After the 12th edition of re:invent, the world’s largest AWS event, it is now time to explore, reflect and test with all the technological advances at our disposal. — Right now, the social networks, technology websites and blogs are filled with summaries, recaps and lists of everything that has been revealed during this intense week. With this post I’m going to try to do my bit by sharing how I think they will land in the industry.

Unlocking the full potential of Amazon Web Services (AWS) is about more than just tools; it’s about the frameworks that empower your journey. AWS has created a dynamic quintet of essential frameworks that breathe life into cloud computing. — In today’s world of cloud computing, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a giant, offering a variety of tools and services to facilitate a wide range of tasks. However, along with its vast offerings, AWS has also contributed to the open-source community by creating frameworks that are not only valuable but…

From visionary developers and influential companies to passionate communities and game-changing technologies, this entry will introduce you to the remarkable main actors driving the innovation, creativity, and boundless enthusiasm that define the world of video games. — Since their commercial birth in the 1950s as a technological oddity at a science fair, video games have been on an inexorable rise. Initially seen as children’s entertainment, their innovation, creativity and adaptability have enabled them to attract fans of all ages and backgrounds.

In this blog entry, we will explore the synergy between DevOps and managed services on AWS, unlocking the potential for agile and resilient software delivery. — In the ever-evolving landscape of software development and operations, the practices of DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and platform engineering have emerged as indispensable methodologies. When combined with the powerful capabilities of Amazon Web Services (AWS), these disciplines enable organizations to streamline their processes, enhance reliability, and scale their applications…

On how to abstract the complexity of a container orchestration platform using EKS blueprints that under the hood have: terraform, GitOps and argocd. — Disclaimer: All material below is derived from experiments with the Terraform-based version. In general, I always describe frameworks as a layer on top of a programming language that includes a series of functionalities, tools and a structural proposal. With special emphasis on the second part, since extending a programming language…

From the decentralised nature of blockchain technology to the often-volatile value of cryptocurrencies, many contradictions are inherent in the digital money world. — Let’s start at the beginning; I’m not a crypto-hater, crypto-bro or crypto-anything. Seriously, debates on the internet are oversimplified and polarised. This situation has made me very hesitant to write this article, but here we are.

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. Furthermore, these services can work together so that you can build sophisticated…

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.