Today’s lesson was all about Serverless architectures. Serverless is a method where you simply write your code and let Amazon Web Services (AWS) handle all the maintenance, scaling, and heavy lifting automatically. With serverless you can focus purely on creating amazing features and not managing infrastructure. You don’t have to manage complicated servers and pay […]
Have you ever slammed your laptop shut after waiting five seconds for a webpage to load? Latency, indeed, kills user experience. Worse yet, it can translate into overloaded databases and skyrocketing operational costs. Thankfully, there’s a solution for this: Caching and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs).Caching means keeping frequently used data closer to the user or […]
In today’s digital world, customers won’t wait for slow pages, and businesses can’t afford downtime or data loss. The bar of expected speed, uptime, and reliability are at an all-time high. To that end AWS provides powerful, fully managed tools to help you move data safely, serve users globally, and recover instantly when things go […]
Have you ever wondered how the fastest websites manage billions of data requests without crashing? The secret…Psst…is managed databases like Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora. With these services you can say goodbye to sleepless nights of configuring servers or worrying about backups. These services take care of setup, operation, and scaling so you can focus […]
The right choice of digital storage service determines your speed, your ability to share data, and ultimately, your monthly bill so it is a very critical decision. Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers several primary ways to store data and today’s lesson examines how to pick the right one Here are four key questions that can […]
How do major websites stay fast even when millions of people are clicking at the same time? They avoid virtual traffic jams using something called an AWS Load Balancer (ELB). These tools might be compared to a specialized traffic manager who has the job to efficiently distributing incoming requests across multiple servers and send incoming […]
How do major online services stay fast even when millions of people log in at once? How do they survive a major regional power outage without skipping a beat? Today’s lesson examines two foundational architectural principles that make it possible, namely, Auto Scaling and High Availability The key questions I examined today were: What are […]
Advanced EC2 Design — Placement Groups, Instance Types, AMIs, and Spot Instances Today I covered the foundational pillars of advanced EC2 design. I reviewed the answers to the following questions: 1. How do I choose the single best type of machine for my unique job? Choosing the best type of machine or instance type is […]
Today’s lesson revolved around how to set up a network in a way that is scalable, secure, and highly available (HA). These were the big questions I delved into: 1. How do Security Groups (SGs) and NACLs differ in function? 2. Which type of Endpoint should I choose for private AWS connectivity? 3. What is […]
Today’s lesson is all about how to create a digital safety net. A technical failure, a fire, or even a simple human error- any of these could cause a digital system to stop working, with dire consequences for a business. Every minute an e-commerce site is down during peak shopping season means lost revenue and […]