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Aidan Steele

Bluesky @awsteele.com
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📣Sponsored postOne post with your link and message, clearly disclosed. $15→ 🧵Sponsored threadA 3–5 post storytelling thread — Bluesky rewards substance o… $38→ 📌Pinned sponsored postA sponsored post pinned to the top of my profile for the mon… $45/mo→ 🔗Link-in-bio placementYour link in my bio for the month. $23/mo→ 🔁Repost packageI repost your account's posts through the month — distributi… $30/mo→ ⭐Starter-pack placementYour account included in my starter pack — new users follow … $30/mo→ 🎁Giveaway postYou supply the prize — I run the giveaway post and pick winn… $12→ 📦Product seeding / honest reviewSend me your product — I post a disclosed, honest take. Auth… $18→ 🤝Mutual shoutout collabWe shout each other out — a value swap between accounts. Swap→

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Followers
1.6K
Account age
3 yrs
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Known for

How long should I wait before following up on some missing international mail? My passport was apparently in Dublin over two weeks ago. No updates on the Irish side and not trackable by Aus Post.14 views How long should I wait before following up on some missing international mail? My passport was apparently in Dublin over two weeks ago. No updates on the Irish side and not trackable by Aus Post. For some incomprehensible reason Instagram has added pregnant capybaras to my search screen. That’s clearly not the kind of content I came to instagram for 😂11 views For some incomprehensible reason Instagram has added pregnant capybaras to my search screen. That’s clearly not the kind of content I came to instagram for 😂 It seems the AWS Lambda console and the Kinesis docs disagree on the set of required permissions for a x-acct enhanced-fanout subscriber. This[1] doc says one thing, this[2] says another and the console says a third. [1]: docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/late... [2]: docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/late...4 views It seems the AWS Lambda console and the Kinesis docs disagree on the set of required permissions for a x-acct enhanced-fanout subscriber. This[1] doc says one thing, this[2] says another and the console says a third. [1]: docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/late... [2]: docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/late... For the life of me, I cannot figure out what “pin to show in Airbnb” means in the iOS messages app. Tapping the link loads the listing in the app. Long-pressing the message yields nothing relevant and tapping the CTA itself does nothing.3 views For the life of me, I cannot figure out what “pin to show in Airbnb” means in the iOS messages app. Tapping the link loads the listing in the app. Long-pressing the message yields nothing relevant and tapping the CTA itself does nothing.

📊 Post engagement

14
Avg engagement / post
0.9%
Engagement vs followers
Apr 2023
On Bluesky since

🔥 Top post: Back in 2022 I started a project I called vpcshark. Since then, · 43 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.7 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 7 text · 5 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
2.3×
Follows 712 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Back in 2022 I started a project I called vpcshark. Since then, AWS has launched three generations of EC2 instances without traffic mirroring support. So I figured I might as well open source it, might be useful to someone. github.com/aidansteele/... ★ 43
For the life of me, I cannot figure out what “pin to show in Airbnb” means in the iOS messages app. Tapping the link loads the listing in the app. Long-pressing the message yields nothing relevant and tapping the CTA itself does nothing. ★ 3 For some incomprehensible reason Instagram has added pregnant capybaras to my search screen. That’s clearly not the kind of content I came to instagram for 😂 ★ 11 How long should I wait before following up on some missing international mail? My passport was apparently in Dublin over two weeks ago. No updates on the Irish side and not trackable by Aus Post. ★ 14 Sitting at the airport, on my way to re:invent for the first time in 5 years. If all goes smoothly I should be checking into my hotel in about 24 hours. See y’all soon. ★ 30 It seems the AWS Lambda console and the Kinesis docs disagree on the set of required permissions for a x-acct enhanced-fanout subscriber. This[1] doc says one thing, this[2] says another and the console says a third. [1]: docs.aws.amazon… ★ 4 I finally got around to automatically publishing new versions of my "unofficial AWS CodeBuild base image" project (and migrating to public ECR instead of Docker Hub). If you want custom images without the perf penalty, this is probably up… ★ 6 Today I learned that AWS Lambda will only perform automatic de-aggregation of KPL-formatted records when reading from an "enhanced fanout" Kinesis consumer. Apparently the Kinesis docs are unaware of this: they claim that functions need … ★ 3 I’m home, sans luggage that missed my connecting flight. Qantas says it should arrive tomorrow. I’m not fussed as long as it arrives within the 166 hours until I depart for re:invent 🫠 ★ 22 Hypothetically, would anyone be interested in: 1. A Kinesis stream representing the Bluesky firehose 2. A set of Iceberg tables in S3 representing the serialised events from that firehose 3. An EventBridge bus so you can subscribe to a s… ★ 20 I’m in SF this week and Waymo is seriously impressive. There’s a billionaire/car company out there claiming that autonomous vehicles are right around the corner, but it feels like they’ve already arrived - in this city, at least. ★ 11 I really like the call recording and transcription functionality added to iOS. I often forget verbal conversations, so it’s incredibly handy. I had a call with my sister and it nailed the (Aussie English) transcript. Tapping on a word to… ★ 3

🦋 Handle & authenticity

✅ Domain-verified
@awsteele.com
The handle is the domain awsteele.com. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real awsteele.com account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Apr 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 14 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.7× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

80/100
Excellent Credibility score
97%
Real Real audience
Low Fake-follower risk
High Data confidence
  • Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong engagement (~0.9% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
  • Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

@__steele on the bird site. Lefty, in every sense of the word. AWS Hero, I mostly post about cloudy things and silly projects I’ve worked on. I also post photos of my dog. He/him.

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For the life of me, I cannot figure out what “pin to show in Airbnb” means in the iOS messages app. Tapping the link loads the listing in the app. Long-pressing the message yields nothing relevant and tapping the CTA itself does nothing. For some incomprehensible reason Instagram has added pregnant capybaras to my search screen. That’s clearly not the kind of content I came to instagram for 😂 How long should I wait before following up on some missing international mail? My passport was apparently in Dublin over two weeks ago. No updates on the Irish side and not trackable by Aus Post. It seems the AWS Lambda console and the Kinesis docs disagree on the set of required permissions for a x-acct enhanced-fanout subscriber. This[1] doc says one thing, this[2] says another and the console says a third. [1]: docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/late... [2]: docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/late... Today I learned that AWS Lambda will only perform automatic de-aggregation of KPL-formatted records when reading from an "enhanced fanout" Kinesis consumer. Apparently the Kinesis docs are unaware of this: they claim that functions need to de-aggregate KPL records themselves.

🔀 Audience overlap

Estimated

Estimated shared audience with similar creators — useful for avoiding overlap (or doubling down) when planning a campaign.

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