Chief Orbiter at Curious Orbit. Building and supporting customer solutions on AWS.https://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3mn35lqbzpc27I just set up my first 'plant stand'. It's at the end of my driveway, and I have basil, thyme, dill, and marigolds. Let's see what happens😀30 May 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn35lqbzpc27https://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3mla6adhphs2zNeeded some time away from the keyboard to let the brain rest a bit, so I potted up a bunch of marigolds. All these came from seeds I collected last fall. I think I have enough to get a 2nd tray going. It's a bit late, so we'll see.07 May 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla6adhphs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3mla5lwtdo22ghttps://youtu.be/674KGKRQBPE?si=yBXt0ILM-sfz0Cf107 May 2026 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla5lwtdo22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3m4ysmy5v2s2vThe best hair ever? https://youtu.be/gOK3rqVgN2I?si=DXMPA1njWsFTOQiV07 Nov 2025 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ysmy5v2s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lxfjfumbms2aSo close, someone do me a solid and sub! 😝 www.youtube.com/@brettg9827 Aug 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfjfumbms2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lxbgft7tp22iThis feels like the '80s are back. I've played this so much recently, my wife is just rolling her eyes 👀 https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=xkGly9_GoDc&si=CSq-z7QC4o5HoDlA26 Aug 2025 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxbgft7tp22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lwusv7fb222ohttps://youtu.be/LuN6gs0AJls?si=socvrlMVEKl00MHz21 Aug 2025 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwusv7fb222ohttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lryevfsp7c2bWhere the heck did the time go?! Seven years helping folks figure out how to leverage the AWS platform for their businesses.19 Jun 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lryevfsp7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lrvghbtu4s2dThis is my brain 🧠 while attempting to multitask ... oof.18 Jun 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrvghbtu4s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lrvf4vz54s2dEvery time I hear this song, I'm immediately transported back in time to swim team bus trips! https://youtu.be/tkOr12AQpnU?si=F2DGT-cVkNvdgbpH18 Jun 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrvf4vz54s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lp2io32ulk2fCBC News played this just before the 08:30 news, and I was immediately transported back to spending my entire summer on the halfpipe in the backyard. https://youtu.be/K6YlvPIZw2k?si=B_upxifguJyhm1WJ13 May 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2io32ulk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lnyq6ave722hYou can thank me later ... https://youtu.be/f55KlPe81Yw?si=ZO-3x1gL7gD0jcWh30 Apr 2025 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnyq6ave722hhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lmrmq3ekjp2pSometimes, no matter what you do, things just don’t go your way — even when you’re livestreaming (looking at you, audio gremlins 👿 ). The good news? Even when things don’t go as planned, there’s always a quiet win hiding somewhere. I did end up with a great diagram! Keep building. Keep learning.14 Apr 2025 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrmq3ekjp2phttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lmk36i6pc423“We’re just swapping Cloudflare for CloudFront. Should be easy, right?” This week’s project involved migrating DNS, caching rules, and WAF policies — and trying to avoid waking the dragon. Happy Friday!11 Apr 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmk36i6pc423https://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lmf2cmrhkj2sCloudFormation deployment bug last week: ✅ Fix = adding a comment to force redeploy 😅 This is why I always use change sets—especially for production. 3 mins from my stream here 👇 https://youtu.be/whDwlNUtloU09 Apr 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmf2cmrhkj2shttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lmcjtsbden25Generative AI (GenAI) 's rapid evolution has transformed how we approach software development. Recently, I leveraged GenAI to help me create 🕵️ VPC Detective. Discover more about VPC Detective on GitHub: https://github.com/brettg98/vpc-detective08 Apr 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcjtsbden25https://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3llvz2fgyx62mNot all AWS costs come from bad decisions. Some just come from... silence. A customer recently got hit with a surprise bill—hundreds of dollars tied to unused EBS volumes left in the “available” state. Not attached, not used—just quietly burning cash. So I built a simple 💬 ChatOps solution 💬03 Apr 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvz2fgyx62mhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lltgzcemgb2qI’ve been using this analogy lately to explain VPC Lattice auth policies: ✅ Network-level policies = NACLs ✅ Service-level policies = Security Groups It’s a layered security model. More power, more complexity. Quick breakdown from a stream 👇 https://youtu.be/2WlQ9R7C0ks02 Apr 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltgzcemgb2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3llqy4l653x2sManaging AWS environments across multiple accounts and regions can be complex, especially when it comes to documenting VPC configurations. I often need to get this information quickly for customers, so I developed 🕵️ VPC Detective. You can check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/brettg98/vpc-detective01 Apr 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqy4l653x2shttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3llcm4rxfeu2sA great video, and the kit is _sooo_ much fun! https://youtu.be/3OmLzOFWB3w?si=jk8bIM4uE3yoFAnU26 Mar 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3llcm4rxfeu2shttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lkb6louu4u2rThursday Tune 🎧 https://buff.ly/6u0Lr6b13 Mar 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkb6louu4u2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lk46dbvhai2nTuesday Tune! 🎹 https://buff.ly/zHMZDEL11 Mar 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk46dbvhai2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lk2yugu5wk2kIf your Monday didn't go the way you had hoped I got you - this will straighten it right out 😀 https://youtu.be/IDI2WQJyE7I?si=DMt2rbRnDGY7Q40i11 Mar 2025 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2yugu5wk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3lk2gr5ix3j2fYou can now run DeepSeek-R1 on Amazon Bedrock. Would anyone like a stream on this? https://buff.ly/9TRiP3K10 Mar 2025 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2gr5ix3j2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3ljqddmmarc2qAmazon Q CLI has been my go-to for AWS-related questions for quite a while now, but this new update is a big one - check it out! buff.ly/HU8WkNt06 Mar 2025 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqddmmarc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3ljn7cxnmim2hI'm not sure if my coffee is happy, sad or maybe scared? Have a great Wednesday everyone!05 Mar 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljn7cxnmim2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3ljljturwv22gI'm in the process of eating my body weight in pancakes. I don't regret the decision. https://media.tenor.com/AFefzSFQFTQAAAAC/breakfast-pancakes.gif?hh=202&ww=48004 Mar 2025 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljljturwv22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/curiousorbit.com/post/3ljjf26rl3l2gI think somebody has a case of the Monday's. 😀 Stay safe out there! #WAF04 Mar 2025 02:08 +0000at://did:plc:24asoffwbnbwqms3sl2ehtbj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljjf26rl3l2g