Blogs

A neglected serverless data store: Cloud Directory

Lately, I’ve been having much fun with Amazon Cloud Directory. Three months before, Cloud Directory ...

A look at DynamoDB

Scaling a traditional, relational database is very hard because transactional guarantees (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability ...

A brief history of AWS architectures

The way you create architectures on AWS has evolved over the last ten years.

6 unknown CloudFormation features you should know about

I was recently invited to a CloudFormation workshop with a group of early CloudFormation users. ...

6 tips and tricks for AWS command-line ninjas

The AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) allows you to manage AWS services. Using the CLI ...

6 new ways to reduce your AWS bill with little effort

The last time we wrote about how to save AWS costs was at the end ...

5 good reasons not to get AWS certified

I completed my first AWS certification in 2014: AWS Solutions Architect Associate. During the following ...

5 AWS mistakes you should avoid

Since this year I’m working as an AWS Cloud Consultant where I see a lot ...

5 announcements I missed at re:Invent

This year’s re:Invent is over. 19,000 attendees are traveling back home. AWS announced tons of ...

3 simple ways of saving up to 90% of EC2 costs

An EC2 instance is billed at an hourly rate depending on the instance type and ...