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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 [...]

Blast Off to the Cloud! Celestial Supernova by AWS Student Builder Group Celestia

Celestial Supernova is a cloud event organized by AWS Student Builder Group Celestia from Parañaque last April 26. The event brought together students, builders, and tech professionals at White Cloak Technologies in Pasig City, with support from Tutorials Dojo. The goal of the event is to make cloud technology more accessible, practical, and approachable for students. Right from the start, the event's energy leaned toward hands-on learning, community support, and giving students a clearer [...]

Building an Ethical Hacking Lab to Practice Every OWASP Top 10 Vulnerability

As a computer science student majoring in Network and Information Security, I have researched so many ways that I can actually learn more about cybersecurity. More specifically? Hacking. With the power of the internet, I came across so many courses, websites, and applications from which I can utilize to gain more understanding. They're helpful, yes. But at some point, I just asked myself… What if I just stop reading, and actually start doing? [...]

Physical AI in 2026: Why Mechatronics Matters

Many learners and engineers who focus on cloud and AI still think of intelligence as something that exists only in data centers or large language models. In 2026, a major shift is happening. AI is stepping out of the digital world and into the physical one. This is called Physical AI, also known as Embodied AI. It combines powerful foundation models with real-world robotics and mechatronic systems. For the first time, AI does not [...]

A Beginner’s Guide to Small Language Models (SLMs)

What are Small Language Model (SLM)? We often hear about Large Language Models, but did you know that there’s a “smaller” version of it? In this article, we will talk about what a Small Language model is, their strengths and weaknesses, and its practical use cases. So, what really is a Small Language Model? At its core, an SLM is a lightweight language model designed specifically for task-specific, highly efficient inference. It is built [...]

The Reality of Learning Tech: Mental Health, Pressure, and Growth

Learning technology is often described as exciting. It offers new skills, new opportunities, and a clear path forward. However, mental health in tech is often overlooked. But for many people, that journey does not always feel that way. Over the past year, while trying to grow in tech, I have also been navigating personal mental health challenges. There were days when learning something new was not just about understanding concepts. It was about finding [...]

Amazon Quick Sight Sheet Tooltips: Enhancing Data Storytelling and Dashboard UX

Modern organizations use data visualization tools for critical decisions. Dashboards simplify complex datasets, turning millions of rows of raw data into digestible formats. Still, users often view a dashboard and feel they aren't seeing the whole picture. Dashboards often lack immediate context, resulting in a frustrating user experience. Analysts must constantly switch between views, tabs, and reports just to understand the insights. To solve this, AWS introduced Sheet Tooltips in Amazon Quick Sight, a [...]

Finsharc, a Newcomer Reshaping How We Think About Personal Finance

Finsharc is a personal finance application that is entering a very saturated place. As there are personal finance apps such as Money Manager that already solve the basics of expense tracking at a personal level, (things you buy day-to-day, such as lattes or groceries) budgeting for the future, and reporting with pie charts. Those things have already been solved. But most of these traditional applications are stable, yet entirely rigid. Finsharc, which is a [...]

Google Lyria 3: Free AI Music in Gemini

Google quietly rolled out Lyria 3 inside Gemini, and it lets anyone generate 30-second music tracks from a text prompt, complete with vocals, lyrics, and instrumentals. It's free, it's surprisingly good, and most people don't even know it's there. I spent an afternoon messing around with it. Here's how it works and where it starts to fall apart. What Is Lyria 3? Lyria 3 is Google DeepMind's music generation model. It lives inside the [...]

AWS Data and AI Journey: Data Governance and Security

Stage 3 of the AWS Data and AI Journey: Data Governance and Security As organizations establish a modern data foundation (Stage 1) and enable seamless data movement (Stage 2), the next critical step is ensuring that data remains trusted, secure, and compliant across the entire ecosystem. At this stage, data is no longer confined to a single platform. It flows across cloud services, SaaS applications, analytics environments, and AI systems. Without strong governance and [...]

Claude Mythos Explained, is it an AI Breakthrough or Overhyped Cybersecurity Threat?

The announcement of Claude Mythos stirred the community towards the advancement of large language models and their application within the domain of cybersecurity. For more than two decades, the investigation and discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities have rested upon cybersecurity teams and researchers. However, the announcement of Claude Mythos, by Anthropic is claimed to be capable of autonomously identifying and weaponizing these security vulnerabilities at scale, This signals a potential shift in balance between offensive [...]