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Last year in AWS with Corey Quinn
26 minutes Posted Jan 22, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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Last year in AWS with Corey Quinn
To paraphrase David Letterman, this next guest needs no introduction, at least for many people in the cloud computing world: Corey Quinn is the Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill, where he specializes in helping companies improve their AWS bills "by making them smaller and less horrifying," according to his website bio. He also hosts the "Screaming in the Cloud" and "AWS Morning Brief" podcasts and curates the weekly newsletter "Last Week in AWS." In this episode, he shares his thoughts on the biggest and most overlooked AWS stories in 2025 and his outlook for 2026.
Featuring: Corey Quinn, Chief Cloud Economist, Duckbill
In today’s episode, we’ll cover…
The ways AWS "got its mojo back" in 2025
Ongoing security issues with AWS CodeBuild
Amazon Bedrock vs "overconfident and also wrong bots" in customer service
Why IT buyers should beware the "AI tool"
and more!
References:
Critical flaw in AWS Console risked compromise of build environment
AWS AI IDE, AgentCore throw down gauntlets for Microsoft
AWS CloudOps hones multi-cloud support for AI, resilience
What Amazon Q prompt injection reveals about AI security
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