The best technology blends into the background of everyday life.

In the latest Frugal Architect episode we talk with @BoyanSlat about @TheOceanCleanup's mission to remove 90% of ocean plastic by 2040. The key lesson: start simple and let the mission guide your engineering. When you're on the right path, solutions get simpler over time.

Have you watched... Trump and the Death of the American Farmer?

I designed and built (with a great team) a very large scale one of these ‘database per resource’ designs just over a decade ago. They have a ton of nice properties (low blast radius, great scalability), but also introduce a lot of complexity (e.g. finding the right database).

Dear @loquenopodiadecir my sincere apologies for having wasted your day. But I am afraid your extremely creative attempts at insults made my day a lot better. :-)

New: Amazon VP & CTO @Werner on why AI for good depends on good data and why open geospatial information is essential for humanitarian aid, disaster response, and equitable progress:

No data, no AI, no progress. My @AmazonScience article explores how multi-layered mapping + petabyte-scale cloud infrastructure helps save lives in time of crisis. Building AI without addressing the fundamental data divide means solving the wrong problems. https://t.co/vt0LeS1rvg>

Development gets better with Age https://t.co/d1DTJD90se

The reason for visiting the Amazon was an invitation by @grupoaje who are supporting the communities along the Amazon with guaranteed income. They give the young people an economic future so that they do not leave their villages for the big towns.

Do not seek love, be love.

I cannot believe it took me 21 years at https://t.co/HCmK8KNIEL to end up on the one and only Amazon. It was absolutely worth the wait.

As developers, we want to create and find new solutions—not port Java 11 apps to 17. Here is a real opportunity with AI tools. First understand your problem, THEN consider solutions. Our data shows that teams using this approach cut costs 15.9% YoY.

Cheap ≠ frugal. This is a lesson Zillow’s Craig Link learned from his dad. Packing lunch, limiting stops on road trips, and on the latest episode of The Frugal Architect, we talk about how these early lessons in frugality made him a better engineer.

I remember it scared me at first when I got it. But it has become one of my most loved fundamental CS books. Now available for free!

The best solutions come from those closest to the problem. Our final episode of the latest Now Go Build series features Fellows building solutions WITH their communities, not just FOR them. It’s a strong reminder that tech works best when paired with local wisdom. Watch every

Enough food is produced to feed everyone in the world, yet 40% gets wasted in the US alone. Technology can help. The latest episode of Now Go Build features CTO Fellows tackling food security head-on, both globally and locally. Watch it here: https://t.co/psm5MoXLww

Eight years after launching SageMaker AI, our mission remains the same: put machine learning in the hands of every builder, regardless of skill level. Our latest updates tackle real builder pain points. Read more on All Things Distributed:

Behind every humanitarian crisis are people making decisions with incomplete data. It's a challenge I've seen time and again in my travels. What if we could change that? #NowGoBuild https://t.co/u0scfqq6xs

The irony of a democratic socialist candidate running for mayor in NYC and declaring anti-capitalist sentiments during his campaign, is that the success of these same people are the very ones whom his socialist (or “communist”) agenda relies on… A minimal understanding of basic

Maps save lives. 🌍 Now Go Build CTO Fellows use AWS & AI to guide humanitarian teams where GPS can't reach. Dr. @Werner shows us what's possible when making the invisible visible. 👉 https://t.co/0giGItl1jA

When we say "no non-EU dependencies" we mean it. AWS is lighting up a new root Certificate Authority fully based in the EU. Private keys, secure facilities, operators, management, issuances, revocations, the metadata handling ... all based only in the EU.

Do you want to know how we are cooling these beasts? Listen to Dave Brown in this clip:

Whether climate resilience, disaster recovery, or food security -- access to good data can be the difference between life and death. Today, I’m launching a new 5-part miniseries that focuses on the builders working every day to solve these hard human problems.