Michael Walmsley

Michael Walmsley

@walmsles.dev

Technology Architect, Cloud leader and AWS Serverless Hero. I like building cloud things and helping people learn.

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Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

Did you know that Web Sockets don't Pub-Sub? It's a common myth that Web Sockets provide Pub-Sub, but this is a part of the backend server. To learn more about Web Sockets, check out my latest article on Serverless DNA. serverlessdna.com/strands/webs...

serverlessdna.comWeb Sockets Don't Pub-SubDive deep into how Web Sockets really work and understand what they actually provide as a part of your architecture. We will talk about common myths and misunderstandings about these useful bi-direct...
Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

Playing around with the Amazon Nova Canvas models in the bedrock playground ...... who thought naming the downloaded files using the prompt text was a fab idea ??????

Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

Not sure who needs to read this, but when taking a CC payment online DO NOT GIVE ME 2 DROP DOWN BOXES FOR THE EXPIRY DATE - it means I buy less online because it takes TOO LONG

Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

Christmas time means many different things to everyone. There are two things that come to mind for me. Family and peaches. Family because I get to spend quality time with people who matter so much to me, and peaches because the days before Christmas is when the peaches on my tree ripen!

Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

It starts with Peaches which are then followed Inka rough order of ripeness: Apricots, Blood Plums, Golden Delicious Apples, Figs, Granny Smith Apples and Pomegranates.

Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

I'm really proud of my talk at re:Invent this year. It is full of meaty #serverless design with plenty of "Why"'s. It's a good story, flowing narrative and solid Serverless facts. Let me know your thoughts - what you liked, did not like or where you want a deeper dive. #ListenToTheHeroes

Michael Walmsley@walmsles.dev

My re:Invent 2024 talk Dev-319 is on YouTube now! It covers my experience building a live scoring system for a global sporting event. I enjoyed crafting this story; it provides solid strategies and principles for everyone watching it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lxz... #ListenToTheHeroes

youtube.comAWS re:Invent 2024 - Serverless scalability unleashed (DEV319)YouTube video by AWS Events
Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

re:Invent is a LOT about networking and meeting people I collaborate with throughout the year. Great to Meetup with the #AWS Powertools for Lambda team! Was so good to meet you all and take a few minutes to chat and catchup. Look forward to many more collaborations in 2025! #ListenToTheHeroes

Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

Loving the @valkeyio.bsky.social velocity, so refreshing!

Madelyn Olson@reconditerose.bsky.social

The Valkey community is hard at work developing a high performance vector similarity search implementation, and we're looking for folks interested in providing high level API and directional feedback here: github.com/valkey-io/va.... They'll be a more concrete implementation soon once we're aligned.

github.comRevised VSS RFC by allenss-amazon · Pull Request #15 · valkey-io/valkey-rfcReplaces and extends the previous PR for VSS module.
Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

At re:Invent 2024 I met AWS All Builders Welcome grant recipients and all of them are inspiring! I can't wait to see your #AWS journey. Reach out for mentoring, continue finding your place in this amazing #AWSCommunity! Thanks: Suzana, Bhavana, Blair, Dana, Dale and Clariza #ListenToTheHeroes

Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

I wholeheartedly support Anna's message and am appalled at vendors given how much it costs for an expo booth, a few shirts to be more inclusive is 🥜. I am done with tech t-shirts unless you show me you are being inclusive, and we should all do the same.

Anna Spysz@annaspies.dev

As half my timeline is currently posting from #reinvent, please allow me to rant about a topic I care deeply about: swag. Taking a male cut t-shirt, changing nothing about it other than maybe printing a few extra XS sizes, and calling it “unisex” is not, in fact, unisex.

Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

....and it's re:Invent 2024 Go Time! Excited to be here in person and looking forward to meeting up with all my online community friends and making new ones. If you see me out there come say Hi - Would love to meet you!

Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

EventHub For Front Ends (Effe) is a pure Event management system with publish and subscribe semantics, there are no WebSockets!!! Events on FrontEnd does not mean WebSockets! They are a transport medium used by Connectors. Join in the conversation here:

buff.lyRFC: Effe Roadmap Development and Q&A · Issue #8 · serverless-dna/effeHi @walmsles! I found your post on LinkedIn and have a few questions. Questions Do you already have new ideas for this project? Which providers are you thinking about implementing? How will the fro...
Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

I am loving the Visual Update in the #AWS console lately. I am finding it responsive as well so I can move faster BUT....I still want the Lambda Console search feature in EVERY console!!! Its still so ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥. Looking at you SQS Console 👀.

buff.lyAnnouncing a visual update to the AWS Management Console (preview) | Amazon Web ServicesA new intuitive AWS console design enhances readability, reduces complexity for improved task focus and efficiency while maintaining familiarity across AWS experiences.
Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

It's perfect for all your EDA Needs! Effe is still under development and has not yet been released as an NPM package. Stay tuned for when it will be released. With re:Invent around the corner, I do not have much spare time.

Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

Super excited about the Amplify AI Kit launch this week! The new kit is incredibly practical. Time to reassess my Enterprise GenAI Apps for adoption—glad to see our ideas align! #AIInnovation #Amplify #AWS

buff.lyBuild fullstack AI apps in minutes with the new Amplify AI Kit | Amazon Web ServicesToday we are excited to announce the general availability of the AWS Amplify AI kit, the quickest way for fullstack developers to build web apps with AI capabilities such as chat, conversational…
Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

I just clicked a "Link" in a post.....and it actually opened my browser (not some internal window then that forces me to "OPEN IN A FRIGGIN' BROWSER") 🥰 love this app already.

Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

After being away for a couple of months I am excited to be back co-hosting the Melbourne #AWS Programming and Tools Meetup. Bring your laptop and get a free #serverless hands-on building workshop, link below. www.linkedin.com/posts/gwibaw...

linkedin.comGary Wibawa on LinkedIn: Serverless application with Amazon EventBridge, Tue, 12 Nov 2024, 6:00 pm…Our November #aws #workshop meetup is about Serverless Applications. You will be creating various #microservices that integrate existing frontends with your…
Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

Generative AI is the coolest tech and I'm excited to be hosting the next AWS Programming and Tools Meetup in Melbourne where we are building with this new technology using #AWS and #Serverless. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7074315686033985536/

linkedin.comMichael Walmsley 🦄 on LinkedIn: I am genuinely excited by where technology is heading today, we a...I am genuinely excited by where technology is heading today, we are truly in un-charted waters with a paradigm shift in the way we do our work happening right…
Michael Walmsley
@walmsles.dev

Humbled to be "on the list" today ....

Ross Barich@rossbarich.bsky.social

Exciting to see new AWS Heroes introduced today. Congrats to all! 👏🎉 https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-the-latest-aws-heroes-june-2023/

aws.amazon.comAnnouncing the latest AWS Heroes – June 2023 | Amazon Web ServicesAWS Heroes dedicate their time to help others build better and faster on AWS. Heroes support and give back to the community in a variety of ways: contributing to open source projects, organizing AWS C...

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