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SQS
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Oct 15, 2025
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4 min read
SL#39 - Make Your Serverless Stack Observable—Before It Breaks
Tracing async workflows, debugging across queues, and the metrics that actually matter—an advanced guide for serverless teams.
AWS
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Aug 3, 2025
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7 min read
SL#35 - Building a Serverless ETL Pipeline with AWS Glue: Integrating DynamoDB, S3, and OpenSearch
AWS Glue is a fully managed ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) service designed to simplify data integration. It automates much of the effort in building, maintaining, and running ETL jobs by providing a serverless environment, built-in transformation logic, and native integration with other AWS services like S3, DynamoDB, and OpenSearch.
DDD
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Oct 3, 2024
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12 min read
SL#33 - Understanding the C4 Architecture Model: A Detailed Breakdown
Adapting the C4 Model for Serverless, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
Archive
Tutorial
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Oct 16, 2026
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10 min read
SL#127 - AWS Services (18/120) - AWS Backup: The Restore You Never Tested, a Locked Vault, and the Drill That Proves It
We will put a DynamoDB table under a tag-driven backup plan, lock the vault so nobody can delete the backups, restore into a fresh table, and compare the data. Plan for 45 to 60 minutes and well under a dollar.
Tutorial
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Oct 12, 2026
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8 min read
SL#123 - AWS Services (16/120) - Amazon FSx: Four File Systems Under One Name, and the OpenZFS One You Can Mount in Ten Minutes
Amazon FSx is four managed file systems (Windows, Lustre, ONTAP, OpenZFS) under one name. How to pick one, what each costs and limits, and a build that mounts and snapshots an OpenZFS share.
Tutorial
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Oct 11, 2026
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11 min read
SL#122 - AWS Services (15/120) - Amazon EFS: POSIX at Network Latency, and the Throughput Mode That Decides Your Bill
Amazon EFS is an NFS file system you never size, patch or run out of. This is the definition-first reference: the model, the limits, the cost dimensions, and a build where two Lambda functions share one directory.