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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, [...]

SFTP On Your Ubuntu EC2 Instance – Quick and Simple Setup

SFTP, which stands for Secure File Transfer Protocol, is a method of transferring files between computers. It operates over SSH (Secure Shell) and uses public-key cryptography for authentication. This means that your login credentials and file transfers are encrypted, making them much more secure than the traditional FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Why SFTP over SCP? SFTP and Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) are both network protocols that you can use for transferring files. They also [...]

Automate Resources In Azure Using ARM Templates

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a method of running IT infrastructure that automates, configures, and manages systems and networks using scripts or code. It can work with a variety of file formats, including JSON and YAML. YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a data serialization format that is commonly used in Ansible, Kubernetes, and other tools. While JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a popular data interchange format that is frequently used in AWS CloudFormation, [...]

AWS Shared Responsibility Model

Cloud computing is changing the way businesses operate by providing scalable, pay-as-you-go infrastructure and services. The shared pool of configurable computing resources is made up of thousands of powerful physical servers located in data centers around the world and equipped with enterprise-grade processors capable of creating hundreds or even thousands of virtual machines for multiple customers. However, one of the primary concerns when migrating a private infrastructure to a public cloud service provider is [...]

Azure Storage Redundancy Options

What are the Azure Storage Redundancy Options? Azure storage redundancy options provide different levels of protection for data stored in Azure. These options ensure that data is available and retrievable in case of failure or data loss. There are several different types of consistency options available in Azure, each with its own features and benefits. Locally Redundant Storage (LRS) has the lowest level of consistency in Azure storage redundancies. The LRS option stores three [...]

Cloud Computing Service Types: IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS

What is IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS? IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS are three types of cloud computing services provided by Microsoft Azure. Each model has its advantages that help customers meet their specific needs. Each type of cloud computing service, and deployment method, provides you with different levels of control, flexibility, and management. With traditional on-premises data centers, customers have complete control over the hardware, server, virtualization, and software deployed. Historically, this has led to [...]

Estimating Your Azure Monthly Usage

Estimating your monthly Azure usage can be a daunting task and may deter interested customers of Azure from ever using it, especially if you are new to cloud computing. Fortunately, Microsoft Azure provides a tool that allows us to estimate the monthly consumption of our potential workloads in Azure. With the Microsoft Azure Calculator, it's easy to figure out how much to spend on Azure each month. This article will discuss how to use [...]

Build Your Own Slack Commands with Lambda Function URL

What are Lambda Function URLs? In the past, calling a Lambda function over HTTP required a lot of setup and configuration with API Gateway. The process of setting up API resources and methods, and linking them to the appropriate Lambda function, can be overwhelming, especially for developers who are new to it. With the function URL feature of the AWS Lambda service, you can create a secure HTTPS endpoint dedicated to a Lambda function. [...]

Working With AWS CLI (AWS Command Line Interface)

What is AWS CLI? AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) is a tool used to manage and interact with AWS Services using the command line. Users more comfortable in the command line can leverage the AWS CLI as it offers the exact scope of functionality as the AWS Console. AWS CLI requires minimal configuration before you can use it. Installed it on your local machine running on Linux, Windows, and macOS. What is the [...]

Event-driven Transfer on Storage Transfer Service for Google Cloud Storage

Last January 7, 2023, Google Cloud announced a new capability for Storage Transfer Service (STS). Now, users can do an event-driven transfer quickly to a Cloud storage whenever there are changes to a source bucket. The event-driven transfer is an execution mode on Storage Transfer Service that allows transfer to a destination using the events from the source as triggers. Google Cloud claims that the transfer rate is near-real-time between the source and its [...]

What’s New with the DOP-C02 AWS Certified DevOps Professional Exam in 2023?

Heads Up! The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training and Certification team recently announced the third iteration of the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional (DOP-C02) exam. Mark your calendar – March 7, 2023 is the first day that you will be able to take the latest version of the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional - Professional exam which has an updated exam code of DOP-C02. Remember that the current exam version (DOP-C01) will only [...]