Cloud Computing · Alan Williamson - CTO & AI Practitioner | Author of “Think Like a CTO”Cloud Computing — imported from WordPress.https://alan.is/topics/cloud-computing/Beyond the AWS Default: The Cloudflare Alternativehttps://alan.is/insights/the-cloudflare-alternative/https://alan.is/insights/the-cloudflare-alternative/AWS is safe but heavy. Cloudflare trades deep layers for edge speed and simpler delivery.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:47:00 GMTawscdncloud-architecturecloudflareSimulating Corporate Chaos: Your Own Truman Showhttps://alan.is/insights/simulating-corporate-chaos-your-own-truman-show/https://alan.is/insights/simulating-corporate-chaos-your-own-truman-show/Build a Truman Show of AI personality types in a virtual Slack and watch them interact and learn.Fri, 29 May 2026 11:21:32 GMTaiartificial-intelligencemodelspromptsimulation"Well pick it back up"https://alan.is/insights/well-pick-it-back-up/https://alan.is/insights/well-pick-it-back-up/Alert fatigue is real: monitoring needs a fall-detection necklace, not endless false positives.Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:30:00 GMTinfrastructuresoftware-managementPeople are leaking their RDS database backupshttps://alan.is/insights/people-are-leaking-their-rds-database-backups/https://alan.is/insights/people-are-leaking-their-rds-database-backups/Researchers discovered incompetence when handling AWS RDS database backups, exposing them on the public network for anyone to takeWed, 16 Nov 2022 18:18:37 GMTamazonWhat makes a great product manager by James Hamiltonhttps://alan.is/insights/what-makes-a-great-product-manager-by-james-hamilton/https://alan.is/insights/what-makes-a-great-product-manager-by-james-hamilton/What makes a great product by AWS guru James HamiltonMon, 14 Nov 2022 13:45:14 GMTamazonAmazon Lambda now accepting SQS events directly (nearly)https://alan.is/insights/amazon-lambda-now-accepting-sqs-events-directly-nearly/https://alan.is/insights/amazon-lambda-now-accepting-sqs-events-directly-nearly/Amazon has closed the gap between Lambda and processing events directly from SQS, opening up a world of possibilities.Fri, 29 Jun 2018 15:48:10 GMTamazonfeaturedserverlessMoved from RackSpace to FastMailhttps://alan.is/insights/moved-from-rackspace-to-fastmail/https://alan.is/insights/moved-from-rackspace-to-fastmail/Moving from RackSpace to FastMail as I trial a new email service provider with more features and security.Sat, 03 Jun 2017 22:01:35 GMTfeaturedAmazon WorkSpaces - Hourly vs. Monthlyhttps://alan.is/insights/amazon-workspaces-hourly-vs-monthly/https://alan.is/insights/amazon-workspaces-hourly-vs-monthly/Amazon WorkSpaces is basically a remote Windows 7 desktop with a couple of billing options. Discover which works best.Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:49:06 GMTamazon-workspacesawscloudCloud != Scale; Are you really ready?https://alan.is/insights/cloud-scale-are-you-really-ready/https://alan.is/insights/cloud-scale-are-you-really-ready/How can you be confident your platform is scalable? As a CEO what questions do you need to ask your engineering team.Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:24:27 GMTcloudscalabilityTumblr Engineering: Open Source - Memcache Tophttps://alan.is/insights/tumblr-engineering-open-source-memcache-top/https://alan.is/insights/tumblr-engineering-open-source-memcache-top/mobocracy : We rely on memcache pretty heavily at Tumblr, with over 10TB of cache memory available across the stack.Thu, 02 May 2013 13:46:04 GMTcloud-computing