Category: AWS

AWS Bootcamp: Architecting Highly Available Applications on AWS

IMG_0972 On Monday I visited the AWS Popup loft in San Francisco (again) and attended the Bootcamp on “Architecting Highly Available Applications on AWS”. Rather than try and re-summarize it, I’ll let the course description do the talking: “This beginner-level bootcamp teaches you how to apply the principles of elasticity, mitigating single points of failure…

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Tutorial: PoC Telegram Bot running in AWS Lambda

2015-08-28 11_39_40-Telegram AWS Lambda Bot My favorite “SMS Alternative” app is Telegram Messenger. It’s simple, easy to use, has decent encryption (from what I understand), is very multi-platform, and has a lot of fun features. It is my sole method of communicating with some people and was recently used for a 15 person group text…

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Lost some files in AWS Glacier? I found ’em

Amazon_Glacier During my last few visits to the AWS Popup loft, I really dug into my Amazon Web Services account, especially the billing. My bill had skyrocketed to over $5 a month! What had happened? How did I miss this huge spike in billing? Well, it turns out that a majority of that bill was…

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Tutorial: AWS API Gateway to Lambda to DynamoDB

AmazonWebservices_Logo.svg After last week’s Internet Of Things hack session, I became fascinated with all the fun IoT projects and technologies there are to play with. Everything you do, requires data to go into the cloud, so I figured I’d start there. In the hack series I learned how to push data into AWS Kinesis which…

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AWS IoT Hack Series with MediaTek LinkIt One

IMG_9611 Last Friday I spent the day at the AWS Popup Loft San Francisco. Just like when I was there two weeks ago, it was for an all day, hands on bootcamp. However, this most recent visit was much more exciting since we were learning about the Internet Of Things, the MediaTek LinkIt One and…

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