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Stephen J. Barr

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AI-First AWS cost optimization with @cloudfix_saves! Host of AWS Made Easy livestream. Husband, father, builder, 3d printing enthusiast!

Seattle, WA, USA
Joined March 2007
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Stephen J. Barr
1 year
3 months of Free @cloudfix_saves unlimited Finder/Fixers!? Is this too good to be true? In this video, @RahulDevFactory and I discuss frequently asked questions about our new offer. We challenge you to see how much you can save! This video is a companion to our recent FAQ blog
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Stephen J. Barr
3 days
It's not like the people who buy these don't eat eggs. And waiting in the Costco return line - this couldn't possibly be time-efficient for anybody. Just...eat them? Why is this bothering me so much?!?
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Stephen J. Barr
3 days
It takes some real chutzpah to buy 18 eggs, return 17 perfectly good ones and a single cracked hardboiled egg and say "You need to take these back (and these out because) because I didn't read the giant label on the box."
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I was at Costco and bought some hardboiled eggs. They come in a carton clearly labelled 'hard-boiled eggs.' The cashier told me "Make sure these are what you want. A lot of people return these." Just when I thought people couldn't get more shameless...
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Jeff Barr ☁️
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There's so much to see and do re:Invent 2025.
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4 months
The EMACS users guide to vi...
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Stephen J. Barr
4 months
AWS News August 15th
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Stephen J. Barr
4 months
Part 2 of streaming by the lake South Seattle, WA
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Stephen J. Barr
4 months
Random stream by a lake. Maybe share some code?
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4 months
Introducing LEAP Stacks with Basil Fateen (AWS)
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5 months
Forget Google. 80% of shoppers now get answers without clicking a link. If AI can’t find you, you don’t exist. Here are the exact steps and mega prompts I used to get my business mentioned by AI: 🧵👇
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Stephen J. Barr
5 months
Stephen's Birthday Stream
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Stephen J. Barr
5 months
What's your experience been? Have you noticed AI tools being unclear about when they're generating vs. finding content? 9/10
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Stephen J. Barr
5 months
There are efforts to mandate watermarks on AI generated images, but these type of approaches have historically not been super effective. 8/10
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Stephen J. Barr
5 months
It's not malicious - Perplexity was trying to be helpful. But, 'good intentions' only count for so much. As a society, we have been dealing with fake images for a long time. From the Loch Ness monster to blurry Bigfoot pictures (as the late Mitch Hedberg said, maybe Bigfoot 'is'
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5 months
For someone casually using these tools, how would they know the difference? 6/10
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Stephen J. Barr
5 months
This got me thinking about AI transparency. We're at this weird inflection point where AI can create incredibly realistic content, but the boundaries between "found" and "generated" are getting blurry. 5/10
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Stephen J. Barr
5 months
No disclaimer. No "I'm creating this image." Just presented a generated image as if it were real. 4/10
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Stephen J. Barr
5 months
Instead of saying "I can't find any" or "Here are some search results," it just... generated one. 3/10
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Stephen J. Barr
5 months
So I asked Perplexity: "Are there any pictures of the FedEx hub in Indianapolis?" 2/10
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