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AI Agents on Azure: Practical Insights for Learners
Many people learning Azure still struggle with repetitive manual tasks. AI Agents on Azure for learners offer a practical way to handle these challenges. When a 2 AM alert fires, the usual process involves manually checking the cause, reviewing affected processes, and examining the whole system. AI agents can [...]
What Happens When AI Can Start Buying Things for You? — Understanding UCP
Imagine asking an AI: “Find me a mechanical keyboard under ₱3,000 and just order it for me.” And instead of giving you links… it actually completes the purchase. Sounds convenient, but also a bit unsettling at the same time. That might sound futuristic, but this idea is becoming increasingly [...]
Amazon S3 Files: Object Storage Meets File Performance
Hello, Dojos! If you're a student or an aspiring architect, you know Amazon S3 is the "infinite warehouse" of the cloud. It’s perfect for storing massive datasets, but it can be slow to grab one small file when your code is running. Traditionally, you had to manually copy data [...]
From Guided Labs to Real Projects: How Azure PlayCloud Labs Helps Beginners Apply What They Learn
When beginners first explore cloud computing, one common assumption is that they need to understand everything before they can start building anything. For many learners, platforms like Azure can feel overwhelming at first, not because the concepts are impossible, but because the environment looks complex and production-like, where mistakes [...]
How I Used AI to Teach Myself Python (No Coding Background Required)
The problem: our education was not enough Companies today are aggressively hiring for AI and tech skills. The job postings are everywhere. But here is the uncomfortable truth: the education most of us received did not prepare us for this shift. I took Computer Engineering in college, but it [...]
You Don’t Need to Start Over in Tech: Turning Your Past Skills Into an Advantage
When people talk about entering the tech field, one idea often comes up: that starting over in tech means you have to start from zero. For many students and beginners, this belief can feel intimidating. It creates the impression that only those with a strong technical background can succeed, [...]
Learning from Tutorials Is Easy But Can You Build Without Them?
You’ve probably done this before, especially if you’ve been learning from tutorials online. You open a YouTube video, follow along step by step, and after a few hours, you end up with something that actually works. Maybe it’s a website, an app, or just a small project you found [...]
From Render to Revenue: Automating Your Creative Workflow with AWS and Python
As a content creator, your value lies in your vision, not in the three hours you spend renaming files, transcoding 4K footage into proxies, or manually uploading clips to five different social platforms. In the industry, we call the repetitive, soul-crushing tasks "undifferentiated heavy lifting." In this article, we’ll [...]
Why Having a Portfolio (With Real Projects) Changes Everything
When I first started learning tech, I genuinely thought the only thing that mattered was stacking skills. I kept chasing tutorials, certifications, and whatever tool people said was “in demand,” because it felt like the safest way to grow. But the biggest turning point in my journey happened when I [...]
Claude Skills Guide: Best Skills to Use Right Now (2026 Edition)
Claude Skills are quickly becoming one of the most powerful ways to use AI effectively, but the growing number of available Skills has also made things more confusing. With thousands of options across GitHub and community hubs, it’s easy to assume that more Skills automatically mean better results. In reality, [...]

Efficient Log Monitoring: Filter CloudWatch Logs with Metric Filters and Get SNS Notifications

Monitoring logs efficiently is essential in today's fast-paced and data-centric world, especially for cloud-based applications and services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a robust solution called CloudWatch Logs, which enables centralized log monitoring, analysis, and management. One of the key functionalities of CloudWatch Logs is the ability to filter logs effectively using metric filters and receive notifications through Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS). This combination empowers users to streamline log analysis, identify critical events, [...]

Adding Logs Insights Queries To Your CloudWatch Dashboard

Introduction Widgets are the building blocks of a CloudWatch dashboard. They come in various types that can help you interpret metrics in a way that's not only meaningful but also tailored to your specific needs. While they are typically used for visualizing metrics, widgets can also display the results of Logs Insights queries on your dashboard. Logs Insights queries as a checklist You can save Logs Insights queries to create a "troubleshooting checklist" for [...]

Cost Allocation Tags on Amazon S3 Buckets and Using AWS Cost Explorer

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is one of the most popular cloud-based storage solutions by AWS. Amazon S3 offers flexibility for various applications and is widely used across multiple use cases as it offers durability, availability, and cost-effectiveness. It allows users to store, manage, and securely access petabyte-scale data from the AWS cloud. By default, Amazon Billing shows how much data and cost is incurred for the cumulative storage cost and usage of [...]

Automating Amazon GuardDuty Notifications through Email Alerts

Amazon GuardDuty is a powerful security tool that helps to detect suspicious activities and threats in your AWS environment. It uses intelligent threat detection and provides you with a detailed view of potential security issues across your AWS account. Amazon GuardDuty continuously monitors your AWS resources and generates findings based on various threat intelligence sources. This allows you to identify security vulnerabilities and take necessary actions to secure your environment. One of the key [...]

How to Setup Backup and Recovery in Azure

If you’re managing a cloud infrastructure, you understand that backups are created to safeguard critical data and ensure business continuity. In the event of a server failure, backups expedite the restoration of data and the prompt resumption of operations. It also allows you to revert to previous server states, which is helpful for version control and rollbacks. Additionally, backups are useful resources for testing, development, and creating replica environments. In Microsoft Azure, the dedicated [...]

Streamlining EBS Snapshot Management with Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Automation

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) snapshots are an essential part of managing data on Amazon Web Services (AWS). EBS snapshots are backups of your EBS volumes, which are stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). They are crucial for data protection and disaster recovery, but managing EBS snapshots can be time-consuming and complex. Fortunately, Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) provides a solution to simplify EBS snapshot management. DLM is a service that automates the [...]

Enhancing S3 Bucket Security by Prohibiting Uploads of Unencrypted Objects

Amazon S3 is a widely used object storage service that allows users to store and retrieve large amounts of data. S3 is known for its scalability, durability, and cost-effectiveness, making it an ideal choice for many organizations. However, as with any cloud-based service, security is a crucial concern. One way to enhance the security of S3 buckets is by prohibiting the upload of unencrypted objects. In this article, we will explore why this is [...]

10 Years of AWS Certification: Is It Still Worth It to get AWS Certified this 2023?

10 years ago, on April 30 2013, Amazon Web Services launched its AWS Global Certification Program. The primary purpose of this program is to validate the necessary technical skills and knowledge required for building secure and reliable cloud-based applications using the AWS Cloud. Passing the AWS Certification exam means that you can prove your expertise and knowledge in AWS to your current employers or even to the prospective companies you wish to apply for. [...]

AWS Lambda: Synchronous vs Asynchronous Invocation

You can invoke a Lambda function in two ways. Synchronous Invocation The first one is called Synchronous invocation, which is the default mode. Synchronous invocation is pretty straightforward. When you invoke a function synchronously, AWS Lambda waits until the function is done processing, then returns the result. Let’s see how this works through the following example: The diagram illustrates a Lambda function-backed API that is managed by API Gateway. When API Gateway receives a [...]

Connecting your Lambda Function to a Private Database

If you want your Lambda function to interact with resources (e.g., RDS database, EC2 instance) inside a private subnet, you won't be able to do so by default. The reason for this is that Lambda functions live in an isolated and secured VPC managed by AWS. This is why when you create a Lambda function, you don’t go through any networking configurations (VPC, subnet, ENIs), unlike when creating EC2 instances. Also, you cannot establish [...]