AWS Serverless Hero & Principal Engineer @ PostNLhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mu4ojg7f7v2eThey did it! Aurora DSQL now supports foreign key constraints. Lack of FKs was the biggest gap between DSQL and ‘normal’ Postgres, blocking many migrations. This change makes DSQL much more viable for brownfield environments. https://aws-news.com/article/2026-08-27-amazon-aurora-dsql-now-supports-foreign-key-constraints28 Aug 2026 05:56 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4ojg7f7v2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mu2sjb6pn72xReach 10s of thousands of AWS specialists! Pre:Invent season is coming up - one of the busiest times for AWS releases. The AWS News Feed still has a gold sponsor slot available for September and October. It includes an ad placement with logo and CTA. Interested? Send me a DM!27 Aug 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2sjb6pn72xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mtyv7ur6go2xI had my goodbye party at PostNL today and they gave me the whole damn Milky Way as a parting gift ❤️26 Aug 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyv7ur6go2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mt522vbtm422Nice! Node.js 26 and Python 3.15 are now available as preview runtimes on AWS Lambda, allowing us to test releases ahead of time. https://aws-news.com/article/2026-08-15-introducing-public-preview-runtimes-on-aws-lambda-starting-with-nodejs-26-and-python-31515 Aug 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt522vbtm422https://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3msqylmj6nz2eThis is such an obvious feature, it’s surprising they didn’t build this years ago! Amazon EC2 introduces application status checks. https://aws-news.com/article/2026-08-10-amazon-ec2-introduces-application-status-checks10 Aug 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqylmj6nz2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3msgg6b7dqk2tI finished reading Sebastian Mallaby’s The Infinity Machine today. Awesome read. A must-read to understand why the world of AI is as it is. It covers Hassabis’ background from chess prodigy to CEO of Google Deepmind, but also all the inventions that went into the LLMs we all use now. 5/5 stars.06 Aug 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgg6b7dqk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3msfdrmdv5l22You can finally adjust the network bandwidth for Lambda functions! Bandwidth scales with memory, with 625 Mbps at 2GB up to 3000 Mbps at 10 GB. Only works for non-VPC functions though. https://aws-news.com/article/2026-08-05-aws-lambda-announces-scalable-network-bandwidth-up-to-3000-mbps-for-functions-outside-a-vpc06 Aug 2026 05:48 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfdrmdv5l22https://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3msei27nf342mWell this was a fun* way to spend half a vacation day - AWS suddenly blocked and 12 hours later unblocked the use of Haiku in my AWS News account. I scrambled to deploy a fallback to the native Anthropic API, and JUST as I deployed the fix, they recovered. Oh well, at least I have a fallback now.05 Aug 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msei27nf342mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3msdrq56u7y2xThis is great! DynamoDB now has full native support for vector search. I’m still holding out for vector support in DSQL though, so I can finally drop Aurora Serverless. https://aws-news.com/article/2026-08-05-amazon-dynamodb-now-supports-real-time-vector-search-at-any-scale05 Aug 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdrq56u7y2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mruztmdn3u2sI hate that this announcement doesn’t mention any prices or even if it’s an INCREASE OR DECREASE in price. (It’s an 80% decrease for Luna and a 20% decrease for Terra).30 Jul 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruztmdn3u2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mrfytb4y4o2wClaude Opus 5 is now on AWS Bedrock! It promises almost the same capabilities as Fable 5, but at half the price. And big plus: contrary to Fable, Opus supports Zero-Data Retention! https://aws-news.com/article/2026-07-24-introducing-claude-opus-5-on-aws-anthropics-most-capable-opus-model24 Jul 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfytb4y4o2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mq6ynxyic72bThis is a good addition to the free tier. Hope they add free sandbox support to more workshops soon. AWS Builder Center Now Offers Free Sandbox Environments https://aws-news.com/article/2026-07-08-aws-builder-center-now-offers-free-sandbox-environments https://aws-news.com/article/2026-07-08-aws-builder-center-now-offers-free-sandbox-environments?utm_source=daily+digest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=July+0809 Jul 2026 06:22 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6ynxyic72bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mpnybjxa2o2rI'm thrilled to welcome Retool as a Gold sponsor on the AWS News Feed! Go check out their AI Governance report, which found 93% of security leaders worry about vibe-coded tools in production, and only 8% call their governance strong. Link: buff.ly/IySnqYt02 Jul 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnybjxa2o2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mplcihyx7q2xI replaced my GitHub runners with Lambda MicroVMs, and maybe you should too - new blog post on the Lambda MicroVMs released last week. They're really great! In the article and corresponding GitHub repo I outline the good, the bad, and the how-to use of MicroVMs as GitHub runners. Links below 👇01 Jul 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplcihyx7q2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mpjyff4g2r2eDamn, a ton of releases today! 1️⃣ CloudFormation Express mode - buff.ly/0oW6iGv 2️⃣ ACME support in AWS Certificate Manager - buff.ly/eAQCcOJ 3️⃣ Claude Sonnet 5 - buff.ly/7Ite0ot 4️⃣ AWS WAF support AgentCore Gateway - buff.ly/YxF9htr Find all of this and much more on the AWS news feed. https://aws-news.com/article/2026-06-30-accelerate-your-infrastructure-deployments-by-up-to-4x-with-aws-cloudformation-express-mode30 Jun 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjyff4g2r2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mpjj2runoe24New AWS service deprecations, including Bedrock Agents Classic, Cognito Sync, Kendra, Q Business, and Simple AD 👇 https://aws-news.com/article/2026-06-30-aws-service-availability-updates30 Jun 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjj2runoe24https://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mpghtlladf2mLast week I hosted a workshop session "build your first AI agent" at PostNL Engineering Day 2026. The workshop materials are now freely available on GitHub 👇 buff.ly/0kW7uX0 🐙 In a few steps you will learn how to add memory, tools, and an agentic loop. Feedback is welcome! https://buff.ly/0kW7uX029 Jun 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpghtlladf2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mowo6knt442lHUGE launch! AWS Lambda MicroVMs - Isolated virtual machines which can run tasks or sessions up to 8 hours. It’s like Lambda and Fargate had a baby, and it inherited the best genes of both. https://aws-news.com/article/2026-06-22-run-isolated-sandboxes-with-full-lifecycle-control-aws-lambda-introduces-microvms23 Jun 2026 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowo6knt442lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mofgj4g6im2c"Grok 4.3 from xAI now available in Amazon Bedrock" https://aws-news.com/article/2026-06-16-grok-43-from-xai-now-available-in-amazon-bedrock16 Jun 2026 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofgj4g6im2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mnus7j2uyr27Claude's new model, Fable 5, is now on Amazon Bedrock. It is the same model as Mythos, but with additional safeguards in place. It's twice as expensive as Opus, at $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens 💸 https://aws-news.com/article/2026-06-09-anthropic-claude-fable-5-on-aws-mythos-class-capabilities-with-built-in-safeguards-now-available09 Jun 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnus7j2uyr27https://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mnu6e5zptz2eHave you seen the new popup to go ad-free on The AWS News Feed? Probably not, because I only show it once you've been active on the site for a while (2.2% of all cases). I haven't got many members yet, but 15% of people who saw the popup (17/109) clicked maybe later, which is a very good stat!09 Jun 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnu6e5zptz2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mnrnvgxcpu24Did you see the new Ad-Free option in the AWS News Weekly Digest? It's a great way to support the feed and get a better experience in one go! Your membership keeps the feed alive and funds its development. Go check it out in the email or on the site!08 Jun 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrnvgxcpu24https://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mnglvyinkb2xMulti-Region Cognito User Pools! This has been a major request for the longest time. Also glad to see continued investment in Cognito - it’s a pretty cool service. https://aws-news.com/article/2026-06-03-improve-your-application-resilience-with-amazon-cognito-multi-region-replication04 Jun 2026 02:40 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnglvyinkb2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mncarzuzdo2mI was wrong. GPT-5.5 on Bedrock (left) is even more expensive than on Github (right).02 Jun 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncarzuzdo2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mnb2auztj427They’re here! GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4 are now available on Bedrock. Pricing isn’t live yet, but it will probably be cheaper than GitHub pricing 😬 https://aws-news.com/article/2026-06-01-openai-models-and-codex-on-amazon-bedrock-are-now-generally-available01 Jun 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnb2auztj427https://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mn6fu3ba6q22I had high hopes for Opus 4.8. It did not live up to them. (`echo hello world`, seriously?)31 May 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6fu3ba6q22https://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mmwnxhxrvh22OpenSearch Serverless is finally truly Serverless, as opposed to its previous minimal commitment of $700/month! Very nice and long overdue improvement ❤️ https://aws-news.com/article/2026-05-28-introducing-the-next-generation-of-amazon-opensearch-serverless-for-building-your-agentic-ai-applications28 May 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwnxhxrvh22https://bsky.app/profile/lucvandonkersgoed.com/post/3mmwknq2hxz22Opus 4.8 has been released on AWS Bedrock, less than 6 weeks after the 4.7 release. Let’s hope this release is more willing to do work than the last one 😬 https://aws-news.com/article/2026-05-28-claude-opus-48-is-now-available-on-aws28 May 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:cpixmtoqs6opsfmfmbrokk5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwknq2hxz22