AWS FOR THE REAL WORLD β±οΈ Reading time: 8 minutes π― Main Learning: Generate AWS architecture diagrams using AI with Kiro and MCP servers - skip the hours of dragging boxes in Lucidchart. π Blog Post π¬ Watch on YouTube Hey Reader ππ½ Big news: We launched our YouTube channel! π¬ We've published 7 videos so far and are almost at 800 subscribers. Our goal is to keep a weekly rhythm, so expect fresh content every week. If you haven't subscribed yet, here's the link. No exciting AWS news this week....
5 days agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
AWS FOR THE REAL WORLD β±οΈ Reading time: 10 minutes π― Main Learning: Building and testing Lambda@Edge functions with CloudFront is complicated, as deployments can take up to 10 minutes. With LocalStack, you can build, test, and debug your Lambda@Edge functions locally! π Blog Post π» GitHub Repository π¬ Watch on YouTube Hey Reader ππ½ Happy new year! We hope you had a great time with your families and loved ones π We took some time off. Sandro is bridging the cold winter in Thailand (say hi if...
12 days agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
AWS FOR THE REAL WORLD β±οΈ Reading time: 7 minutes π― Main Learning: Learn how to securely connect to your RDS database in a private subnet using an EC2 jumphost and AWS Session Manager. No SSH keys needed. π Blog Post π» GitHub Repository π¬ Watch on YouTube Hey Reader ππ½ Hope you had a great Christmas with your loved ones π Tobi and I spent a few days in Berlin consulting with a startup, then caught the last sunny days in Munich before winter really hits. This week: how to actually connect to...
21 days agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
AWS FOR THE REAL WORLD β±οΈ Reading time: 6 minutes π― Main Learning: Build a central alerting approach with CloudWatch, Lambda, EventBridge, and CDK across your AWS Organization. π Blog Post π» GitHub Repository π¬ Watch on YouTube Hey Reader ππ½ Welcome to the first issue after re:Invent. For everybody who was out there, I hope you came home safe & healthy. I heard re:Invent cold is a thing like Oktoberfest cold in Munich π» π° This Week in AWS βΈοΈAWS Lambda Durable Functions Lambda launched Durable...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
AWS FOR THE REAL WORLD β±οΈ Reading time: 6 minutes π― Main Learning: Learn how to securely connect GitHub Actions to your AWS account using OIDC authentication without storing access keys. Step-by-step guide with IAM role setup, trust policy configuration, and workflow examples for safe CI/CD deployments. π Blog Post Hey Reader ππ½, welcome to another week of AWS for the Real World We are right in the middle of pre:invent. Re:Invent starts next week! We are both not present, but we will give you...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 6 min read
AWS FOR THE REAL WORLD β±οΈ Reading time: 4 minutes π― Main Learning: AWS CloudWatch log centralization makes cross-account logging simple. Learn how to set it up, avoid gotchas, and query logs across your organization. π Blog Post Hey Reader ππ½ another week, another newsletter about CloudWatch. This time we're talking about a rather new feature: Log Centralization. But quick question before we dive into this weekβs CloudWatch deep diveβ¦ Weβre 6 weeks out from 2025 (wild, right?) and Iβm...
2 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
AWS FOR THE REAL WORLD β±οΈ Reading time: 20 minutes π― Main Learning: How to achieve end-to-end observability by integrating CloudWatch Application Signals with OpenTelemetry for automatic service discovery and cross-service request tracing in AWS. π Blog Post π» GitHub Repository Hey Reader ππ½ Welcome to this weekβs AWS Fundamentals Newsletter. Pre:Invent season is starting slowly with new launches like: Bigger payload sizes for Kinesis and async Lambda invocations CloudWatchβs interactive...
2 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
AWS FOR THE REAL WORLD β±οΈ Reading time: 17 minutes π― Main Learning: How to build a secure, scalable AWS landing zone using AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies, and Identity Center for centralized account and user management. π Blog Post Hey Reader ππ½Today I want to dig into how to set up a proper AWS landing zone. Weβll be chatting about AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies (SCPs), and Identity Center. These are the core tools I reach for when I need to get accounts organized,...
4 months agoΒ β’Β 30 min read
AWS FOR THE REAL WORLD β±οΈ Reading time: 15 minutes π― Main Learning: How to build an automated related posts feature by leveraging Bedrock Knowledge Bases and Amazon S3 Vectors for content discovery. π Blog Post Hey Reader ππ½Ever wanted to show folks βrelated postsβ but didnβt want to build your own search from scratch? Weβve been playing with Bedrock Knowledgebases and S3 vectors, and turns out, it makes that job way easier than expected.Weβll go over how you can use these tools to connect...
4 months agoΒ β’Β 11 min read