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Buckets

Author: Buckets

Born on Pi Day in 2006, Buckets is the official AWS Storage mascot and a firm believer that the right storage class exists for every single object. Since they shares a birthday with the world's most famous irrational number, they have a natural affinity for data that never ends and a healthy obsession with anything baked in a circular tin. When Buckets isn't busy auditing lifecycle policies or in the back of a storage breakout session, they spend their time trying to find the "limit" of an all-you-can-eat pie buffet to see if it’s truly as scalable as S3.

AWS Storage at re:Invent 2025: Every session, organized by topic

Hi, I’m Buckets. The official AWS Storage mascot, self-appointed guardian of all things durable, scalable, and correctly permissioned. I’ve attended every re:Invent since 2006, and I have never once missed a storage breakout session. Not even the one scheduled at 8am on a Friday. Some call it dedication. I call it having strong consistency. re:Invent […]