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New post by @FemiNull Go vs Python on AWS Lambda: a practical Terraform shootout (with Function URLs) dev.to/aws-builders/g…

Entire Windows 95 packed in an Electron app

Let me explain exactly why VLC is free despite 6B downloads, because no one seems to get it. VLC doesn’t make money because making money would destroy the only thing that made it reach 6 billion downloads in the first place. The player grew through a specific distribution loop: tech-savvy users install it once, it works perfectly on every weird video file they throw at it, and they recommend it to everyone forever. IT departments deploy it across entire companies. A Reddit comment from 2009 still drives downloads in 2025 because the answer never changed. That recommendation engine dies the second ads appear. Not slowly. Immediately. The users who drive VLC’s distribution are the exact people who understand what ads mean. Your incentives just switched from “make the best player” to “maximize impressions.” They see it, stop recommending it, and your growth engine shuts off. Run the actual numbers. VLC gets maybe 50 million active users daily across 6 billion total downloads. Typical video player ad rates run $1-3 CPM. Even if you served ads on every playback session, you’re looking at maybe $50-150 million annually at absolute peak optimistic assumptions. Sounds like a lot until you realize what Kempf actually traded it for. VLC reaching 6 billion people made Kempf the person who built the infrastructure everyone depends on. He runs a video consulting business. He built dav1d, an AV1 codec that powers modern streaming. Being “the guy who kept VLC free” opens every door in video technology. Clients pay him to solve problems because he proved he optimizes for quality over quick monetization. “Former ad-supported media player executive” gets you exactly zero of that leverage. The people celebrating Kempf’s ethics are missing the calculation. He didn’t sacrifice millions for principles. He rejected $150M in highly uncertain ad revenue to build permanent positioning worth multiples of that in everything else he touches. VLC free generates more value for Kempf than VLC monetized ever could. The trade was never even close.

NZ ☄️ @CodeByNZ

10 months ago

This man built VLC, turned down stupid money just to keep it ad-free, and still gave it to us for free. Absolute hero.

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New post by @FemiNull Navigating AWS EKS with Terraform: Implementing Cluster Auoscaler in your EKS Cluster dev.to/aws-builders/n… #aws #eks #kubernetes #terraform

Amazon S3 adds new functionality for conditional writes Amazon S3 can now perform conditional writes that evaluate if an object is unmodified before updating it. This helps you coord... aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what…

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Are you ready for a more epic 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰?🎉 🎉🎉 What percentage is your readiness? Share your best moments and biggest takeaways from last year's event! 🚀 #AWSCommunityDay #GenerativeAI @MakesOcean @chiomasylvia @Emelda_Z @lyricaljay1

We’re bringing together the brightest minds this year AWS Community Day. Who is your dream Keynote Speaker? Comment below #AWSCommunityDay #AWSUserGroups #AWSCloudSecUSerGroup #AWS #AWSome

Goodbye, Seattle 👋 I've had an amazing week at the AWS Heroes Summit, and it was great to meet heroes from all over the world and chatting with the AWS teams. Here are my impressions from this week.

Had an AWSome time at the #AWSHero Global Summit last week in Seattle, celebrating 10 years of #AWS Heroes! 🌟 The best part? The opportunity to bond, learn, and collaborate with fellow Heroes. A big THANK YOU to everyone who joined and the Amazonians who made it happen! 💙🙌

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Update: Crowdstrike came out and released a technical report confirming my analysis. They were reading in a bad data file and attempting to access invalid memory. This global crash was a two-part bomb. The detonator apparently, was NOT new.. it was PRE-INSTALLED. /1

Zach Vorhies / Google Whistleblower @Perpetualmaniac

2 years ago

Crowdstrike Analysis: It was a NULL pointer from the memory unsafe C++ language. Since I am a professional C++ programmer, let me decode this stack trace dump for you.

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We’d like to reintroduce ourselves: 👋 we’re AWS Amplify. 🟣 Build a cloud-powered backend in TypeScript 🟣 Connect it to your frontend using your favorite framwork 🟣 Deploy on every `git push`. Amplify Gen 2 is now ready for production! 🚀 go.aws/3Qudgx6

this a super well-written guide to Amplify gen 2 docs.amplify.aws/react/how-ampl…

@adamdotdev @dabit3 @terminaldotshop Thank you for sharing. Will definitely try this out.

Twitter saw it first. I completed my masters degree with a 4.0/4.0 GPA. MSIT conc. Cybersecurity done and dusted. This is by far the hardest thing I’ve done as I was working a full time job, working on multiple projects, contributing to 2 Kubernetes release cycles, travelling to speak at global conferences every month, writing 2 books and creating a course. In all this, I never missed a deadline at work, school, my projects and at home. While I’m grateful that I’m able to stretch myself, I do not recommend doing this. I was burnt out and I considered quitting multiple times. Well I did it and I am so proud of myself🥳🥳🥳. I’m grateful to my support system @centamadi, @AdewaleYusuf_ , his beautiful wife, and @Samson_Goddy. I’m also grateful to my family, I couldn’t have done this without y’all ❤️.