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Building an Amazon Nova AI Chatbot Using Bedrock
If you ever want to build your own AI chatbot on Amazon, this guide will show you how. You’ll create a working, serverless chatbot powered by Amazon Bedrock Nova, one of the easiest ways to try foundation models on Amazon. The setup is simple, fully managed, and does not [...]
Crowd Detection: How AI Predicts Busy Areas
You might use Google Maps in your daily commute, but have you ever wondered how it provides real-time traffic data? Or how it highlights the busiest areas and even the popular times for a business? To achieve this, Google powers these features with large-scale analysis and crowdsourcing from our [...]
Terraform vs AWS CloudFormation: Which Is Better for Building Serverless Applications?
Serverless applications feel effortless — until you try to scale. You might start with a single AWS Lambda function. Soon, you add API Gateway endpoints, DynamoDB tables, S3 triggers, SNS notifications, and maybe Step Functions to orchestrate your workflow. Before long, your AWS console looks like a maze, and [...]
Microsoft Unveils the NEW Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect Certification (AB-100 beta)
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape industries rapidly, the demand for professionals who can design, implement, and manage autonomous AI systems that deliver real business value is skyrocketing. In response to this evolving landscape, Microsoft has introduced a groundbreaking new certification: Microsoft Certified: Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect [...]
Data Preprocessing Guide for Beginners in ML
Before machine learning (ML) models can generate predictions or insights, the raw data must first be cleaned, organized, and transformed into a suitable format for the model. This process is known as data preprocessing. It is the foundation of every successful ML project. It ensures that the model learns [...]
AWS Certified Generative AI Developer Professional Study Path
AWS has just unveiled the newest AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional certification. This important credential is for developers and AI professionals who want to advance their careers by building, deploying, and improving high-quality generative AI applications on AWS. This certification confirms your skills in using foundation models [...]
Don’t Struggle with Kaggle: Build your First Data Science Project!
Are you a beginner wanting to start your very first data science or machine learning project, but don’t have the right hardware or enough storage capacity? Well, Kaggle is the perfect platform to start your journey! What is Kaggle? Kaggle is a powerful web-based platform that provides opportunities for [...]
Tech Burnout: Is It Really Inevitable?
What if the dream job, the one you've always been dreaming of and manifesting ever since, is quietly draining the life out of you? This exhaustion is a known feeling in the tech industry, where the relentless pressure forces professionals and students to push until they hit a wall. [...]
Rise of Microservices in Modern Apps: From One Block to Many
Have you ever thought about the pain of fixing just one small piece of a massive software system without accidentally breaking everything else? Honestly, most of the time, that is almost impossible. That challenge led to the rise of microservices in modern apps. It marked a shift from old monolithic [...]
High-Performing ≠ Massive: The Rise and Progression of Small Language Models (SLMs)
Have you ever needed to find a new charger for your device, only to discover that its voltage wasn’t compatible, causing it not to work or even risking damage? Without checking the actual needs of your device, you’ve probably thought that you could go with what the seller recommends [...]

Creating a Custom HTML Editor in React

This article guides you through integrating a TinyMCE WYSIWYG text editor into a React application which focuses only on the Text Area that displays the HTML code alongside the TinyMCE Text Editor. It covers setting up TinyMCE, managing state, and ensuring real-time updates between the text editor and text area. Whether you’re building a CMS, a blog platform, or an internal tool, this will help in the content editing experience of your users. How [...]

AWS Community Day Philippines 2024

The AWS Community Day Philippines 2024 is an exciting event for tech enthusiasts taking place on September 21-22, 2024, at the Arthaland Century Pacific Tower in BGC, Taguig. Hosted by the AWS User Group Philippines (AWSUG PH), this event is sure to have lots of knowledge-sharing and networking opportunities. What is AWS User Group Philippines? AWS User Group Philippines (AWSUG PH) is a Philippine-based user group made up of working professionals who are [...]

Understanding Security Groups and Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) in AWS

Security within cloud environments is a critical consideration, and AWS offers robust tools to ensure that your cloud infrastructure remains secure. Two critical components in AWS for managing security are Security Groups and Network Access Control Lists (NACLs). These tools act as virtual firewalls, controlling the traffic that enters and exits your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). While they serve similar purposes, they operate differently and are used in distinct scenarios to provide layered security. [...]

Path-Based Routing with Application Load Balancer (AWS ALB): Efficiently Directing Traffic Based on URL Paths

An Application Load Balancer enables you to set up a listener with rules that direct incoming requests to target groups based on the URL. This capability is unique to Application Load Balancers and is not offered by other load balancer types like Classic Load Balancer, Network Load Balancer, and Gateway Load Balancer. The path pattern rules only apply to the path of the URL and do not consider the URL's query parameters. Path-based routing [...]

How to Change an AWS ACM Certificate on Amazon CloudFront Distribution

Before diving into the steps on how to change an AWS ACM-generated SSL Certificate, it’s important to understand the basics and benefits of this service. Having a solid understanding will provide context for the actions we are about to take and help us appreciate the value AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) brings to the table. What is the AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)? AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is a service designed to streamline the provisioning, management, [...]

Real-Time AWS Health Dashboard Updates via Slack Notifications

In an organization or for users that use cloud services, staying updated with the status and health of cloud services is crucial. It's not just about maintaining operational efficiency and minimizing downtime; it's also about peace of mind and ensuring a seamless experience for both the team and customers. The AWS Health Dashboard provides detailed information about the health of AWS services and resources. To ensure timely awareness of any issues or updates, integrating [...]

Automated RDS Snapshot Management for Improved Data Security

The Automated Daily RDS Export ensures that daily snapshots of Amazon RDS instances are created and made shareable. While RDS takes daily snapshots automatically, these are not shareable by default. To address this, we copy the snapshots and share the copies with a designated backup account. This process uses AWS Lambda Functions and Amazon EventBridge to automate the task. EventBridge triggers the Lambda function daily, which handles copying and sharing the snapshots. This automation [...]

Solving HTTP 500 Errors by Increasing File Descriptor Limits

When it comes to web hosting and server management, facing HTTP 500 errors can be a challenging obstacle. Such errors frequently arise from file descriptor limits, which restrict the server's capacity to manage incoming requests efficiently. However, by understanding how to expand these limits, you can reduce the occurrence of HTTP 500 errors and guarantee more seamless operations for your web applications. Raising file descriptor limits helps fix HTTP 500 errors by enabling servers [...]

Exploring C++ with AWS Lambda Custom Runtime

AWS Lambda is a great service for running code without worrying about server management. While it traditionally supports languages like Python, Node.js, and Java, AWS now allows you to run code in any language using custom runtimes. In this blog post, I'll walk you through setting up a C++ Lambda function that calculates the Fibonacci series. We'll leverage the performance and efficiency of C++ to build a function that runs smoothly and showcases the [...]

Automating Slack Notification for Route 53 TTL Changes

Automating a Slack notification system for Route 53 with a 60-second TTL is intended to provide real-time alerts about DNS records with short TTLs. This setup ensures administrators receive quick notifications via Slack, enabling them to promptly identify and resolve potential issues. Through this proactive measure, the optimal performance and reliability of the AWS infrastructure are maintained. Moreover, this approach allows administrators to avoid potential problems by taking corrective actions promptly and minimizing any [...]