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Johnny Chivers

Cloud Innovator by Day, Guitar Shredder by Night | AWS Golden Jacket

Practical AWS insight for engineers and the leaders who back them. Each issue: one honest take on what's actually changing in cloud and AI, plus a filtered list of launches worth your time.

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The cheaper it gets, the more it costs

Johnny Chivers: TECH IT FROM ME Issue #02 The Take The cheaper it gets, the more it costs AI just made building software cheap. Your bill is about to go up. There's a 160-year-old economics idea called Jevons paradox. When steam engines got more efficient, Britain didn't burn less coal, it burned far more, because efficiency made coal worth using everywhere. Cheaper per unit, higher total spend. That is exactly what's about to happen to software. AI has made generating code almost free, and...

about 1 month ago • 3 min read

Johnny Chivers: TECH IT FROM ME Issue #01 Welcome to the first one. Here's the deal: I'm not going to relay AWS news you can already get from ten other places. Each issue you get one honest take from me, then a short, filtered list of what's actually worth your attention. Five minutes, tops. Let's go. The Take The real AI shift isn't happening in your IDE Everyone's still watching the robot type. That's the least interesting part. I've spent the last few months in rooms with engineering...

3 months ago • 3 min read