vBrownBag Courses

Exploring AWS AI/ML Services - Beyond the GenAI Hype

Dive deep into AWS AI/ML offerings, explore GenAI's position in the hype cycle, and understand ethical considerations with AWS Hero Vivek Raja. Includes SageMaker Studio demo.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Vibe Coding: Explore The New GenAI Coding Wave

Discover how Du'An Lightfoot transformed from frustrated tinkerer to confident builder, demonstrating his workflow and live-coding using GenAI tools.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Exploring the GenAI Coding Wave: Vibe Coding with Amazon Q Developer

Discover how AWS Developer Advocate Du'An Lightfoot transforms from frustrated tinkerer to confident builder using "vibe coding" with Amazon Q Developer, demonstrating how anyone with ideas can become a developer.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

From Ops to Dev: Understanding the Evolving Developer Landscape

Discover how to evolve your career from operations to development with AI tools, featuring Heroku VP Andrew Fawcett discussing best practices, demos of Cursor rules, cost considerations, and in-demand AI skills.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Vibe Code Responsibly with MCPs

Explore responsible "vibe coding" with MCPs through expert insights, live demonstrations, and best practices for ethical AI-assisted development from Block's Tech Lead.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AI Governance for Virtualized Infrastructure - What vSphere Admins Need to Know

Explore AI governance frameworks for vSphere administrators, covering IEEE standards, risk assessment, data lineage, and practical implementation strategies for virtualized environments.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Observability 2.0 - More Than Just Logs, Metrics and Traces

Discover how modern observability evolves beyond traditional monitoring with OpenTelemetry, ML algorithms, anomaly detection, and AI-powered automation for error prediction.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

FinOps - What It Is and Why It Matters

Explore FinOps principles and practices to optimize cloud spending while maintaining innovation, covering the three phases, leadership buy-in, and cost-aware architecture design.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AI Governance for Virtualized Infrastructure

Discover essential AI governance frameworks for vSphere environments and learn to map compliance controls to your existing VMware infrastructure stack.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

FinOps - What Is It and Why It Matters

Discover FinOps principles and practices to optimize cloud spending while maintaining innovation velocity through cost-aware architecture design and finance team collaboration.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Teaching AI to Terraform Using Model Context Protocol - So We Don't Have To

Discover how to teach AI to write Terraform configurations using Model Context Protocol servers, with live demos of AI-powered infrastructure planning and automation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Observability 2.0 - More Than Just Logs, Metrics and Traces

Explore how observability evolves beyond logs, metrics & traces with AI-powered monitoring, OpenTelemetry, dynamic sampling, anomaly detection, and cost optimization strategies.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Evolution of Tool Use and Model Context Protocol in Generative AI

Explore the evolution from prompt engineering to Model Context Protocol (MCP) and learn to build your first MCP server with real-world examples and best practices.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Increasing Confidence in Your Software Supply Chain

Discover essential strategies for software supply chain security with Mike Fiedler, who shares practical actions for both consumers and producers to prevent compromises and enhance safety in open source software.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building a Well-Architected Review Crew with GenAI

Discover how GenAI-powered AWS experts can transform cloud strategies through multi-agent workflows and the Well-Architected Framework, turning best practices into actionable results for your team.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video