Luc van Donkersgoed
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Luc van Donkersgoed
@lucvandonkersgoed.com
AWS Serverless Hero & Principal Engineer @ PostNL
BIG shoutout to @honeycomb.io. I already loved their product for human root cause analysis, but their MCP server is next level shit. I configured it in Cursor, gave a single command, and the agent found and fixed the error in a minute. HUGE timesaver!
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's only three weeks until Re:Invent 2025! This means peak season for the AWS News Feed 📈 Do you want to support the best AWS news tracker and get your brand in front of 10s of thousands of highly engaged AWS enthusiasts? I still have Silver sponsor slots available for $500 / month!
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Holy cow 🐮 The AWS News Feed had more visitors in October 2025 than during Re:Invent 2024! We've also doubled the visitor count year-over-year 😳 The next two months are going to be insane!
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Big day for AWS releases, which is no surprise with just over one month until Re:Invent 2025.
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NEW on the AWS News Feed: you can now view a chart to see when articles were released. For example, search for IPv6 and see the first chart. Or search for API Gateway, and find out there were hardly any releases in 2021-2023. Go try it out and have some fun!
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I would like to thank Virtuability for their continued support of the AWS News Feed ❤️ Virtuability is an AWS consulting partner focused on Governance, Serverless & AI Integration. If you're looking for a partner on your next project, make sure to pay them a visit: buff.ly/wPTLwe2 👀
October 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Re:Invent reserved seating opens up today! 10am Eastern, 19:00 Central European. I've got my list of sessions lined up. Want to see where I'm going? Check out this list on the Unofficial (but best) Re:Invent Session Planner reinvent-planner.cloud/sessions/sha... 🚀
October 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
New milestones! The AWS News Feed now has over 2k digest subscribers and sent out over 20k emails in the past 30 days ✉️ 💌 📈

The AWS News digests are the best way to stay on top of everything new in AWS, especially with Re:Invent 2025 approaching. Not subscribed yet? Do it here: buff.ly/Qe3cvlJ!
October 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Had a wonderful time at AWS Community Day Nordics in the lovely city of Gothenburg ❤️ Thanks to the audience for asking questions that really made me think, and thanks to organizers and sponsors for a great event!
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Early morning flight to Gothenburg. Looking forward to speaking about the art of modularity and abstraction at AWS Community Day Nordics tomorrow!
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Reserved seating for AWS Re:Invent opens October 14th! The best and most popular sessions will be gone in seconds, so making a personal must-see list is ✨essential✨. Luckily my friend Raphael Manke made the best session planner for just this purpose. Go check it out at reinvent-planner.cloud!
October 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm ready to call it - the Pre:Invent '25 season has (un)officially started with the release of ECS Managed Instances. To keep track of the deluge of releases coming our way, I've added the Pre:Invent '25 feed to AWS News. Go take a look and subscribe with email or RSS 👉 buff.ly/2QPW0Ha
October 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Annnnd my talk at ComSum 2025 is a wrap too! Such a great audience, great questions, and I adore the Victoria Warehouse ❤️ Thanks for having me!
September 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
AWS Community Day Benelux is in the books!
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Speaking at AWS Community Day Benelux today ❤️ Unfortunately I can't stay to chat, because I'm running to Schiphol immediately after for ComSum Manchester! Stoked to speak at these two great events in 24 hours.
September 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I am happy to welcome beSharp as a 4 month (!) Silver sponsor for the AWS News Feed. beSharp is an Italian AWS consultancy firm with decades of experience in design, realization and management of Cloud architectures and services on AWS. Go check them out!
September 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This is my favorite CloudWatch Metric for the AWS News Feed ❤️ The orange line shows the number of digest subscribers, the blue line shows the delta. This chart has always shown a positive trend, but I expect additional growth in the Pre:Invent season. Free dopamine for me!
August 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I am super happy to welcome Honeycomb as a sponsor for the AWS News Feed! I use Honeycomb in the AWS News backend and couldn't be happier with their product. Go give them a visit!
August 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If you haven’t subscribed to the AWS News Blog email notifications yet you’re missing out! These emails are SO good - the perfect way to stay up to date in the (p)re:Invent season! Link in comments.
August 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Would you like to receive an 💌 email 💌 as soon as critical AWS News announcements are made? I've got you covered! The AWS News Feed now supports email notifications on custom feeds 🚀 Check out the video below to see how it works!
August 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And yet...
August 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I am utterly convinced there is no deeper hell in software engineering than formatting emails with HTML.
August 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thrilled to head back to Manchester for AWS ComSum 2025! As usual for this conference, the line-up is absolutely stellar 😍 I hear tickets are still available, so make sure to check out their site: buff.ly/8vM0Tqm

See you there?
August 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Thanks to everyone who amplified my call for sponsors, I am now happy to welcome Virtuability as a gold sponsor on The AWS News Feed ❤️💜 Virtuability is an AWS consultancy based in Ireland. Go check out their services!

We remain open for additional sponsorships. Reach out if you're interested!
August 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The AWS News Feed is currently without funding 😢 Meanwhile development of new features continues, the site's numbers are consistently growing, and with the pre:Invent season about to fire up we expect only more visitors and subscribers in the coming months! Will you become a sponsor? Send me a DM!
August 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM