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Eric Pullen

@ericpullen.com
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Cloud Economist @duckbillgroup Previously Global SA @awscloud Opinions are my own. Based in KY

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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 21/06/2026
Best way I could think to spend Father's Day: building an app for my daughter to practice for her KY driver's permit test. The practice tests are just walls of text and sometimes you need a different approach. She's loving it so far, so I thought I'd share: permitpal.ericpullen.com/about.html
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Permit Pal — See it. Hear it. Tap it.
A free, visual, spoken way to practice for the Kentucky permit test — built for every kind of learner.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 29/05/2026
I split my order, any progress on the black version? I love my SS1, can’t wait to try out the dock with it!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 11/04/2026
Sometimes you get irritated enough with a small problem that you just have to fix it yourself. For anyone else annoyed with paste not working on certain apps, I offer TypeAround: typearound.ericpullen.com Tells the app the keyboard is typing the characters from the buffer. That’s it.
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TypeAround - Bypass paste restrictions on macOS
TypeAround is a macOS menu bar utility that bypasses paste restrictions by simulating keyboard input.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 26/03/2026
So many bands coming back out for new tours, I just saw this last night: ca.rollingstone.com/salt-n-pepa-...
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Salt-N-Pepa Unite With TLC and En Vogue for Epic ‘It’s Iconic’ Summer Tour
"The queens is in the building," says Cheryl "Salt" James. "We've earned this seat … This show is going to be crazy. We're doing the whole mixtape vibe, coming in and out"
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 25/03/2026
If anything ever happens to my Ford Lightning, I would seriously look at a Rivian as a replacement.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 24/03/2026
Gas? People are still using that? 😀
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 24/03/2026
Got my @takiudon.bsky.social SuperStation One founders edition today. The hardware feels really nice and the box is very cool, now just need a few hours to start playing with it!
Retro Remake’s SuperStation One FPGA console. Front of the box. Retro Remake’s SuperStation One FPGA console. Back of the box showing 70 home brew games pre loaded. Retro Remake’s Black SuperStation One FPGA console out of the box.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 17/02/2026
Just wanted to give some kudos to the whole #Ford team, not only for this new EV platform, but for really upping your presentation game! This beautifully conveyed the important details and truly showed the heart of what you've all been working on! More presentations like this please!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 08/12/2025
Have you ever wondered what @quinnypig.com would say if AWS finally released Savings Plans for RDS? Well wonder no more, just listen to the the end of the latest LWIA episode for a hilarious 3 minute diatribe! www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0U4...
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Corey Quinn Crashes Out
YouTube video by Last Week in AWS
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 02/12/2025
You made it to Tuesday? I was over it yesterday!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 02/12/2025
If you are at #reinvent2025, stop by and say hi! We are in booth #1217 right next to Splunk.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 01/12/2025
I sent a text asking if there was something wrong with the ventilation and they said they are checking with the operations team.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 30/11/2025
Anyone else noticed that the #Venetian smells of cigarette smoke way more than in the past? Already burning my throat just walking through the casino. #AWSreInvent
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 30/11/2025
Headed to #AWSreInvent, and so far a smooth @Southwest.com flight. Can’t wait to have all of the moisture removed from my body as I learn about the latest ingestion priced service you are all going to wildly overspend on!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 31/10/2025
I'm thinking of launching a consultancy where I fly first class to various Fortune 500 companies and sit in conference rooms saying 'That's not how AI works'. Shit, I think I'm already booked through 2026!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 18/10/2025
Holy cow it’s been 9 years since @awscloud.bsky.social us-east-2 came into existence. I still believe it should have been named us-central-1
A screenshot of a Facebook post announcing us-east-2, a new AWS region 9 years ago
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Duckbill @duckbillhq.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Planning your next big AWS contract negotiation? Don't go in blind. Our Negotiation Edition Office Hours give you access to specialists who can help you secure the best possible terms. Bring your questions, leave with leverage: duckbillgroup.com/officehours #finops
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Office Hours
Bring your questions and horrifying AWS bills to this interactive session.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 02/10/2025
While @quinnypig.com is out enjoying @monktoberfest.com in the wilds of Maine, I will be taking your Office Hours questions today. Come join me!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 01/10/2025
I loved our Expedition, but I love my Lightning even more! Would love if Ford could build an EV Expedition. I would be the first in line for it!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 26/09/2025
One of the few bands that would make me go to re:Play this year. I’d also go to Green Day, Alanis, or RHCP just to relive the 90’s.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 24/09/2025
Stop by and ask us some questions!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 10/09/2025
Come join me tomorrow as I try and do my best filling in for @quinnypig.com answering your questions. It may not be as snarky, but I will try and make it fun!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 28/07/2025
This is perfection. HBD to my favorite current boss @quinnypig.com
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 28/07/2025
Ever since I started working at @duckbillgroup.com, I've had a new appreciation anytime I see a cute baby platypus.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 24/07/2025
Ruh-roh 😳
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lastweekinaws.com @lastweekinaws.com · 24/07/2025
🚨 Amazon Q shipped with a self-destruct button, and we're not joking. A hacker injected a prompt telling Q to wipe computers and delete AWS resources. Amazon shipped it to 950k users. Full story: lastweekinaws.com/blog/amazon-q-now-with-helpful-ai-powered-self-destruct-capabilities/
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Amazon Q: Now with Helpful AI-Powered Self-Destruct Capabilities - Last Week in AWS Blog
Today 404Media released a truly stunning report that almost beggars belief. To break it down into its simplest form: A hacker submitted a PR. It got merged. It told Amazon Q to nuke your computer and…
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Corey Quinn @quinnypig.com · 11/07/2025
“$110M a year on AWS? I could do it for half!” Bro, your last infra project was making a cron job email you weather updates. Sit down. www.duckbillgroup.com/blog/figmas-...
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Figma's $300k Daily AWS Bill Isn't the Scandal You Think It Is
Well, the internet did what the internet does best this week: it collectively lost its mind over a number in an S-1 filing. Figma disclosed they signed a ~$550 million contract with AWS, someone used ...
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 08/07/2025
Good deals right now for prime day I think. This is the one we got: www.ankersolix.com/products/f38...
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Anker SOLIX F3800 Plus Portable Power Station
Unprecedented Solar: Max. 3,200W solar input with dual 11-165V MPPT controllers. Gas Generator Charging: Compatible with 240V gas generators (6,000W bypass
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 08/07/2025
Just bought a Anker F3800 Plus to augment my home power backup needs. With the discount and tax rebate it’s under $2k now and can power most necessary things for at least 4-5hrs, longer if you conserve. Plus no noise or fumes of a gas generator!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 29/06/2025
If not, and it’s too difficult to run some Ethernet cables to those spots, check out powerline ethernet adapters. I’ve had good luck with them when running a line was impossible.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 11/06/2025
I was just working on my FSx analysis tool (mostly for ONTAP and Windows), so I’ll look into this a bit more. FSx certainly has some odd 1-way doors depending on engine type.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 10/06/2025
When I was an 80’s kid, we watched re-runs of 50’s shows like “Leave it to Beaver”, and today’s kids would mean watching reruns of Seinfeld and Friends. 👴🏻
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 05/06/2025
Tutu finally got to get on Rocky’s body! 🥹 it won’t be long and they will be napping in the floor together. #bunny #labrador
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 05/06/2025
Outback is good, but Texas Roadhouse rolls are S-tier bread.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 05/06/2025
So sorry Ada, take care of your self, and I hope you start to feel better soon!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 19/05/2025
Finally!
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 16/05/2025
So weird that they didn’t acknowledge this in the blog posts announcing AWS Transform.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 16/05/2025
And lastly, this is the insert after you unfold the ad.
Gateway 2000 ad from 1991 showing various computers for sale. More ad from Gateway 2000 showing the title “Champion of the people is gateway 2000 and the best value will prevail!”
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 16/05/2025
I mean, how cool is this ad copy!
Ad showing men dressed in medieval attire, 2 riding horses and the ad says “yet this war the pc titans cannot win”
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 16/05/2025
Let’s take a quick peek at this wonderfully retro Gateway 2000 ad from 1991
Gateway 2000 ad from 1991 showing an archer dressed as if they are in the movie Robin Hood
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 16/05/2025
First up, we have to show off just how thick these were. I remember them being big, but they are even heavier than I remember
The spine of 2 computer shopper magazines from 1991. Also a pair of sunglasses for reference since the are taller than the sunglasses
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 16/05/2025
The older I get, the more I look back fondly on my early days of computers. Today I got 2 almost pristine copies of Computer Shopper off eBay, and I’m downright giddy tonight flipping through the pages. Let’s explore some together:
2 copies of Computer Shopper magazine from March and November of 1991.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 08/05/2025
Also, why the hell in #AWS Cost Explorer can I not use ENDS_WITH as a filter for USAGE_TYPE?!?
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 08/05/2025
#AWS Wishlist for today - I want a CloudWatch Metric for AWS/Logs for Vended Logs. I can see total CW Logs in an account using IncomingBytes, but I want to see how much of that is Vended Logs now. Looks like the only way to get this data is to use Cost Explorer and look at *-VendedLog-Bytes
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 06/05/2025
I wrote another thing for Duckbill... this time focusing in on the recent change to CloudWatch Logs, and this one even has a Github repo to go along with it! github.com/DuckbillGrou...
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GitHub - DuckbillGroup/CloudWatchCashBack: CloudWatchCashBack is a simple Python tool to calculate how much you'll save with AWS Lambda's new CloudWatch Logs tiered pricing. This tool analyzes your cu...
CloudWatchCashBack is a simple Python tool to calculate how much you'll save with AWS Lambda's new CloudWatch Logs tiered pricing. This tool analyzes your current Lambda logs usage and comp...
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 04/05/2025
Rocky is tired of all this rain, but also it’s Sunday so might as well nap on a pillow.
A charcoal lab dog named Rocky laying on the couch with his head on a brown pillow.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 01/05/2025
Holy cow… tiered pricing for CWLogs, as they reclassified them as vended logs! aws.amazon.com/blogs/comput...
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AWS Lambda introduces tiered pricing for Amazon CloudWatch logs and additional logging destinations | Amazon Web Services
Effective logging is an important part of an observability strategy when building serverless applications using AWS Lambda. Lambda automatically captures and sends logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. This...
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 01/05/2025
If it writes UI code like the AWS console, there is no way I’m using it! 😀
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 01/05/2025
I wrote a blog about RDS RI's today, go check it out! If you want to ask questions, feel free to stop by our office hours in 15 minutes. duckbillgroup.com/officehours
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Duckbill Office Hours
Bring your questions and horrifying AWS bills to this interactive session.
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Eric Pullen @ericpullen.com · 30/04/2025
All of the Java shops will start looking at snapstart real quick!
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