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The Importance of Branding in Tech Companies
In today’s fast-moving technology industry, building innovative solutions is only part of creating a successful company. Strong branding helps organizations communicate their identity, build recognition, and create meaningful connections with their audience. This article explores how branding allows technology companies to establish an impactful presence and how creative content [...]
AWSUGPH x Tutorials Dojo September Meetup: BEYOND THE BUILD
What does it take to turn an idea into something real? At the September meetup of AWS User Group Philippines and Tutorials Dojo, four speakers explored the decisions, challenges, and technologies shaping the way we build. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EzMrtZDFE/ On September 24, AWS User Group Philippines and Tutorials [...]
Build an 8-Bit AI Architecture Generator (Next.js & Groq)
Have you ever wanted to build a completely custom AI Architecture Generator, but got stuck trying to force a language model to output perfectly valid diagram syntax? Downloading a standard flowchart library is rarely plug-and-play. You wire up the code, run it, and immediately hit walls, from struggling to [...]
App Deployment Is More Than Just Writing Code
When I first started learning about application development, I thought creating an app was mostly about writing code, designing the interface, and making sure the features worked. Once the application was built, I assumed the next step would be to publish it and let people use it. However, as [...]
Setting up Amazon SES for a Lightsail Based Application
On this article, you will learn how you can send emails from AWS Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) on applications hosted in AWS Lightsail, a virtual private server. You will learn how to verify a sending domain, connect your application, and prepare to send password resets, notifications, and newsletters. [...]
How to Build an AI-Powered Django Notes App for Free
Have you ever wanted to build a completely custom AI-powered note-taking app, but got stuck trying to make the backend talk to modern language models? Downloading a starter Django repository is rarely plug-and-play. You clone the code, run it, and immediately hit walls, from struggling to securely [...]
What’s New with the AWS Certified Developer Associate (DVA-C03)?
If you are preparing for the AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02) exam, you may be wondering what the new DVA-C03 exam means for you. AWS is updating this certification to match the skills developers use today—such as building apps on AWS, using AI tools to help write and [...]
What’s New with the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (SAP-C03)?
If you have been preparing for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) exam, you may be wondering what the upcoming SAP-C03 update means for your study plan. AWS is refreshing the certification to reflect the broader responsibilities of today’s solutions architects—from designing reliable, cost-efficient systems to integrating [...]
Vera Rubin: NVIDIA’s Blueprint for the Agentic AI Era
If AI keeps getting smarter, can the infrastructure behind it keep up? Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond simply generating answers. Modern AI systems are becoming capable of reasoning through problems, using external tools, retrieving information, executing tasks, and deciding what to do next. This is the idea behind [...]

The Role of Cloud Computing and AI in Revolutionizing the Automotive Industry

If you love cars and tech, you're in for a treat. Imagine a world where your car doesn’t just get you from point A to point B. Instead, it learns, updates itself, and even fixes problems before you even notice them. Thanks to cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI), this is now possible. In fact, platforms like AWS for automotive are driving the evolution of smarter, more connected vehicles. The car industry is changing [...]

Amazon Kiro AI IDE: Spec-Driven Development

The world of coding is rapidly evolving with AI. We've seen the rise of vibe coding through chat applications, AI-powered IDEs, and integrated terminals like Amazon Q. Now, a new chapter begins with a smarter, more organized approach: Spec-Development. This innovative methodology comes to life through Amazon Kiro, Amazon's cutting-edge AI IDE built to deliver applications that are genuinely ready for production. Quick Recap of What is Vibe Coding? Vibe coding is an AI-assisted [...]

AWS SysOps Renamed to AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate SOA-C03

The AWS Training and Certification team recently announced a change in one of its popular Associate-level AWS certification exams. Effective September 2025, the “AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate” will be called the “AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate” to reflect evolving industry terms and the broader scope of modern cloud operations. What's New with the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer Associate Exam? The decision to rename the existing AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate exam [...]

Effectively Set-Up Your Virtual Private Cloud using CloudFormation

Hello Dojos! We're back again for another Infrastructure as Code article, focusing on AWS Native Infrastructure as Code Service, CloudFormation In my previous article, we explored the benefits of using Infrastructure as Code to ramp up your production by showing how easy it is to launch an EC2 Instance using Terraform. For this article, we will explore AWS CloudFormation and try to deploy our very own Virtual Private Cloud. Using Terraform and CloudFormation offers [...]

AI/UX: The AI Urgency for User Experience (UX)

Go back in time. Find a designer in 1999. They are masters of their craft. Kings of QuarkXPress, wizards of print, fluent in a language of picas and Pantone chips. They are safe. They are secure. And they are utterly oblivious to the meteor called "the internet" that is about to turn them into a fossil. We are standing in that exact same spot today. We are polishing our component libraries and debating shades [...]

Make Your Own Smart Study Tracker with Google Sheets & Scripts

If you’ve ever felt like your study routine is kinda all over the place or if you're just curious where all your “study time” actually goes then you’re not alone. Maybe you're prepping for exams, juggling organization work, reviewing for certifications, or just trying to build a better routine. Whatever it is, having a simple system to track your study time can help you stay accountable without needing to download another app or learn [...]

Large Reasoning Models (LRMs): The AI That Actually Shows Its Work

Imagine you are in a Math Class, and the teacher just gave a complex problem for everyone to solve. Then, after a few minutes, a classmate just shouted an answer. You’re all shocked because how did he come up with it? Was it the correct answer or they just made a guess? When the teacher asked them to elaborate they refused and said that they already did their work. This scenario displays the frustrations [...]

AI as a Service (AIaaS) To Power Your Business Forward

If you have a business or kind of planning to start one, you’ve prolly heard one of the most overused quotes out there: “if you’re not growing, you’re dying.” And sure, at some point, that’s true. Undeniably. But you see, not every business has the time, resources, or skilled team to keep up with the competition. From personalized shopping experiences to smarter customer support… How? Artificial Intelligence. Just a truly intelligent, always-on key part [...]

Synthetic Media Overload: AI-Generated Content vs. Reality

You’re scrolling. One second it’s a heartfelt story, the next it’s a video of someone saying something that feels… off. Except… they didn’t. Note: This photo is generated thru Sora Welcome to the era of synthetic media where online content is changing fast. From AI-written news articles to deepfake videos that look and sound real, it’s becoming harder to spot. Let’s talk about the flood of synthetic media, the blur between authentic [...]

What is ROUGE Metrics – Recall-Oriented Understudy for Gisting Evaluation?

Recall-Oriented Understudy for Gisting Evaluation (ROUGE) Cheat Sheet ROUGE is a family of metrics designed to assess the similarity between machine-generated text (candidate) and human-written reference text (ground truth) in NLP tasks like text summarization and machine translation. Measures how well generated text captures key information and structure from reference text, emphasizing recall (proportion of relevant information preserved). Score Range: 0 to 1, where higher scores indicate greater similarity between candidate and reference texts. [...]