Carlo.Cloud

Sep 13, 2026 Field Notes leadership

Field Notes from the Stack: The Cost of On-Call

On-call can mean messy break-fixes, delayed feature work, interrupted sleep, and the stress of never quite knowing when the next page will arrive. Join me as I share my take on handling on-call.

May 31, 2026

Building Detection Scripts in Hours with Kiro

How I used Kiro's CLI to build a weighted detection script for sensitive data in hours instead of weeks, going from 80% done to production-ready.

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Dec 21, 2025 aws

Carlo's Top AWS Announcements of 2025

As 2025 wraps up, I’m looking back at AWS’s biggest releases. From multi-account console sign-in to org-level S3 block public access and full SCP language support. It’s been a year of long-awaited upgrades that make AWS more secure, flexible, and finally a bit easier to live with.

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Nov 30, 2025 aws self-improvement

Enabling Myself by Automating Bureaucracy

Faced with the realization that I wasn't good at ticket grooming and kanban management, I built a helper prompt and script that looks at GitLab issues, provides suggestions, and gives me a brief summary. Here I spend a few minutes reflecting on the what, how, and why it matters to you.

Jul 1, 2025 aws security

S3 Pre-signed URLs and Web Archiving

Pre-signed S3 URLs offer secure, temporary access, but what if they get archived and exposed? Learn how these URLs work, the risks of web archiving, and steps you can take to prevent accidental data leaks.