal projects.
Step 1: get up and running on my Mac
Step 2: get up and running on my PI5 that I use with my iPad when travelling.
If all goes well I will probably treat myself to a Pro subscription.
Step 1: get up and running on my Mac
Step 2: get up and running on my PI5 that I use with my iPad when travelling.
If all goes well I will probably treat myself to a Pro subscription.
April 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Deep dive in to @localstack.cloud today for personal projects.
Step 1: get up and running on my Mac
Step 2: get up and running on my PI5 that I use with my iPad when travelling.
If all goes well I will probably treat myself to a Pro subscription.
Step 1: get up and running on my Mac
Step 2: get up and running on my PI5 that I use with my iPad when travelling.
If all goes well I will probably treat myself to a Pro subscription.
April 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Yay! Passed the AWS SA Professional certification exam!
First re-certification of the year done.
Found it quite different to the SAP-CA01 version I took 3 years ago.
First re-certification of the year done.
Found it quite different to the SAP-CA01 version I took 3 years ago.
April 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Yay! Passed the AWS SA Professional certification exam!
First re-certification of the year done.
Found it quite different to the SAP-CA01 version I took 3 years ago.
First re-certification of the year done.
Found it quite different to the SAP-CA01 version I took 3 years ago.
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Bring ‘burner phones’ coming into the U.S. in case you offend the bent
felon-king
The warning comes after people have reported having their phones searched at the border, and a French researcher made headlines after being denied entry to U.S. after finding messages on his phone critical of felon
felon-king
The warning comes after people have reported having their phones searched at the border, and a French researcher made headlines after being denied entry to U.S. after finding messages on his phone critical of felon
April 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Bring ‘burner phones’ coming into the U.S. in case you offend the bent
felon-king
The warning comes after people have reported having their phones searched at the border, and a French researcher made headlines after being denied entry to U.S. after finding messages on his phone critical of felon
felon-king
The warning comes after people have reported having their phones searched at the border, and a French researcher made headlines after being denied entry to U.S. after finding messages on his phone critical of felon
Are you better off now than you were 4 months ago?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
April 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Are you better off now than you were 4 months ago?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Bit of a boring race this morning, should have stayed in bed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
April 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Bit of a boring race this morning, should have stayed in bed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Monthly donation done, it’s a great way to help Ukraine, you choose how your donation is used.
April 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Monthly donation done, it’s a great way to help Ukraine, you choose how your donation is used.
Been in London most of the week for work so treated myself to a West End show.
This time around it was “Tina”.
FANTASTIC would definitely recommend.
This time around it was “Tina”.
FANTASTIC would definitely recommend.
April 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Been in London most of the week for work so treated myself to a West End show.
This time around it was “Tina”.
FANTASTIC would definitely recommend.
This time around it was “Tina”.
FANTASTIC would definitely recommend.
If by chance you are at the Think AI for Government” conference in London today, swing by the AWS stand to say hi.
I’ll be there talking and demoing Amazon Q and Amazon Bedrock.
I’ll be there talking and demoing Amazon Q and Amazon Bedrock.
April 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
If by chance you are at the Think AI for Government” conference in London today, swing by the AWS stand to say hi.
I’ll be there talking and demoing Amazon Q and Amazon Bedrock.
I’ll be there talking and demoing Amazon Q and Amazon Bedrock.
I like this but also buy British.
March 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I like this but also buy British.
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@marcbrooker.bsky.social breaks down how they've architected a fully ACID-compliant database service that combines simple, serverless management with high availability and massive scale on AWS Aurora DSQL.
youtube.com/shorts/dScUi...
youtube.com/shorts/dScUi...
Distributed PostgreSQL with Aurora DSQL
YouTube video by Striim
youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@marcbrooker.bsky.social breaks down how they've architected a fully ACID-compliant database service that combines simple, serverless management with high availability and massive scale on AWS Aurora DSQL.
youtube.com/shorts/dScUi...
youtube.com/shorts/dScUi...
Back home after a few days in London, off work now for 5 days…bliss!
Alarms have been turned off 😀
Alarms have been turned off 😀
March 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Back home after a few days in London, off work now for 5 days…bliss!
Alarms have been turned off 😀
Alarms have been turned off 😀