Release Notes

What have I been up to? What's new to the Region Compare toolset?


Feature Release: EC2 Model Comparison

Mon, 9th September 2024

This month, our scheduled release has also become a feature release (hence it's a little late)!.

  • NEW FEATURE: EC2 Compare under Toolkit
  • NEW DESIGN: Gen AI generated thumbnails for better user engagement
  • NEW FEATURE: Cloud Tremors! Detection of larger scale releases such as new LLM models or new regions.
  • NEW FEATURE: RSS/Atom feed! No need to keep browsing back to the site, integrated feed now live
  • UPDATE: The Gen AI generated news articles are now using a Bedrock Agent in an attempt to make the releases a little more accurate and engaging
  • IN DEVELOPMENT: Region Profiles. This is a replacement of the boring service list. This will be developed over time to show specific region details.
  • IN DEVELOPMENT: Spot pricing comparisons.

Scheduled Release: Foundation Model Compare Performance Improvements

Weds, 31st July 2024

One of the most popular features this month has been the Foundational Model (FM) comparison tool and it's recieved a lot of attention in the backend too. We've now improved the performance of this feature making it over 80% faster to run. We've also applied a UI improvement (beauty is in the eye of the beholder right...) which will make it easier to read the FMs.

Scheduled Release: Big fixes and reliability improvements

Sunday, 30th June 2024

Since the release at the start of the month a few issues arose and I've tried to make them better including, better secret management using AWS Secrets Manager and self policed QA on Generative output using Amazon Bedrock.

Release Annoucement

Feature Release: Tool Kit & LLM Compare

Saturday, 1st June 2024

Now that Bedrock is expanding in region I find a common question asked is "What Large Language Models are in my region?". This new feature see's the addition of the Region Compare Tool Kit and it's first "Tool" is LLM Compare.

What's a "Tool"? - A tool is a more specific, targetted querty of cross region capability.

This release also see's some backend improvements in data structure and organisation

Release Annoucement Tool Kit LLM Compare

Feature Release: Friendly Region Names

Friday, 24th May 2024

After the original release much feedback came in to make it easier to use or more feature rich. This release enables user friendly region titles. Currently impacts Service List and Region Compare.

Release Annoucement Service List Region Compare

Initial Release: Region Compare

Friday, 17th May 2024

Released initial version to the public, limited functionality of listing regional services and comparing regions.

Release Annoucement Service List Region Compare