The Real Cost of Vector Storage: S3 Vectors vs OpenSearch vs pgvector vs Pinecone
Explore the true costs of vector storage across S3 Vectors, OpenSearch, pgvector, and Pinecone, revealing how pricing models and workloads impact expenses.
Darryl's World of Cloud
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From Factory Floor to AI Agent: An IoT Data Pipeline with MSK, S3 Tables, S3 Files, and Strands Agents (Terraform)
Build an end-to-end smart manufacturing data pipeline with Terraform, using MSK, S3 Tables, S3 Files, and Strands Agents for real-time alerting and analysis.
Live Canary Deployments with AWS SAM, the New WebSocket API Resource, and Lambda Durable Functions
Explore AWS SAM's WebSocket API and Lambda Durable Functions to create a live canary deployment pipeline with real-time UI, enhancing workflow observation and control.
Serverless Analytics from Your Laptop: S3 Tables, DuckDB, and an OpenAQ Lakehouse
New AWS S3 Tables and DuckDB enable a serverless Iceberg lakehouse on your laptop with zero maintenance.
S3 Files: The End of Download-Process-Upload (with Terraform)
AWS S3 Files offers a managed NFS layer on S3 with read-after-write consistency, eliminating the need for download-process-upload workflows.
Aurora PostgreSQL Express Configuration: From Zero to Production Database in 30 Seconds
Discover how Aurora PostgreSQL Express Configuration eliminates setup friction, enabling a production-ready database in under 40 seconds with managed internet access and IAM authentication.
Bash Commands I Use Every Day: A Practical Guide to Terminal Productivity and Text Processing From an Old-School Terminal Guy
Discover essential Bash commands and workflows for terminal productivity, organized by daily tasks: navigate, search, process, and manage. Ideal for efficient text processing and problem-solving.
Processing Industrial Telemetry at Scale with AWS Batch, Spot, and Bedrock
AWS Batch with Spot EC2 efficiently processes large Parquet files of industrial telemetry, enabling scalable, cost-effective predictive maintenance with Amazon Bedrock LLM incident reports.
Lambda Managed Instances with Terraform: Multi-Concurrency, High Memory, and Compute Options
Lambda Managed Instances with Terraform enables multi-concurrency, high memory workloads on EC2, offering a blend of Lambda's simplicity and EC2's power.
Kubectl Commands I Actually Use Every Day: A Practical Guide to Kubernetes Debugging and Operations
Discover the essential kubectl commands used daily for Kubernetes debugging and operations, organized into a practical workflow: assess, investigate, interact, and resolve.
Amazon Aurora DSQL: A Practical Guide to AWS's Distributed SQL Database
Aurora DSQL merges DynamoDB's serverless benefits with Aurora PostgreSQL's SQL power, offering a unique, multi-region, serverless SQL database solution on AWS.
EKS and The Cross-AZ Tax: How to Stop Paying AWS $0.02/GB for Traffic That Should Never Leave Your Availability Zone
Avoid costly cross-AZ traffic in EKS clusters with a simple YAML change, saving on AWS charges for unnecessary inter-AZ data transfer.
It's All About That Memory - Using Long and Short Term Memory with Agents
Explore 'The Blackwell Murder,' a noir detective game using AgentCore Memory's 4 long-term strategies and short-term memory for continuous, multi-session gameplay.
AWS Lambda Now Knows Where It Lives: Exploring the New AZ Metadata
AWS Lambda now reveals its Availability Zone via a new metadata endpoint, simplifying functions that need AZ awareness.
A Complete Terraform Setup for EKS Auto Mode: Is it right for you?
Discover if EKS Auto Mode is right for you by exploring its benefits, limitations, and a complete Terraform setup for a production-ready cluster.
Powertools for AWS Lambda - Best Practices By Default
AWS Lambda Powertools simplifies serverless observability with structured logging, tracing, and metrics, reducing boilerplate code.
Elastic Container Service (ECS): My default choice for containers on AWS
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is the go-to solution for running containers on AWS, offering simplicity, deep AWS integration, and advanced deployment features.
Bi-directional Voice-Controlled Recipe Assistant with Nova Sonic 2
Introducing a voice-controlled, bi-directional family recipe assistant using Nova 2 Sonic and Strands for seamless kitchen conversations.
Amazon EventBridge: The Event-Driven Backbone of AWS (And My Favourite Service)
Discover why Amazon EventBridge is the author's favorite AWS service, offering event-driven architecture, serverless capabilities, and seamless integration across AWS services.
Building a Serverless Blogging Platform with AWS and Claude Code
Discover how I built a custom serverless blogging platform with AWS and an AI pair programmer, replacing Hashnode in under 10 hours.