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How to Book the Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCA-F) Exam
The Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCA-F) is Anthropic's foundational certification for professionals who design and build production systems with Claude. One thing is worth understanding before you register: the exam is scenario-based, not concept-based. Rather than asking you to define terms or recall facts in isolation, each question [...]
Get AWS AIF-C01 and CLF-C02 with 50% OFF: Build Your Future with Two AWS Certifications!
Artificial intelligence and cloud computing are changing the way we work. From writing emails with AI assistants to running business applications in the cloud, these technologies have become part of our everyday lives. You no longer need to be a software engineer to benefit from understanding how they work. [...]
The Best Local Development Setups for Web and Mobile Apps
Local development setups can affect how fast you build, test, and ship web and mobile apps. This guide is for students, developers, and everyone that wants to compare three practical cross-platform options. You will see how Next.js with Expo, Flutter with Android Studio, and Next.js with Capacitor perform in [...]
My First Exposure to Machine Learning with PyTorch
If you have ever opened a machine learning tutorial and felt like you were reading a math and statistics textbook, you are not alone. I spent months telling myself I would “get into AI eventually”, until I finally arrived at my breakthrough. This is not a textbook breakdown of [...]
Building AI Browser Agents with Browser Use and Playwright
Artificial intelligence is changing how developers interact with the web. Traditional browser automation was originally designed around predefined scripts, rigid workflows, and predictable user actions. Developers manually wrote automation logic that followed exact selectors, buttons, and navigation sequences. While effective, these systems often broke whenever websites changed their layouts [...]
The New Software Stack: AI + GitHub + Cloud
Software development looks very different today than it did five years ago. Developers are no longer working with isolated tools and manual deployment pipelines. Instead, the modern software stack has grown into a connected ecosystem where artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, automated DevOps workflows, and collaborative development platforms all work [...]
AI Coding Assistants Are Changing Junior Developer Learning Habits
Human AI workflows are rapidly transforming modern software development. From generating boilerplate code to debugging cloud infrastructure configurations, AI coding assistants are becoming part of the everyday toolkit of developers around the world. For junior developers, this shift is significantly changing how programming is learned. A few years ago, [...]
Connecting the Pieces: How AWS Services Form Cloud Architectures
One of the biggest surprises I encountered while learning AWS was realizing that understanding individual services and understanding cloud architecture are not the same thing. Like many beginners, I started by learning services one at a time. EC2 was a virtual server. S3 was object storage. RDS was a [...]
How to Deploy a Lovable Site to AWS Lambda Using the AWS Lambda Web Adapter
There is a real satisfaction in taking something you built yourself and putting it live on infrastructure you own and control. This guide shows you how to deploy a Lovable site to AWS Lambda using the AWS Lambda Web Adapter, so a page you designed in an afternoon can [...]
The Rise of Human + AI Workflows
I've grown with AI during it's formative years to see how the public's perception constantly shift. AI was once framed as a threat: You vs. AI. Then it became a divide: AI-assisted users vs. non-AI-assisted users. Now, we are entering the real future of work: You + AI. The [...]

Deploy a Next.js Static Site to AWS with GitHub Actions and Bunjs

At the AWS Community Day Philippines 2024, during the preparation for the event, the organizers assigned me the responsibility of setting up a Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) strategy for the website. Therefore, in this blog, I will explain the approach I took and how I utilized GitHub Actions and BunJs to create a swift and efficient CI/CD pipeline for deployment on Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) along with Amazon CloudFront. AWS Community [...]

Setting up Slack notifications on Tag Modifications for EC2 Instances

Monitoring resource configurations in a dynamic cloud environment is important, especially in production. One essential aspect of managing AWS resources, such as Amazon EC2 instances, is tracking tag modifications. Tags are not just labels but vital in organizing resources, enabling billing allocation, and enforcing compliance policies. Any unintentional tag modification can disrupt operations or mislead resource management, making timely alerts vital. This article will guide you through setting up automated Slack notifications to alert [...]

Introduction to Amazon SQS FIFO and Standard Queues

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service by AWS that allows distributed applications to communicate asynchronously, making it a critical tool for decoupling microservices and improving system resilience. SQS offers two types of queues tailored for different use cases: Standard Queues: These queues are designed for high throughput, allowing an unlimited number of transactions per second while supporting at-least-once message delivery. Although standard queues don’t guarantee strict message ordering, [...]

AWS Console-to-Code: Seamlessly Transform Manual Actions into Reusable Code

Cloud computing today demands efficiency and automation like never before. AWS Console-to-Code is an innovative tool designed to bridge manual operations with automated infrastructure management. By transforming console actions into reusable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), this feature streamlines workflows, enhances consistency, and accelerates deployment processes. This article will guide you through the process of implementing AWS Console-to-Code to launch Amazon EC2, VPC, and RDS. What is AWS Console-to-Code? AWS Console-to-Code utilizes Amazon Q Developer to simplify the process of [...]

Automate CloudFront Invalidation via Slack

In today's digital age where most people are using gadgets, we're likely familiar with the term "cache". Most of us first hear about cache when looking to free up storage or improve performance on our mobile devices especially for android users. If we look at our device's settings then navigate to the storage of an application, we will see two options: one is to delete the app entirely, and the other one is to [...]

Streamline Log Monitoring for Nginx with CloudWatch Agent

Monitoring the health and performance of your applications is essential for maintaining reliable operations, detecting issues, and troubleshooting efficiently. Monitoring logs can provide invaluable insights into server behavior, user activity, and error occurrences regarding web services. However, tracking logs across distributed systems can be challenging. Amazon CloudWatch Agent is a powerful tool that collects metrics and logs from your EC2 instances and on-premises servers and centralizes them in Amazon CloudWatch. With centralized monitoring, teams [...]

Automated Slack Notifications for RI Coverage Across All AWS Regions

Efficient management of cloud resources is essential for maintaining a company's flexibility and cost-effectiveness. Reserved Instances (RIs) offer significant cost-saving opportunities, but to fully leverage its benefits, consistent monitoring and optimization are key. By automating Slack notifications for RI coverage, businesses can ensure teams stay informed and take timely action to maximize savings. This comprehensive article explores the advantages of integrating automated Slack notifications for RI coverage across all AWS regions, helping teams maintain [...]

Streamline Your Workflow: Automating User Email Retrieval in WordPress with AWS SSM and Lambda via Slack command

In today’s fast-paced digital environment, operational efficiency and security are important. This blog post explores a streamlined approach to retrieving user emails from specific IPs in WordPress using Slack Slash commands powered by AWS Systems Manager (SSM) and AWS Lambda. Automating this process significantly reduces the operational overhead associated with running SQL commands manually. Additionally, this method enhances security by allowing users who lack access to production environments to execute necessary scripts through Slack [...]

RI Utilization vs RI Coverage: Difference Between these Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Metrics

The Amazon EC2 enables developers up to businesses to deploy their own applications with flexibility, high availability, and cost-efficiency as it removes the need to invest in physical hardwares or servers. From running applications, hosting websites, and managing databases, EC2 serves as the foundation for anything that is cloud-based. Talking about its cost-efficiency, there are different "Instance Purchasing Options" that you can choose from depending on your server requirements and also your financial capabilities. [...]

How to configure AWS Lambda Function URL with Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

Get started learning how to build your first-ever Python Labs Client App, a web application that leverages the power of serverless computing. This creative application is primarily designed to cater to individuals eager to enhance their Python programming skills. By using the flexibility and scalability of AWS Lambda, you'll be able to create dynamic and interactive web experiences without the hassle of managing infrastructure. This Python Code Playground will be a valuable tool for [...]