AWS

DB Migration: 2 AWS Services Compared

An analysis of two approaches to partial database migration: Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) in combination with dblink; or AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS).

Robert Kuzma | October 26, 2022

Lambda vs. Fargate: The Cost of Running 24/7

A quick comparison of AWS Lambda and Fargate to see which option is the more affordable for running regularly occurring, long-running processes.

Caleb Gosnell | April 27, 2022

Connect GitHub Actions and AWS using OIDC

With OpenID Connect (OIDC) Identity Provider for GitHub Actions, GitHub Actions simply and conveniently interacts with AWS. In this post, you’ll see an example Terraform configuration for setting up the authentication and an Actions workflow that uses it.

Caleb Gosnell | March 30, 2022

The Importance of Precise Error Messages

Using the S3 Presigned URLs and Presigned Posts features almost had the Six Feet Up team stumped, but after some troubleshooting, uploads were a breeze.

Dave O'Connor | December 15, 2021

Secrets of Building Python Container Images for AWS Lambda

Today, developers can use container images for AWS Lambda code — a helpful way to run much more complex code in a familiar package. However, there are some non-obvious differences that can make building Python app images for AWS Lambda frustrating.

Peter Hull | August 12, 2021

Improve and Automate Plone Caching with collective.cloudfront

collective.cloudfront is a Plone add-on designed to watch for Purge notifications from plone.app.caching and send the corresponding invalidation requests to an instance of Amazon’s CloudFront.

Rob McBroom | June 24, 2021

Serverless Django: Exploring the State of the Art on AWS

As deployment options for web apps have multiplied in the past few years, AWS Lambda continues to stand out as a powerful, simple way to run a web app with minimal maintenance and cost — if there is low traffic.

Shane Hathaway | April 12, 2021

Dump Your Servers for AWS Fargate

Containers are speeding up the deployment process, but are your physical servers holding you back? It's time to become truly serverless.

Calvin Hendryx-Parker | February 5, 2020

How to start with Machine Learning

Machine Learning initiatives can be powerful when you need to analyze large amounts of data, especially when it makes sense to analyze data points together to gain greater insights or find patterns...

Calvin Hendryx-Parker | June 3, 2019

Quick Intro to Cloud Custodian

The Open Source Cloud Custodian can keep your cloud clean and tidy, here's how to get started.

Calvin Hendryx-Parker | February 4, 2019

Main Amazon announcements from re:Invent 2018

Top 10 News from Amazon re:Invent 2018

Amazon’s re:Invent conference was impressive this year again with a whole slew of future-oriented talks and over 40,000 expected attendees. Here’s a re:cap of the most notable re:Invent 2018 announcements...

Calvin Hendryx-Parker | December 12, 2018

Illustration of autonomous car in regular traffic

Alexa Enhancements, Autonomous Traffic at AI Summit

Amazon hosted an AI Summit as part of their re:Invent event. Geared towards a more general group of people interested in Artificial Intelligence, the Summit strove to explore forward thinking topics such as Alexa Enhancements and Mixed Autonomous Traffic...

Calvin Hendryx-Parker | December 7, 2018