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How odd. I appear to be the only person in the #AWSDevDay speaker prep room who is knitting while they review their slides. 🤔🧶

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Such a professional. 😂 #gurning

(Thank you to my colleague Atsushi for immortalising this moment.)

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Dad – Relevant to your interests…

• https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2023/06/oregon-lawmakers-vote-to-allow-self-serve-gas-statewide-ending-decades-long-ban.html

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This is hilarious. As part of the ongoing protests at Reddit, the fashion advice subreddits have gone fully historical. Someone posted this, and the replies are truly amazing and I loved it SO MUCH. You will too. 😂

• https://www.reddit.com/r/femalefashionadvice/comments/14fe08z/how_to_dress_for_a_dinner_party_with_the_guy_i/

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ASIAN FIIIIIIIIIIT! 😎 My amazing husband tracked down replacement sunnies for me in Tokyo today, and they were actually cheaper than my original pair that was stolen, and he even got me a new Moomin case to put them in. ❤️

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Truly excellent ramen, 5 minutes from the hotel! 🍜 🙇‍♀️

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BULLET TRAIN! Mr. Snook finally gets to ride the Shinkansen as we head off on a long day trip to Kyoto. We picked seats with a view of Mt. Fuji, but unfortunately it’s a bit too hazy. I’m taking advantage of the time to work on my sweater some more… 🚅🗻🧶

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Me: So Japan is roughly the size of the east coast of Australia, much more densely packed, with mountainous terrain and earthquakes and stuff…
Rodd: Yep.
Me: So why do they have these super fast trains and we don’t?
Rodd: Australians are tight-arses.

(Okay, he also pointed out that the larger population means they can run the trains here frequently and thus more economically, but damn. I’d much rather spend 5hrs on a bullet train to Melbourne than fly.)

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I am very excited to be at Rory Richardson’s keynote to kick off #AWSDevDay Tokyo! She shared that Amazon CodeWhisperer is now one of the fastest growing services in AWS history. I especially like Rory’s analogy that generative AI is the “microwave popcorn” of machine learning, the “killer app” that catches people’s attention and helps the technology reach critical mass.

If you are at #AWSDevDay: I will be on this stage tomorrow morning talking about “finding your place as a developer,” and feeling confident while avoiding burnout and stress. I also have a large bag of stickers, including #AWSdress stickers! ❤️

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It was a cold and rainy night in Tokyo, so we took shelter in a bar that served German beer and sausages. ❤️🍻

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In the taxi to #AWSDevDay Tokyo! And of course I am in the #AWSdress. 😂👗 Please come up and say hello if you are there! My session will be at 10am this morning.

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The final leg of our trip sees us speeding across Japan once more! 🚅🇯🇵

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