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

Services covered

AWS, end to end

Compute

Lambda

Run code without managing servers

Compute

EC2

Virtual servers in the cloud

Storage

S3

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

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CloudWatch Logs Intelligent Tiering: Cheaper Storage, Same Query

CloudWatch Logs now offers automatic storage tiering, potentially reducing costs for long-term log retention. But what's the real catch?

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CloudWatch Alarms Now Directly Query Logs

CloudWatch alarms can now be configured directly from log queries, bypassing metric filters.

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CloudWatch Logs enriches events with resource tags

CloudWatch Logs now ingests resource tags, enabling filtered analysis without code changes.

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Amazon ECS Service Auto Scaling Now Scales Faster

Amazon ECS service auto scaling now reacts to load changes in seconds, not minutes.

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CloudWatch Synthetics Multilocation Canaries Simplify Global Monitoring

Run the same CloudWatch Synthetics canary across multiple AWS Regions simultaneously from a single management point.

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