AWS Double Header: Boring Tech vs. Bottlerocket

In our final 2024 meetup we'll have two separate talks:

Postgres + S3: Back to basics

Time to talk about working with boring technologies in AWS. Postgres and S3 are as boring as they would get. Importing/exporting data into/from relational databases is one of for the most commonly requested features in my experience. Is there a way to deliver this feature without writing any custom code? Let's find out, we'll talk about AWS RDS for Postgres, S3 and strategies for generating Infra as Code.

Alper Sunar is a Principal Engineer at Procore Technologies, and one of our regulars at the AWS Meetup.

Intro to Bottlerocket

Bottlerocket is a secure, container-focused operating system for use on EKS and ECS. Running your container workloads on Bottlerocket will not only help your security posture, but will also hopefully keep your security department at bay. If you run workloads on EKS or ECS, you'll want to learn some of the ways that Bottlrocket can help to make your life, and infrastructure, a little bit better and easier.

Brad Misterek is a DevOps Engineer at TriumphPay, working largely in the AWS and Kubernetes Ecosystems. He has worked in many roles, from Software Engineer, to management, and back again. He's been working with AWS for 6 years, first at Vertafore in Denver, then at a small startup (HubTran) which was acquired by TriumphPay.

6:00 - 6:20 pm: Mix and mingle
6:20 - 6:30 pm: Announcements and intro
6:30 - 7:00 pm: Talk 1
7:00 - 8:00 pm: Talk 2
8:00+ pm: (Optional) Dinner/drinks at Ginger & Baker