Chris Williams☁️🐍
@mistwire.com
Field CTO @sixfeetup
AWS Hero
Co-Host of vBrownBag
We rise by lifting others
Fearlessly Stupid™ 🤣
https://linktr.ee/mistwire
AWS Hero
Co-Host of vBrownBag
We rise by lifting others
Fearlessly Stupid™ 🤣
https://linktr.ee/mistwire
Brian Okken has put out a practical guide on using TDD effectively in your org. It's short, filled with fantastic advice, and totally worth a read if you are in the space:
leantdd.com
leantdd.com
Lean TDD
Lean TDD by Brian Okken is a practical guide to Test Driven Development without the waste, with concrete guidance for solo developers, teams, and AI-assisted workflows.
leantdd.com
September 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Brian Okken has put out a practical guide on using TDD effectively in your org. It's short, filled with fantastic advice, and totally worth a read if you are in the space:
leantdd.com
leantdd.com
Most side projects don't come with a built-in fanbase of millions 📚🔍🤓
LIVE tonight (8:30 PM ET) on @vbrownbag.com
"Building a Theory Board for the Sarah J. Maas Universe on AWS" w/ Jennifer Magruder
Fan project meets real AWS architecture!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGQ...
#AWS #CommunityBuilder
LIVE tonight (8:30 PM ET) on @vbrownbag.com
"Building a Theory Board for the Sarah J. Maas Universe on AWS" w/ Jennifer Magruder
Fan project meets real AWS architecture!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGQ...
#AWS #CommunityBuilder
September 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Most side projects don't come with a built-in fanbase of millions 📚🔍🤓
LIVE tonight (8:30 PM ET) on @vbrownbag.com
"Building a Theory Board for the Sarah J. Maas Universe on AWS" w/ Jennifer Magruder
Fan project meets real AWS architecture!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGQ...
#AWS #CommunityBuilder
LIVE tonight (8:30 PM ET) on @vbrownbag.com
"Building a Theory Board for the Sarah J. Maas Universe on AWS" w/ Jennifer Magruder
Fan project meets real AWS architecture!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGQ...
#AWS #CommunityBuilder
Day 2 of @djangocon.us kicks off with Sarah Boyce "Emails from my Grandad" 🥰
August 25, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Day 2 of @djangocon.us kicks off with Sarah Boyce "Emails from my Grandad" 🥰
Your codebase has answers. Your AI just can't find them. 🤖
LIVE tomorrow (8:30 PM ET) on @vbrownbag.com
"Context Engineering & Making Your Codebase Queryable" w/ Brian Carpio
What context engineering & how to make a codebase queryable for AI agents.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDoQ...
LIVE tomorrow (8:30 PM ET) on @vbrownbag.com
"Context Engineering & Making Your Codebase Queryable" w/ Brian Carpio
What context engineering & how to make a codebase queryable for AI agents.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDoQ...
August 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Your codebase has answers. Your AI just can't find them. 🤖
LIVE tomorrow (8:30 PM ET) on @vbrownbag.com
"Context Engineering & Making Your Codebase Queryable" w/ Brian Carpio
What context engineering & how to make a codebase queryable for AI agents.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDoQ...
LIVE tomorrow (8:30 PM ET) on @vbrownbag.com
"Context Engineering & Making Your Codebase Queryable" w/ Brian Carpio
What context engineering & how to make a codebase queryable for AI agents.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDoQ...
User groups come, user groups go (R.I.P. VTUG 🥲)
Tomorrow (noon ET) on @vbrownbag.com:
"How to Build a Thriving Tech Community"
Manvendra runs AWS Cloud Club JECRC and we're getting into:
- Common mistakes
- Lessons learned
- Practical takeaways
Join us LIVE!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RduJ...
Tomorrow (noon ET) on @vbrownbag.com:
"How to Build a Thriving Tech Community"
Manvendra runs AWS Cloud Club JECRC and we're getting into:
- Common mistakes
- Lessons learned
- Practical takeaways
Join us LIVE!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RduJ...
August 11, 2026 at 2:59 PM
User groups come, user groups go (R.I.P. VTUG 🥲)
Tomorrow (noon ET) on @vbrownbag.com:
"How to Build a Thriving Tech Community"
Manvendra runs AWS Cloud Club JECRC and we're getting into:
- Common mistakes
- Lessons learned
- Practical takeaways
Join us LIVE!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RduJ...
Tomorrow (noon ET) on @vbrownbag.com:
"How to Build a Thriving Tech Community"
Manvendra runs AWS Cloud Club JECRC and we're getting into:
- Common mistakes
- Lessons learned
- Practical takeaways
Join us LIVE!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RduJ...
Cool cool cool. Now do:
1. fire departments
2. stadiums
3. police departments
4. ROADS
5. emergency rooms
p.s. fuck you.
1. fire departments
2. stadiums
3. police departments
4. ROADS
5. emergency rooms
p.s. fuck you.
Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Mamdani's city-owned grocery stores are a socialist trap | Opinion
No matter how good Zohran Mamdani makes grocery affordability sound, he's selling New Yorkers the same broken promise that has failed everywhere else.
bit.ly
August 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Cool cool cool. Now do:
1. fire departments
2. stadiums
3. police departments
4. ROADS
5. emergency rooms
p.s. fuck you.
1. fire departments
2. stadiums
3. police departments
4. ROADS
5. emergency rooms
p.s. fuck you.
You mean to tell me these "influencers" did the OpenAI brand trip FOR FREE!?!?
OPENAI IS WORTH 852 BILLION DOLLARS
If you're going to shill for a company THE PUBLIC HATES at least get paid for it 🤦🏻♂️
OPENAI IS WORTH 852 BILLION DOLLARS
If you're going to shill for a company THE PUBLIC HATES at least get paid for it 🤦🏻♂️
August 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
You mean to tell me these "influencers" did the OpenAI brand trip FOR FREE!?!?
OPENAI IS WORTH 852 BILLION DOLLARS
If you're going to shill for a company THE PUBLIC HATES at least get paid for it 🤦🏻♂️
OPENAI IS WORTH 852 BILLION DOLLARS
If you're going to shill for a company THE PUBLIC HATES at least get paid for it 🤦🏻♂️
Anyone got 55 trillion laying around that I can borrow? My AWS bill is due.
July 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Anyone got 55 trillion laying around that I can borrow? My AWS bill is due.
Question: is bluesky actively hostile to AI learning?
July 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Question: is bluesky actively hostile to AI learning?
Live in 2 hours! Join us for Q&A, punch & pie.
Guardrails, RAG, and a Bedrock demo built for an exam @faye-ellis.bsky.social says is brutal
Join us LIVE Wed on @vbrownbag.com (noon ET)
"Responsible AI with Amazon Bedrock" + real talk on the AWS AI Dev Pro cert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FKD...
Join us LIVE Wed on @vbrownbag.com (noon ET)
"Responsible AI with Amazon Bedrock" + real talk on the AWS AI Dev Pro cert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FKD...
July 15, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Live in 2 hours! Join us for Q&A, punch & pie.
Guardrails, RAG, and a Bedrock demo built for an exam @faye-ellis.bsky.social says is brutal
Join us LIVE Wed on @vbrownbag.com (noon ET)
"Responsible AI with Amazon Bedrock" + real talk on the AWS AI Dev Pro cert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FKD...
Join us LIVE Wed on @vbrownbag.com (noon ET)
"Responsible AI with Amazon Bedrock" + real talk on the AWS AI Dev Pro cert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FKD...
July 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Guardrails, RAG, and a Bedrock demo built for an exam @faye-ellis.bsky.social says is brutal
Join us LIVE Wed on @vbrownbag.com (noon ET)
"Responsible AI with Amazon Bedrock" + real talk on the AWS AI Dev Pro cert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FKD...
Join us LIVE Wed on @vbrownbag.com (noon ET)
"Responsible AI with Amazon Bedrock" + real talk on the AWS AI Dev Pro cert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FKD...
🤣🥰🤣
(to be clear, I adore @matthewbonig.bsky.social)
(to be clear, I adore @matthewbonig.bsky.social)
@mistwire.com agrees with @matthewbonig.bsky.social. He's "on record saying that at least once now."
The clip, from Yells at Cloud Ep. 1.
yellsatcloudpod.com/episodes/ep-1
The clip, from Yells at Cloud Ep. 1.
yellsatcloudpod.com/episodes/ep-1
July 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
🤣🥰🤣
(to be clear, I adore @matthewbonig.bsky.social)
(to be clear, I adore @matthewbonig.bsky.social)
Join me and Andrew Brown in 1 hour for the kickoff to his Claude Code Camp!
We are going to show what we are building, how to do technical documentation of the project, & cover the scope of the build!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCvS...
We are going to show what we are building, how to do technical documentation of the project, & cover the scope of the build!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCvS...
July 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Join me and Andrew Brown in 1 hour for the kickoff to his Claude Code Camp!
We are going to show what we are building, how to do technical documentation of the project, & cover the scope of the build!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCvS...
We are going to show what we are building, how to do technical documentation of the project, & cover the scope of the build!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCvS...
New @vbrownbag.com episode is UP:
"Getting into Local AI (2/3)" with Du'An Lightfoot!
"GPU memory math, agent architectures, observability, token economics — the stuff nobody explains until your bill arrives."
youtu.be/WSalm-rvG2E
"Getting into Local AI (2/3)" with Du'An Lightfoot!
"GPU memory math, agent architectures, observability, token economics — the stuff nobody explains until your bill arrives."
youtu.be/WSalm-rvG2E
July 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
New @vbrownbag.com episode is UP:
"Getting into Local AI (2/3)" with Du'An Lightfoot!
"GPU memory math, agent architectures, observability, token economics — the stuff nobody explains until your bill arrives."
youtu.be/WSalm-rvG2E
"Getting into Local AI (2/3)" with Du'An Lightfoot!
"GPU memory math, agent architectures, observability, token economics — the stuff nobody explains until your bill arrives."
youtu.be/WSalm-rvG2E
Most AI content is built for developers. What about everyone else?
Tomorrow at noon ET on @vbrownbag.com - "AI for Normal People" with AWS Hero @hoegertn.de
Thorsten is helping SMBs learn to learn AI in a budget-friendly way. Come along as we learn!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ6Y...
#AI #AWS
Tomorrow at noon ET on @vbrownbag.com - "AI for Normal People" with AWS Hero @hoegertn.de
Thorsten is helping SMBs learn to learn AI in a budget-friendly way. Come along as we learn!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ6Y...
#AI #AWS
AI for Normal People
YouTube video by vBrownBag
www.youtube.com
June 23, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Most AI content is built for developers. What about everyone else?
Tomorrow at noon ET on @vbrownbag.com - "AI for Normal People" with AWS Hero @hoegertn.de
Thorsten is helping SMBs learn to learn AI in a budget-friendly way. Come along as we learn!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ6Y...
#AI #AWS
Tomorrow at noon ET on @vbrownbag.com - "AI for Normal People" with AWS Hero @hoegertn.de
Thorsten is helping SMBs learn to learn AI in a budget-friendly way. Come along as we learn!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ6Y...
#AI #AWS
AWS re:Invent is $1,799 + flight + hotel. What if AWS just... paid for yours? 👀
Join us LIVE in 30 min on @vbrownbag.com: "How to go to AWS re:Invent FOR FREE" with Dale Orders
- The grant programs that can cover your re:Invent ticket
- Who's eligible & how to apply
youtube.com/@vbrownbag
Join us LIVE in 30 min on @vbrownbag.com: "How to go to AWS re:Invent FOR FREE" with Dale Orders
- The grant programs that can cover your re:Invent ticket
- Who's eligible & how to apply
youtube.com/@vbrownbag
June 4, 2026 at 12:06 AM
AWS re:Invent is $1,799 + flight + hotel. What if AWS just... paid for yours? 👀
Join us LIVE in 30 min on @vbrownbag.com: "How to go to AWS re:Invent FOR FREE" with Dale Orders
- The grant programs that can cover your re:Invent ticket
- Who's eligible & how to apply
youtube.com/@vbrownbag
Join us LIVE in 30 min on @vbrownbag.com: "How to go to AWS re:Invent FOR FREE" with Dale Orders
- The grant programs that can cover your re:Invent ticket
- Who's eligible & how to apply
youtube.com/@vbrownbag
Yelling at LLM Costs
TONIGHT 8:30 PM ET
Who's actually paying for all this AI?
The @vbrownbag.com Gang talks about:
💸 Frontier model pricing
🖥️ Local models & hidden costs
🏢 What this means for enterprise budgets
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_U...
@sixfoot.dad @giftedlane.bsky.social
TONIGHT 8:30 PM ET
Who's actually paying for all this AI?
The @vbrownbag.com Gang talks about:
💸 Frontier model pricing
🖥️ Local models & hidden costs
🏢 What this means for enterprise budgets
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_U...
@sixfoot.dad @giftedlane.bsky.social
May 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Yelling at LLM Costs
TONIGHT 8:30 PM ET
Who's actually paying for all this AI?
The @vbrownbag.com Gang talks about:
💸 Frontier model pricing
🖥️ Local models & hidden costs
🏢 What this means for enterprise budgets
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_U...
@sixfoot.dad @giftedlane.bsky.social
TONIGHT 8:30 PM ET
Who's actually paying for all this AI?
The @vbrownbag.com Gang talks about:
💸 Frontier model pricing
🖥️ Local models & hidden costs
🏢 What this means for enterprise budgets
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_U...
@sixfoot.dad @giftedlane.bsky.social
Getting Started with Local AI with Du'An Lightfoot (1 of 3 part @vbrownbag.com series) is UP:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VS1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VS1...
Getting Started with Local AI
YouTube video by vBrownBag
www.youtube.com
May 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Getting Started with Local AI with Du'An Lightfoot (1 of 3 part @vbrownbag.com series) is UP:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VS1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VS1...
Reposted by Chris Williams☁️🐍
Hear @mistwire.com, Global Developer Relations Manager at @hashicorp.com, chat with me about everything from consulting to tech certifications to corporate espionage (sort of) on the latest @redmonk.com MonkCast. redmonk.com/videos/from-... youtube.com/shorts/HKZyS...
Chris Williams on the Consultant's Access Advantage #developer #softwareengineer
YouTube video by RedMonk
youtube.com
April 21, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Hear @mistwire.com, Global Developer Relations Manager at @hashicorp.com, chat with me about everything from consulting to tech certifications to corporate espionage (sort of) on the latest @redmonk.com MonkCast. redmonk.com/videos/from-... youtube.com/shorts/HKZyS...
Reposted by Chris Williams☁️🐍
Hey y'all, I'm looking for some work to bridge the gap while I continue working on @cartridge.dev and @happyview.dev.
If you have contract work for #atproto projects (planning, code, architecture), I'd be delighted to help. DM me with details.
#atproto #OpenToWork #LookingForWork
If you have contract work for #atproto projects (planning, code, architecture), I'd be delighted to help. DM me with details.
#atproto #OpenToWork #LookingForWork
May 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Hey y'all, I'm looking for some work to bridge the gap while I continue working on @cartridge.dev and @happyview.dev.
If you have contract work for #atproto projects (planning, code, architecture), I'd be delighted to help. DM me with details.
#atproto #OpenToWork #LookingForWork
If you have contract work for #atproto projects (planning, code, architecture), I'd be delighted to help. DM me with details.
#atproto #OpenToWork #LookingForWork
Have you ever used AI to help build a Terraform environment and it was... underwhelming? Well LOOK NO FURTHER 😆
Today on @vbrownbag.com - Teaching AI to Terraform (So We Don't Have To!) with Sam McGeown!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpwj...
Today on @vbrownbag.com - Teaching AI to Terraform (So We Don't Have To!) with Sam McGeown!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpwj...
January 21, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Have you ever used AI to help build a Terraform environment and it was... underwhelming? Well LOOK NO FURTHER 😆
Today on @vbrownbag.com - Teaching AI to Terraform (So We Don't Have To!) with Sam McGeown!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpwj...
Today on @vbrownbag.com - Teaching AI to Terraform (So We Don't Have To!) with Sam McGeown!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpwj...
I bet a million dollars he doesn't know what "kinetic" means
September 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I bet a million dollars he doesn't know what "kinetic" means
Tomorrow @ noon on @vbrownbag.com:
"Cloud Credibility: Marketing Yourself in the AWS Era" with AWS Community Builder Janvi Bhagchandani!
In this episode we deploy a personal website using AWS services: S3, CloudFront, and (optionally) Amplify or Lambda!
Join us:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE5R...
"Cloud Credibility: Marketing Yourself in the AWS Era" with AWS Community Builder Janvi Bhagchandani!
In this episode we deploy a personal website using AWS services: S3, CloudFront, and (optionally) Amplify or Lambda!
Join us:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE5R...
August 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Tomorrow @ noon on @vbrownbag.com:
"Cloud Credibility: Marketing Yourself in the AWS Era" with AWS Community Builder Janvi Bhagchandani!
In this episode we deploy a personal website using AWS services: S3, CloudFront, and (optionally) Amplify or Lambda!
Join us:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE5R...
"Cloud Credibility: Marketing Yourself in the AWS Era" with AWS Community Builder Janvi Bhagchandani!
In this episode we deploy a personal website using AWS services: S3, CloudFront, and (optionally) Amplify or Lambda!
Join us:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE5R...