AWS re:Invent has over 500 sessions available remotely. Here’s a near complete list for easy searching.
AWS re:Invent is always THE event in cloud. This year a lot of people can’t attend in person. This post tells you how to get the most out of the …
An overview of the AWS Well-Architected Frameworks' Performance Efficiency pillar.
An overview of the AWS Well-Architected Frameworks' Reliability pillar.
An overview of the AWS Well-Architected Frameworks' Cost Optimization pillar.
An overview of the AWS Well-Architected Frameworks' Security pillar.
An overview of the AWS Well-Architected Frameworks' Operational Excellence pillar.
In late 2017, Airbnb did an AWS “This is My Architecture” video. The video talks about how they built a system to test their Amazon RDS …
AWS Labs has a lot of open source code up on GitHub. This repo helps you visualize your AWS workloads and highlight areas of cost.
AWS Labs has a lot of open source code up on GitHub. AWS Data Wrangler is a bridge between python pandas DataFrames and AWS data services.
AWS Labs has a lot of open source code up on GitHub. This repo provides an easy way for developers to view your Amazon API Gateway APIs.
AWS Labs has a lot of open source code up on GitHub. This repo helps you visualize your AWS workloads and highlight areas of cost.
AWS Labs has a lot of open source code up on GitHub. This repo helps you visualize your AWS workloads and highlight areas of cost.
AWS Labs has a lot of open source code up on GitHub. The code in this repo lets your embed Amazon QuickSight dashboards in your HTML.
AWS Labs has a lot of open source code up on GitHub. This repo contains a solid set of AWS WAF rules for common web-based attacks.
AWS Labs has a lot of open source code up on GitHub. Gluon TS helps you create forecast models for time series data.
AWS re:Invent is always THE event in cloud. As 2021 draws to a close, what path will AWS set the cloud on. What new services, features, and tools will …
AWS Labs has a lot of open source code up on GitHub. This post looks at the AWS Lambda Powertools for Python.
In late 2017, Station X did an AWS “This is My Architecture” video. The video talks about how they built out a genomics processing …
AWS Labs has a lot of open source code up on GitHub. This post looks at the AWS Deployment Framework.
The Amazon Builder’s Library is a great set of deep dive papers into the challenges with modern systems. This post looks at how Amazon balances …
The Amazon Builder’s Library is a great set of deep dive papers into the challenges with modern systems. This post looks at how Amazon conducts …
The Amazon Builder’s Library is a great set of deep dive papers into the challenges with modern systems. This post highlights some of the …
The Amazon Builder’s Library is a great set of deep dive papers into the challenges with modern systems. This post highlights some of the …
In late 2017, Capital One did an AWS “This is My Architecture” video. The video talks about how they built Cloud Custodian and how that …
The Amazon Builder’s Library is a great set of deep dive papers into the challenges with modern systems. This post highlights some of the …
AWS has a huge library of fantastic resources. This post highlights the recently released whitepaper walking public sector organizations through …
AWS has a huge library of fantastic resources. This post highlights the recently released whitepaper talking about serverless multi-tier …
AWS has a huge library of fantastic resources. This post highlights the recently updated whitepaper aligning the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to AWS.
AWS has a huge library of fantastic resources. This post highlights the recently released whitepaper about building reactive systems on AWS.
In late 2017, New Relic did an AWS “This is My Architecture” video. The video talks about how they setup their Terraform execution plans …
AWS has a huge library of fantastic resources. This post highlights the recently updated whitepaper on building out a CI/CD practice in the AWS Cloud.
AWS re:Invent is always THE event in cloud. As 2021 draws to a close, what path will AWS set the cloud on. What new services, features, and tools will …
Here’s what AWS announced leading up to and during AWS re:Invent 2021.
Are you a security professional or a builder looking to learn more about security? This year, I wrote the official guide for security attendees to AWS …
In late 2017, CorpInfo did an AWS “This is My Architecture” video. The video walks through how they handled a massive amount of events …
In late 2017, Civitas Learning did an AWS “This is My Architecture” video. It was one of the first. The video walks through how they …
In late 2017, the Finanical Times wanted to get developers to factor in cost to their designs. They created a gamified solution to help drive this …
In late 2017, Netflix explained how they tackled the problem of failing over when disaster struck. Four years later, how well does that design hold …
In late 2016, Lyft demonstrated the service discovery engine they built on AWS. Five years later, how well does that design hold up? What could we …
Misconfigurations are the number one security concern in the cloud. Guardrails can help you prevent misconfigurations from happening. This talk shows …
As a new user in the AWS Cloud, is AWS App Runner the service that’ll get your one container up and running quickly? This post explores that …
As a new user in the AWS Cloud, what does it take to get one container up and running? What service do you user? How many steps are there? This post …
The second installment of AWS re:Inforce was entirely virtual and gave a great view of the state of security in the AWS Cloud. Here’s what the …
AWS IAM has been going strong for 10 years! To celebrate the anniversay, this four part series by various AWS Heroes, highlights some key features of …
The AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) service turns 10 years old today. While it’s a fantastic service that keeps adding features, it …
Week three of three (!) for AWS re:Invent 2020 kicks off and this post will be my “live blog” for the week. Check back often for …
There’s always more than one way to solve a problem. That’s a big advantage of AWS, but it can also be overwhelming to deal with. You will make …
Week two of three for AWS re:Invent 2020 kicks off and this post will be my “live blog” for the week. It will be neither …
Amazon EventBridge helps build loosely coupled applications that scale independently and makes it easier to integrate cloud-based applications and …
As you continually evolve your use of AWS products and services, it’s important to consider ways to improve your security posture and take advantage …
To operate services, Amazon relies on having high-fidelity visibility into how its systems behave and the user experience, whether that’s using AWS …
Coverage of the keynote of AWS re:Invent 2020 where Andy Jassy delivers new services, features, and more.
Week one of three for AWS re:Invent 2020 kicks off and this post will be my “live blog” for the week. Check back often for reactions, …
AWS re:Invent is always jam packed with new content. This post is a road map for my content during this three week virtual event.
AWS launches a mountain of new features leading up to and during AWS re:Invent. Here’s the list of announcements for 2020 and my perspective on …
AWS re:Invent is the best conference in cloud. This post lays out what you need to know to get the most out of the 2020 edition of this amazing event.
AWS re:Invent is the best conference in cloud. This year it’s an entirely virtual experience spread over 3 weeks. This post will help you get …
The Well-Architected Framework is a set of principles that can help you find the ideal build for the problem at hand…regardless of the size of …
AWS re:Invent is the biggest and most exciting conference in cloud. Follow AWS Community Hero @marknca for all of the latest leading up to and during …
Organizations struggle with extending their security practices to the cloud. Traditional approaches don’t work, and new cloud-only practices duplicate …
AWS has recently explored with great machine learning services. From the core building blocks to services design to teach you techniques to simple …
AWS offers a number of services it labels as “compute”. What are they? How do you pick one that makes sense for your workload? How are …
Amazon DynamoDB is an exciting database services. It’s a cloud-native, NoSQL offering that is lightning quick and scales seamlessly. However, if …
AWS offers a wide range of databases but making sense of these services can be tricky. In this live stream, we explore these data services and why you …
Mistakes happen. Even after taking steps to restrict permissions and setup systems, builders will make misconfigurations and mistakes. This stream …
AWS re:Invent is absolutely massive. The only way to keep things somewhat organized is to use a reserved seating system for sessions. That system …
Serverless is hot right now, but are we all talking about the same thing? In this live stream, we dive into what serverless is, why it’s a big …
Security is often misunderstood and addressed in the last stages of a build. Operationally, it’s ignored until there is an emergency. In this talk, we …
Amazon Athena lets you treat files in Amazon S3 like they were a database. That doesn’t sound too cool until you realize the possibilities: data …
Amazon S3 was one of the first AWS services and it continues to be the cornerstone of the AWS Cloud today. This stream covers the basics of the …
The Shared Responsibility Model governs how operations (which security is a part of) work in the cloud. In this live stream, we explore the realities …
Don’t be afraid of the command line (CLI), it’s insanely useful. This live stream explores those uses and shows you how to use the AWS CLI …
AWS Lambda is probably the most talked about service in the entire AWS Cloud. It lets you run your code based on various triggers with almost no …
AWS re:Invent 2019 is going to be HUGE. Mark will be conducting a series of live streams and publishing a ton of content leading up to the show in …
AWS re:Invent is the best conference in cloud. This post lays out what you need to know to get the most out of the 2019 edition of this amazing event.
Serverless architectures are a fantastic solution to a lot—not all—design challenge. The benefits they bring are substantial and they can reduce the …
A recent survey from RightScale showed a lot of confusion around cloud computing costs. The common take away? Organizations are surprised at how high …
After a jam packed AWS re:Invent 2018, I’ve been thinking about how to deliver information to an audience. One of the challenges is delivering …
AWS re:Invent is the best conference in cloud. This post lays out what you need to know to get the most out of the 2018 edition of this amazing event.
All the news and notes from the 2018 AWS Summit in San Francisco
AWS Lambda is a fantastic way to connect various distinct pieces in the cloud. Python is an easily accessible language that makes that work simple. …
AWS re:Invent is the best conference in cloud. This post lays out what you need to know to get the most out of your first time at this amazing show.
AWS re:Invent is the best conference in cloud. This post gives you the top five things to focus on to get the most out of the 2016 edition.
AWS re:Invent is the best conference in cloud. This post gives you the top five things to focus on to get the most out of the 2015 edition.
Great content from @marknca
The shared responsibility model defines how the cloud works. This post examines how Shellshock impacts that model.
Recent vulnerability “POODLE” demonstrates how the shared responsibility model helps reduce your security workload.
The shared responsibility model is simple to explain but challenging to implement. This post examines how the models works for the latest Xen …
AWS continues to expand it’s global network with the opening of a new region in Frankfurt, Germany.
As AWS opened their summit series for 2014, 5000+ people packed into the Moscone Center. There was a ton of energy in the air and I got to talk about …
