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AppBuildersPH 2026: Drawn to Victory
Some drawings find their place on refrigerators. Others are tucked away in folders, kept as reminders of a childhood imagination that knows no bounds. But for one Filipino father, a child's drawing became something far greater, an inspiration behind a grand championship. Among 1,270 builders and 281 projects submitted [...]
Practical Ways to Upskill in Tech Before the Year Ends
You don't need to wait for January to start improving your skills. Here's how to make the remaining months of 2026 count, one skill, project, and learning opportunity at a time. As the year slowly comes to an end, it's easy to start thinking about everything you want to [...]
Netlify vs Vercel: which should you use in 2026?
Netlify and Vercel are cloud platforms that allow developers to publish websites without managing their own servers. Both services handle much of the infrastructure needed to make a website available online, including deployments, secure connections, and content delivery. For example, imagine you have finished building a personal portfolio or [...]
Build a Cozy AI Study Workspace with Next.js and Groq
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 [...]

Ramp Up your Mobile Development with FlutterFlow

As a developer, time is one of the most essential factors in developing projects, such as websites, mobile applications, and others. Most projects take much planning, meetings, agenda settings, blah blah blah, before they even reach the development phase. But what if we throw time out of the window? What if a supposed year-long project is already due for the next 3 months? What approach should we use to solve this issue and possibly excel [...]

What Makes AI + Blockchain A Promising Synergy

Nowadays, two of the most transformative technologies are on a collision course with the masses: “AI vs. Blockchain?” Keep in mind that these two are entirely different, and they function individually, which gives the two a very dynamic opposition. Yet, it’s precisely those differences that make their fusion a promising breakthrough. There’s really no better player between the two. Seriously, why not go for BOTH, right? Just imagine what these two advancements can [...]

Cloud-9.3: Accessing and Configuring Your Amazon EC2 Instance

Hey, this is Step 3 of our 9-step website portfolio building with AWS! Got lost? Click here to go to the main article, and here for the second step! Now that your EC2 instance is up and running, you might have noticed something strange, every time you stop and start the instance, the public IP address changes. This means the link to your website will keep changing too, which isn’t ideal if you want [...]

AGI vs. ASI vs. ANI: AI Stages Towards Super Intelligence

"You know AI can write poems, drive cars, and even beat humans in chess... but have you ever asked yourself: What kind of AI are we really dealing with? And how close are we to something smarter than us?" Let’s break this down the way I’d explain it to a friend with curiosity, good vibes, and maybe a few deep thoughts that'll have you staring at the ceiling tonight. First things first, what [...]

Cloud-9.2: Launching Your Amazon EC2 Instance

Hey, this is Step 2 of our 9-step website portfolio building with AWS and WordPress! Got lost? Click here to go to the main article, and here for the first step! Now that you've secured your domain, it's time to bring your website to life! In this step, we’ll launch an Amazon EC2 instance, a cloud-based virtual server that will host your portfolio. History 101: From Physical Servers to the Cloud Before diving into [...]

Signed, Sealed, Secured: Amazon S3 Style

Building applications requires extensive planning, ranging from UI design and data flow to database interactions. However, one of the most crucial aspects is figuring out how to allow users to save files such as images, PDFs, and videos securely and reliably within our application. Fortunately, AWS offers a robust and scalable service for handling file storage: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). Nevertheless, the real challenge lies in controlling how users upload and download their [...]

Genomic Data with Amazon S3: A Practical Guide to Public Datasets

What if, you don’t have to worry about massive datasets? What if they’re open and easily accessible to you? Would it help… to inspire you to work on that bioinformatics project? Fret not! Have you heard of AWS Open Data Program (ODP)? You will now! Related: If you haven’t read about utilizing SRA Toolkit and AWS for data preparation, you can read it here. Introduction to Related Concepts: Why Genomic Data in Amazon S3? [...]

The New Race to the Moon: AI’s Global Economic Impact and What It Means for Your Career [Opinion]

"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" - a phrase spoken by Neil Armstrong as he became the first person to set foot on the Moon In 1962, when President Kennedy declared that America would put a man on the moon before the decade's end, he wasn't just announcing a scientific endeavor. He was firing the starting gun in a race that would reshape the global economy for generations to [...]

Vibe Coding: Where Ideas Become Reality with AI

Vibe Coding is the next evolution of software development, it's like having a super-smart coding partner who's always ready to help. Instead of struggling alone with complex code, you describe what you want to build in normal words, and AI helps make it happen. It's perfect for when you have a great app idea but don't want to spend months learning every programming detail. It's designed to enhance developers' capabilities, not replace them. The [...]

Amazon S3 Metadata = Less Stress, More Insights

In today’s world, data is the backbone of every successful business and organization. As data grows exponentially, managing it can become a complex task. Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) has long been a go-to solution for storing massive amounts of data, but with that growth comes a challenge: how do you efficiently discover, manage, and analyze that data? A feature designed to simplify data discovery and make the management of massive datasets much more [...]