In this blog post, I'll share some of the best resources to help you to improve your architecture and cloud design skills. With these resources, you'll be well on your way to becoming a better cloud architect. — AWS offers a broad set of flexible services that let you choose how to spend your time and resources building and maintaining your applications. These services cover all aspects of hosting the underlying requirements of any technology solution. …

Containers, Orchestrators, and distributed systems… all very complicated. Let’s shed some light and introduce this little world gently. — Although technologies that allow virtualizing one operating system as a process of another, abstracting and isolating both, are commonplace and a requirement in many environments, it was not until the emergence of Docker as a lightweight virtualization technology that its popularity spread from mainframe environments to the world of application…

AWS humorous videos have spread like wildfire, from introducing the basics and easing the transition to the cloud to portraying truly comical situations. Here are a few from independent creators but also from AWS itself. — A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article compiling humorous videos, anecdotes and other material made by AWS and by amateurs. The idea came from a humorous video I saw on LinkedIn, a video explaining the best practices of spot instances with a funny analogy with beers.

Security is one of the fundamental pillars of a company’s operations. It is a cross-cutting aspect, and in the broad sense of the word, security protects against threats and incidents through prevention, risk detection and, if necessary, remediation. — Change of situation However, it is worth noting several changes resulting from the emergence of the public cloud, digital transformation and the proliferation of distributed work environments. Many security frameworks place the physical access barrier as the first level; however, in the current context, a large part of work communications are carried out…

My list of techniques, tricks, and tools to help you write your stories on Medium faster and more efficiently. — Writing is a form of communication, but it also is a form of art and a creativity exercise. It is a way of transmitting knowledge. Each format has its rules and also its moment. The way we document what surrounds us is influenced by multiple cultural factors. Like any form…

Three surprising stories whose protagonists defy all the unwritten rules of the job. Like rogues who know how to use the ins and outs to their advantage. — There have been a lot of talks lately about the great resignation, the quiet quitting and remote work. Undoubtedly, the recent global pandemic has shaken the relationship with work, from practical aspects such as commuting and convenience to more profound factors such as work-life balance and quality of life. …

Did you know that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and widely adopted cloud platform? AWS offers over +200 fully featured services to customers in over 190 countries. Here are some fun facts about AWS… — Today we will see something different, a series of content… produced by people who adore AWS. Like any technology with a massive impact, it has advocates and detractors. …

The pay-as-you-go model has many advantages but also some uncertainties. We will review ways to manage and continuously track costs over time. — We will follow a deductive approach, from the most general to the most particular. We will start with an abstract view of the ideal of cost management at the enterprise level, continue with the implications and definition of cost systems and close with several practical cost control mechanisms.