Data is all around us. Some of it we can easily see, some of it we can’t see until we have a reason to gather it into a form that’s usable. Some data streams like weather stations stream data in constantly. Other data is generated through activities like web browsing or photographs uploaded to a […]
In this post I want to share a problem I encountered with an AWS Config Conformance Pack in hopes it can help someone else some time. The Conformance Packs are sets of AWS Config rules to help you meet compliance with various regulations. They are available on GitHub. You can clone that repository and use […]
In a previous post I wrote about how to do a factory restore on the AWS DeepLens camera. Today we’re going to do the AWS DeepRacer! Luckily, the process is really the same. You just want to download the DeepRacer files instead of the DeepLens files. You can get the files from the AWS guide. […]
Today I am introducing AWS “Office Hours.” Looking back at the past 10 years there have been lots of people who had an impact on me. Some of them probably have no idea but I don’t think I would have the experience today if it weren’t for their help and assistance over the years. Finding […]
After the recent HashiTalks 2021 event it brought up an old debate in my mind and often in the minds of companies I work with. When to use Terraform and when to use CloudFormation? (You can read about my HashiTalks 2021 presentation.) As someone who has nearly lived exclusively in the AWS universe for the […]
For HashiTalks 2021 I presented a Terraform project that managed the training and serving of NLP models. Built in AWS and using ECS, S3, DynamoDB, SQS, Lambda, and EventBridge, the project provides a way to do automated containerized NLP model training. You can queue a model for training by describing the model you want to […]
Currently I have 11 AWS certifications. I took my first AWS certification exam back in 2014. Since then I’ve re-certified and taken well more exams than the 11 certifications shows. I get asked a lot how do you prepare for the exams? What study materials do you use? So I thought I’d try to share […]
The open source community has been rocked by a couple of big changes recently. One of those events was when MongoDB announced a change to their licensing. Initially released under the AGPL, MongoDB changed to their own Server Side License. Why? Because MongoDB was being sold as a product by some cloud providers without contributing […]
I was selected as a 2021 AWS Community Builder for machine learning! The AWS Community Builders program selects participants to help share AWS knowledge and resources to the community through engagements such as blog posts, code, and videos. I was selected for machine learning so you can expect to see some upcoming machine learning on […]
I have worked with many companies to help them either migrate to the cloud or develop new cloud applications for over 10 years. A very common requirement is that the designed architecture avoid using any cloud vendor specific technologies or services. The rationale is usually that although we are running our application on vendor X […]