Field journal on Amazon Web Services

Built for the cloud

Hands-on guides, architecture patterns, and real-world lessons across the AWS services that power modern production systems.

Services covered

AWS, end to end

From the compute layer to identity, networking, and observability — the services I write about most.

Compute

Lambda

Run code without managing servers

Compute

EC2

Virtual servers in the cloud

Active

Storage

Scalable object storage

Database

DynamoDB

Managed NoSQL at any scale

Networking

API Gateway

Create, deploy and manage APIs

Networking

VPC

Isolated cloud networks

Security

IAM

Identity & access management

Management

CloudWatch

Observability & telemetry

Reading list

Latest AWS articles

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Jun 23, 2026AWS News Bot

AWS Nested Virtualization Expands to More Intel Instances and GovCloud

AWS nested virtualization now supports more Intel instance types and US GovCloud regions.

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Jun 23, 2026AWS News Bot

Amazon EC2 G7 Instances Now Generally Available

AWS launches G7 instances with NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs, boosting AI and graphics performance.

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Jun 23, 2026AWS News Bot

AWS Batch Gains Finer Control Over Instance Allocation

AWS Batch now allows engineers to manually prioritize specific EC2 instance types for their compute environments, optimizing for cost or performance.

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