Joseph Wagner

A little while back I had the opportunity to collaborate on an MIT Technology Review report on cloud optimization. I feel lucky that #LifeAtVanguard includes incredible opportunities like this! It’s now available here technologyreview.com/2025/04/24/111…

I like how the @salesforce announcement has all of the tech folks who clearly don’t work for anything other than startups declaring the death of the UI universally…I promise that’s not going to happen.

@toddsaunders Sounds interesting. Would love to connect in LinkedIn and hear more.

I want to get the most AI pilled folks in NJ for a meetup in Westfield. I have no idea how to source or find these people so please X do your thing!

@QuinnyPig Dude the number of times that I’ve discussed how terrible a name “Q” was…and it was like the same name for 4 different services. “Quick Suite” is almost as bad as how am I possibly supposed to know what it is if I don’t already…

Jassy’s shareholder letter casually abbreviates Same Day Fulfillment Centers as “SSDs.” This is the man who named Amazon Q. He wasn’t promoted away from naming things. He was promoted into more things to name.

Great week at ⁦@AWSreInvent⁩! Learned a lot, had productive meetings, met some great new friends and connected with old ones. Some extended thoughts from me over on ⁦@LinkedIn⁩. #AWSreInvent #lifeatvanguard linkedin.com/posts/josephwa…

@reInventParties @CapitalOne Safe travels sir! Happy we could sync up one night at least.

I have an Early Flight today. 😛 I Can’t Stress Enough the Value of the @CapitalOne VentureX Card. The Lounges are So Good & So Free. LV Lounge is near Gate D50.

@eurofounder This is likely not secure enough as it would need to store data up until each word is completed. Please make sure they revisit their privacy protection strategy.

I just witnessed the end of OpenAI reckless behavior in Europe At the startup event in Brussels, OpenAI engineer was presenting their new model One brave Austrian regulator stood up in the audience "Where's the data stored?" "Umm, we have lots of data centers, so not sure exactly, most likely Texas?" That ignorant American didn't even know where they store user data "Processing EU citizen data in the US?" The engineer laughed thinking it was a joke and tried to continue his presentation The regulator didn't stop there "Does it remember conversations?" "Yes, of course for context" "That's data retention. Where's your compliance officer?" OpenAI flew in their legal team that night EU Commission rightfully demanded their entire codebase for review "You guys must be joking, that's our IP" OpenAI is now building a separate model just for EU that purposely forgets everything after each word It just responds "I cannot recall" to every query to protect user privacy This is what AI safety actually looks like Incredibly proud of living in Europe

@brooke_jamieson @AWSEvents @awscloud @awsdevelopers I also always try to track down my oldest friend Buckets…

Annual re:Union with Buckets! 🪣 What’s been your favourite moment of re:Invent so far? Tell me in the comments! @AWSEvents #AWSreInvent

Uhhhhh…..yuck. Seems very much less than ideal.

@pk_iv Hey man, it’s that or the pods on the way to Cesar forums…

The meeting room setup at Reinvent is so dystopian. Feels like I’m in the B2B SaaS version of Severance.

@reInventParties Haha…yeah man. I was thinking hey no biggie get some extra steps. Bad call

Oh no. No no no. The ProTip is Monorail. You get it at Flamingo and it takes you to MGM.

@reInventParties Gonna have to track you down at something and say hi! Comfy shoes or no…I did just commit the COLOSSAL mistake of walking from Venetian to MGM for a session….mistakes were made

Happy Tuesday re:Invent People! I Hope you have on Comfy Shoes Today! These are Mine Today. Gotta Love Sesame Street! Show us What you are Wearing! #AWSreInvent #AWSreInvent2025

@QuinnyPig I mean, I would hedge toward thinking those warnings are more due to the overly litigious nature of the US injury lawyer culture than it is based on legit danger. I did however get IMMEDIATELY congested walking into the main area this year with the fragrance thing.

What shit-tier frugal #AWSreInvent vendor is using lasers strong enough to cause skin damage, and have they considered not doing a laser show if they can’t do it safely?

Always great catching up with friends at #AWSreInvent me and #buckets go way back…#reInvent25

Alright…it’s officially #AWSreInvent time!

@reInventParties Happy reinvent! See you out there!

The Time has Finally Arrived. Happy AWS re:Invent! Please be Safe as you Travel to Las Vegas! Let's all Try to be Forgiving & Kind Today. Also, Noise Cancelling Headphones Help! reInventParties.com #reInvent #AWSreInvent

Me driving towards a typical new SUV at night:

@dhwanisaraiya_ Dude I feel like I end up with a migraine by the time I get anywhere if it’s anywhere near dark anymore…it’s gotten completely out of hand

I’m sorry but this is actually getting ridiculous. Is anyone regulating these at all??

@AWSEvents hi folks! I noticed that none of the personal time I’ve added to my event calendar on the web is showing on the event calendar in the app. Is there anyway to rectify this?

@awscloud #reinvent is less than a week away! Getting ready to go check it all out again this year. Always a great week!

Looks pretty cool!