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active: 2022-02-26 → 2026-09-20

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AU Aurora Writers · Towards AWS

💫 Emotional Intelligence: Why Understanding the Heart Matters More Than Just the Mind

A journey into the power of emotions, self-awareness, and human connection.

Oct 05, 2025 · 4 min read · 2,919 claps paywalled #soft-power #heart-sense #inner-calm

💫 Emotional Intelligence: Why Understanding the Heart Matters More Than Just the Mind

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VI Vidip Malhotra · Towards AWS

Latest Update in AWS S3: New Feature

One of the most awaited feature is launched!

Feb 26, 2022 · 3 min read · 352 claps paywalled #aws-s3 #s3-backup #aws

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SA Sasi Kanumuri · Towards AWS

AWS cloud cost savings/ optimization with minimal/ no effort part#1: EBS gp2 — > gp3

This blog series aims to help optimize AWS cloud infrastructure costs with minimal to no effort from Engineering teams. This blog brings…

Mar 31, 2023 · 5 min read · 232 claps paywalled #gp3 #aws #cloud-cost-optimization

AWS cloud cost savings/ optimization with minimal/ no effort part#1: EBS gp2 — > gp3

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PR Proud2beCloud · Towards AWS

Hands-on: Instrumenting AWS Lambda with AWS X-Ray

Introduction

Jan 29, 2024 · 7 min read · 119 claps #aws #application-monitoring #debugging

Hands-on: Instrumenting AWS Lambda with AWS X-Ray

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EK Ekant Mate (AWS APN Ambassador) · Towards AWS

Don’t let key mismanagement put your data at risk — follow these AWS KMS tips.

Protect your data with AWS KMS best practices. Learn how to manage encryption keys effectively and prevent mismanagement risks in your…

Dec 21, 2024 · 5 min read · 112 claps paywalled #aws-kms #aws-key-management #cmk

Don’t let key mismanagement put your data at risk — follow these AWS KMS tips.

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EK Ekant Mate (AWS APN Ambassador) · Towards AWS

What to Do If You Accidentally Delete KMS Key Material: A Recovery Guide

Learn what to do if you accidentally delete KMS key material. Follow this step-by-step guide to restore functionality, prevent disruptions…

Dec 19, 2024 · 5 min read · 110 claps paywalled #aws-kms #security #customer-managed-keys

What to Do If You Accidentally Delete KMS Key Material: A Recovery Guide

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SE Servifyspheresolutions · Towards AWS

Kafka vs. Pulsar: Which Message Broker Actually Wins?

Most companies think their message broker is “fast enough.” Until it isn’t.

Oct 15, 2025 · 11 min read · 90 claps paywalled #devops #kafka #apache-pulsar

Kafka vs. Pulsar: Which Message Broker Actually Wins?

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DH Dhanush N · Towards AWS

Stop Using Kubernetes Dashboard

If you’ve been relying on the Kubernetes Dashboard for managing your clusters, it’s time for an uncomfortable truth: the project is…

Jan 11, 2026 · 2 min read · 87 claps paywalled #kubernetes #kubernetes-dashboard #github

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RI Rio Evrard · Towards AWS

Hub & Spoke Vending Machine: Architecting a Zero-Touch AWS Landing Zone with Terragrunt

AWS makes it easy to get started. You click a button, you have a VPC, you deploy something, it usually works. But three months later, you…

Jun 15, 2026 · 15 min read · 84 claps #aws #terraform #devops

Hub & Spoke Vending Machine: Architecting a Zero-Touch AWS Landing Zone with Terragrunt

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NW Nwachukwu Chibuike · Towards AWS

Serverless Q&A App with RAG Using Amazon Kendra, Bedrock, and AWS Amplify

I show how to build a Retrieval-Augmented Generation Question and Answer application using Amazon Bedrock with Amazon Kendra.

Dec 22, 2023 · 11 min read · 70 claps #serverless #amazon-bedrock #aws-amplify

Serverless Q&A App with RAG Using Amazon Kendra, Bedrock, and AWS Amplify

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RI Riccardo Marostica · Towards AWS

How an Error Cost My Company a $6k Bill

I thought our proof of concept was solid. Then a colleague from Sales showed me the AWS bill.

Jun 25, 2026 · 6 min read · 70 claps paywalled #aws #software-development #software-engineering

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NA NageshVK · Towards AWS

What is Cloud Computing?

Introduction In an era defined by digital evolution, one term that echoes across industries is “cloud computing” This transformative…

Mar 26, 2024 · 2 min read · 68 claps #cloud-computing #cloud #devops

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DH Dhanush N · Towards AWS

The 3 Types of Cloud (And How Each Can Ruin Your Day)

A survival guide to the invisible risks in your infrastructure choices.

Feb 06, 2026 · 3 min read · 62 claps paywalled #cloud-computing #types-of-cloud #cloud-services

The 3 Types of Cloud (And How Each Can Ruin Your Day)

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MA Marcelo Acosta Cavalero · Towards AWS

Generating AWS Architecture Diagrams with Amazon Q on macOS

Many walkthroughs that show how to generate AWS architecture diagrams with Amazon Q assume Linux or Windows with WSL. On macOS, following…

Dec 17, 2025 · 4 min read · 61 claps #aws #software-architecture #aws-q

Generating AWS Architecture Diagrams with Amazon Q on macOS

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TH Thidas Senavirathna · Towards AWS

When to Use What in Container Orchestration in AWS (ECS Deployment with Fargate + ECR)

Asking the Right Questions When Designing AWS Container Architecture, Fargate vs ECS on EC2 vs EKS with ECR

Jun 18, 2026 · 18 min read · 54 claps #aws #container-orchestration #design-thinking

When to Use What in Container Orchestration in AWS (ECS Deployment with Fargate + ECR)

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SE Servifyspheresolutions · Towards AWS

The Day I Finally Understood Observability: Building OTel, Prometheus, Loki & Tempo From Scratch

Follow the exact process I used to connect metrics, logs, and traces into a complete observability platform.

Jun 25, 2026 · 8 min read · 52 claps paywalled #devops #observability #opentelemetry

The Day I Finally Understood Observability: Building OTel, Prometheus, Loki & Tempo From Scratch

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SH Shantanu Gonade · Towards AWS

Stop Relying on EventBridge to Dedupe Your Events: A Practical Guide to Idempotent DynamoDB Writes

Three ways to make a DynamoDB write safe to retry — from a five-line conditional expression to a full request-caching utility — using a…

Jun 18, 2026 · 9 min read · 50 claps #aws #event-driven-architecture #serverless

Stop Relying on EventBridge to Dedupe Your Events: A Practical Guide to Idempotent DynamoDB Writes

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SE Servifyspheresolutions · Towards AWS

I Used Docker for Years Without Knowing How Containers Actually Work

Most developers know how to use Docker. Very few know what actually happens after they press Docker run. I was one of them.

Jun 30, 2026 · 8 min read · 50 claps paywalled #docker #containers #devops

I Used Docker for Years Without Knowing How Containers Actually Work

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SE Servifyspheresolutions · Towards AWS

AWS Multi-Region Active-Active Architecture

Amazon Route 53, DynamoDB Global Tables, and AWS ARC enable resilient multi-region Active-Active architectures with intelligent routing…

Jul 08, 2026 · 7 min read · 45 claps paywalled #aws #cloud-computing #architecture

AWS Multi-Region Active-Active Architecture

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YA Yadav Lamichhane · Towards AWS

Multi-Arch Docker Build with GitHub Actions

In my workplace we have multiple background jobs with its own Dockerfile and business logic code with multiple dependencies. We built a…

May 20, 2026 · 4 min read · 45 claps

Multi-Arch Docker Build with GitHub Actions

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SE Servifyspheresolutions · Towards AWS

If Terraform Works. So Why Are Platform Teams Adding Crossplane?

If Terraform already provisions infrastructure so well, what gap is Crossplane filling and why are leading platform teams choosing both…

Jul 15, 2026 · 12 min read · 40 claps paywalled #devops #technology #terraform

If Terraform Works. So Why Are Platform Teams Adding Crossplane?

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RA raji krishnamoorthy · Towards AWS

Give AWS Kiro IDE the power to create presentations

It’s 6 PM. You have a client meeting at 9 AM tomorrow. You need a pitch deck.

Feb 02, 2026 · 6 min read · 32 claps #genai #mcp-server #aws-kiro

Give AWS Kiro IDE the power to create presentations

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MA Maximilian Oliver · Towards AWS

Amazon Bedrock Completely Changed How I Build Generative AI Applications on AWS

I used to spend more time managing AI models than actually building AI features. After building my first application with Amazon Bedrock, I…

Jul 05, 2026 · 4 min read · 28 claps paywalled #aws #amazon-web-services #amazon-bedrock

Amazon Bedrock Completely Changed How I Build Generative AI Applications on AWS

SU Sudha Subramaniam · Towards AWS

A Guide to the Outbox Pattern: Why @Transactional Isn’t Enough for Kafka in Microservices…

Stop losing data between your DB and Kafka. Learn why @Transactional doesn't roll back Kafka messages and how to implement the Outbox…

Mar 09, 2026 · 5 min read · 27 claps paywalled #outbox-pattern #transactional-outbox #microservices

A Guide to the Outbox Pattern: Why @Transactional Isn’t Enough for Kafka in Microservices…

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SU Sudha Subramaniam · Towards AWS

The TLS Certificate Paradox: Why Lambda Doesn’t Need One with NLB — but On-Prem Does

n a recent project, I deployed a Lambda function using the .NET 8 runtime that invoked an NLB HTTPS endpoint. Surprisingly, I didn’t…

Aug 20, 2025 · 2 min read · 27 claps paywalled #aws-lambda #tls-certificate #http-endpoints