Tobias Schmidt
@tpschmidt.com
Helping aspiring engineers master the cloud
👨💻 Freelance Software Engineer
✍️ Book #1: http://awsfundamentals.com
📕 Book #2: http://cloudwatchbook.com
Learn AWS for Free: https://awsfundamentals.com/newsletter
👨💻 Freelance Software Engineer
✍️ Book #1: http://awsfundamentals.com
📕 Book #2: http://cloudwatchbook.com
Learn AWS for Free: https://awsfundamentals.com/newsletter
By the way, if you're interested in CloudWatch, we're also teaching everything you need to know about it and other AWS core services on our free bi-weekly newsletter 📨
awsfundamentals.com/newsletter
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AWS Fundamentals Newsletter
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November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
By the way, if you're interested in CloudWatch, we're also teaching everything you need to know about it and other AWS core services on our free bi-weekly newsletter 📨
awsfundamentals.com/newsletter
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Link to the recorded talk on YouTube 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn8...
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Link to the recorded talk on YouTube 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn8...
• Centralized Observability 🕹️
• Dashboards 📊
• Application Signals 📡
• Traces 🧩
• AIOps 🤖
• OpenTelemetry 🔭
and quite a few more 👀
• Dashboards 📊
• Application Signals 📡
• Traces 🧩
• AIOps 🤖
• OpenTelemetry 🔭
and quite a few more 👀
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
• Centralized Observability 🕹️
• Dashboards 📊
• Application Signals 📡
• Traces 🧩
• AIOps 🤖
• OpenTelemetry 🔭
and quite a few more 👀
• Dashboards 📊
• Application Signals 📡
• Traces 🧩
• AIOps 🤖
• OpenTelemetry 🔭
and quite a few more 👀
Features you'll learn about in just one hour:
• Metrics 📏
• GenAI Observability 🧠
• Alarms 🚨
• Logs 📜
• Insights 💡
• CloudWatch Agent ☁️
• Metrics 📏
• GenAI Observability 🧠
• Alarms 🚨
• Logs 📜
• Insights 💡
• CloudWatch Agent ☁️
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Features you'll learn about in just one hour:
• Metrics 📏
• GenAI Observability 🧠
• Alarms 🚨
• Logs 📜
• Insights 💡
• CloudWatch Agent ☁️
• Metrics 📏
• GenAI Observability 🧠
• Alarms 🚨
• Logs 📜
• Insights 💡
• CloudWatch Agent ☁️
Joe covers not only new and shiny features but also neat tips and tricks on how to use established features like Log Insights the best way.
I've learned quite a few things even though I'm working with CloudWatch heavily.
I've learned quite a few things even though I'm working with CloudWatch heavily.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Joe covers not only new and shiny features but also neat tips and tricks on how to use established features like Log Insights the best way.
I've learned quite a few things even though I'm working with CloudWatch heavily.
I've learned quite a few things even though I'm working with CloudWatch heavily.
P.S.: I'm Tobi, a full-stack engineer and I've put together a lot of free animations that break down how AWS services actually work 👀
awsfundamentals.com/animations
awsfundamentals.com/animations
Animations | AWS Fundamentals
Learn visually with our animated guides to AWS services.
awsfundamentals.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
P.S.: I'm Tobi, a full-stack engineer and I've put together a lot of free animations that break down how AWS services actually work 👀
awsfundamentals.com/animations
awsfundamentals.com/animations
Reminder: you can't simply change a log group's storage class after it's created. You'd need to "manually" move it to another group, so be sure that Infrequent Access is the right class before going with it!
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Reminder: you can't simply change a log group's storage class after it's created. You'd need to "manually" move it to another group, so be sure that Infrequent Access is the right class before going with it!
The second one just launched recently:
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/w...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/w...
AWS Secret-West Region is now available - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with AWS Secret-West Region is now available
aws.amazon.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The second one just launched recently:
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/w...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/w...
If you're interested in supporting our mission and growing with us, send us a message! 👋
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
If you're interested in supporting our mission and growing with us, send us a message! 👋
This is a chance to build a genuine connection with an audience of thousands of dedicated AWS professionals. You'd be reaching a community that includes:
• 11k email subscribers with a consistent ~60% open rate.
• 30k monthly views across our various resources!
• 11k email subscribers with a consistent ~60% open rate.
• 30k monthly views across our various resources!
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is a chance to build a genuine connection with an audience of thousands of dedicated AWS professionals. You'd be reaching a community that includes:
• 11k email subscribers with a consistent ~60% open rate.
• 30k monthly views across our various resources!
• 11k email subscribers with a consistent ~60% open rate.
• 30k monthly views across our various resources!
Link to the official introductory article on the AWS blog 🔗
aws.amazon.com/blogs/machi...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/machi...
Build AWS architecture diagrams using Amazon Q CLI and MCP | Amazon Web Services
In this post, we explore how to use Amazon Q Developer CLI with the AWS Diagram MCP and the AWS Documentation MCP servers to create sophisticated architecture diagrams that follow AWS best practices. We discuss techniques for basic diagrams and real-world diagrams, with detailed examples and step-by-step instructions.
aws.amazon.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Link to the official introductory article on the AWS blog 🔗
aws.amazon.com/blogs/machi...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/machi...
This way, we could get diagrams that always reflect the current state of an application or whole AWS account 😯
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This way, we could get diagrams that always reflect the current state of an application or whole AWS account 😯
Is this enough to replace your current diagramming workflow? Or is there a catch I’m not seeing - maybe around custom styling or non-AWS components?
How would you put this into your CI/CD or doc automation?
Would be awesome to connect this to the real infrastructure.
How would you put this into your CI/CD or doc automation?
Would be awesome to connect this to the real infrastructure.
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Is this enough to replace your current diagramming workflow? Or is there a catch I’m not seeing - maybe around custom styling or non-AWS components?
How would you put this into your CI/CD or doc automation?
Would be awesome to connect this to the real infrastructure.
How would you put this into your CI/CD or doc automation?
Would be awesome to connect this to the real infrastructure.
Key details:
- Uses the Python diagrams package with the full AWS icon set.
- Checks AWS docs before diagramming, so you’re not just drawing pretty pictures - you’re following best practices.
- Output is scriptable. No more “where’s the latest diagram?”
- Uses the Python diagrams package with the full AWS icon set.
- Checks AWS docs before diagramming, so you’re not just drawing pretty pictures - you’re following best practices.
- Output is scriptable. No more “where’s the latest diagram?”
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Key details:
- Uses the Python diagrams package with the full AWS icon set.
- Checks AWS docs before diagramming, so you’re not just drawing pretty pictures - you’re following best practices.
- Output is scriptable. No more “where’s the latest diagram?”
- Uses the Python diagrams package with the full AWS icon set.
- Checks AWS docs before diagramming, so you’re not just drawing pretty pictures - you’re following best practices.
- Output is scriptable. No more “where’s the latest diagram?”
Instead of updating dozens of diagrams by hand, you just prompt the CLI, tweak as needed, and ship. It’s also a win for onboarding: new engineers get diagrams that are always up-to-date and actually reflect reality.
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Instead of updating dozens of diagrams by hand, you just prompt the CLI, tweak as needed, and ship. It’s also a win for onboarding: new engineers get diagrams that are always up-to-date and actually reflect reality.
Looks like a huge time-saver & enables you to keep docs fresh and consistent. I’d use this on any project where architecture changes weekly (think: fast-moving SaaS, microservices, or cloud migrations).
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Looks like a huge time-saver & enables you to keep docs fresh and consistent. I’d use this on any project where architecture changes weekly (think: fast-moving SaaS, microservices, or cloud migrations).
Now you can prompt via your CLI, get a standards-compliant diagram in minutes, and - the best part - it checks AWS docs for best practices before drawing anything.
My take: Created a few diagrams on different architectures and they came out nice. I'm pretty excited! 🤓
My take: Created a few diagrams on different architectures and they came out nice. I'm pretty excited! 🤓
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Now you can prompt via your CLI, get a standards-compliant diagram in minutes, and - the best part - it checks AWS docs for best practices before drawing anything.
My take: Created a few diagrams on different architectures and they came out nice. I'm pretty excited! 🤓
My take: Created a few diagrams on different architectures and they came out nice. I'm pretty excited! 🤓
P.S: I'm Tobi, a full-stack engineer who's broken (and fixed) lots of AWS setups over the years. I put together some free animations that break down how the key services really work 🔨
awsfundamentals.com/animations
awsfundamentals.com/animations
Animations | AWS Fundamentals
Learn visually with our animated guides to AWS services.
awsfundamentals.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
P.S: I'm Tobi, a full-stack engineer who's broken (and fixed) lots of AWS setups over the years. I put together some free animations that break down how the key services really work 🔨
awsfundamentals.com/animations
awsfundamentals.com/animations
As mentioned: this is just a sub-set!
There's a lot more to discover 👀
There's a lot more to discover 👀
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
As mentioned: this is just a sub-set!
There's a lot more to discover 👀
There's a lot more to discover 👀