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Three ways to run Docker on AWS

There are a bunch of different ways to run your containerized workloads on AWS. This ...

Three simple rules to avoid data leaking from S3

Reviewing AWS accounts with a focus on security is part of my day-to-day job. My ...

3½ ways to workaround missing CloudFormation support

Are you following the Infrastructure as Code approach using CloudFormation? If so, I bet you ...

The somewhat different AWS re:Invent recap

I’m still recovering from our trip to AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas. The conference was ...

The Life of a Serverless Microservice on AWS

In this post, I will demonstrate how you can develop, test, deploy and operate a ...

The Cloud Switch: IoT Button, Lambda, and CloudFormation

Last one out turns off the light. What works for boring light bulbs can be ...

The AWS Security Journey (2021)

A lot has happened in the area of security at AWS over the years. By ...

Deprecated Terraform provider template causes `Incompatible provider version` error

Did you recently switch to a Mac with Apple Silicon (ARM processor architecture)? The chances ...

Terraform, can you keep a secret?

Did you know that Terraform state can - and most likely does - contain sensitive ...

Step Functions pitfall: The execution reached the maximum number of history events (25000)

AWS Step Functions is an execution environment for finite state machines. Lately, I was running ...