Amazon S3
Scalable object storage service
Episodes
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#2571: How S3 Billing Actually Works (And Why R2 Is Different)Storage is the decoy cost. The real surprises come from request charges, egress fees, and early deletion penalties. -
#2550: Idempotent Pipelines: Checkpoints, Manifests & Safe Re-RunsHow to design scripts and pipelines so re-running them is safe, even after a crash mid-execution. -
#2543: Why Base64 Adds 33% Overhead (And Why You Still Need It)Base64 isn’t compression — it’s a safe transport encoding. Here’s how it works with audio APIs and where its limits are. -
#2482: When AI Chatbots Leak Your PDFs via Public S3 BucketsA user uploaded a sensitive PDF to an AI chatbot. The chatbot stored it in a public S3 bucket with zero authentication. -
#2477: Stop Polling: Push-to-Deploy for Solo DevsWhy your cron job is obsolete. Push-to-deploy with GitHub Actions and deploy keys — the simplest setup that actually works. -
#2475: Docker Volumes: Why They Can't Move and What To DoDocker made apps portable but left your data stuck. Here's how to actually move volumes between hosts. -
#2438: The Folder Illusion: How Object Storage Fakes HierarchyBlobs, flat namespaces, and why those "folders" in cloud storage are complete illusions. -
#1931: Where Your AI Pipeline Actually DiesWhy do AI pipelines crash? It’s not the models—it’s the plumbing. We break down how to manage data between stages. -
#1848: Why Cloud Bills Can Hit $100K OvernightFrom recursive loops to AI agents spending your money, we unpack the terrifying speed of cloud cost disasters. -
#1565: Machine-Readable Safety: Markdown for AI AgentsTransform bloated government data into clean Markdown to power life-saving AI agents during emergencies. -
#1475: The Folder Illusion: Why Cloud Storage Breaks Your Mental ModelFolders are a lie in the cloud. Explore why Amazon S3 uses flat namespaces and "keys" instead of traditional file hierarchies. -
#770: The Ghost in the Machine: How Rclone Mounts the CloudEver wonder why cloud mounts stutter? We explore the engineering of Rclone, FUSE, and the quest for infinite, fluid remote storage. -
#660: The Bit Rate Dilemma: How Much Audio Data Do You Need?Herman and Corn explore the science of audio compression, psychoacoustics, and finding the perfect bit rate for podcasts and AI. -
#636: The Hidden Costs of Ultimate RedundancyCan a decentralized network replace Amazon and Google? Herman and Corn dive into IPFS, content-addressing, and the risks of "forever" data. -
#558: The Briefing Gateway: Ending the "Pecked by Ducks" Email EraTired of flooding clients with emails? Herman and Corn explore the "Briefing Gateway," a tool that uses AI to turn messy pings into organized briefs. -
#379: Corporate Spies: When Business Intelligence Goes DarkIs it legal to dig through a rival's trash? Herman and Corn explore the high-stakes world of corporate espionage and the gray lines of business. -
#340: Why Immutability Is the New TrustIn an era of AI and deepfakes, how do we prove data is real? Explore WORM technology: the digital equivalent of carving records in stone.