How WebSockets cost us $1M on our AWS bill

https://www.recall.ai/post/how-websockets-cost-us-1m-on-our-aws-bill

#aws #cloud #amazon

Awesome Cloud Security Labs

Awesome free cloud native security learning labs. Includes CTF, self-hosted workshops, guided vulnerability labs, and research labs.

https://github.com/iknowjason/Awesome-CloudSec-Labs

#security #cloud #aws #azure #gcp #k8s #kubernetes #terraform

The next platform

https://www.macchaffee.com/blog/2024/the-next-platform

#k8s #kubernetes #flyio #aws #lambda

Comparing AWS S3 with Cloudflare R2: Price, Performance and User Experience

https://kerkour.com/aws-s3-vs-cloudflare-r2-price-performance-user-experience

#s3 #aws #cloudflare #R2

VictoriaLogs: a Grafana dashboard for AWS VPC Flow Logs – migrating from Grafana Loki

https://rtfm.co.ua/en/victorialogs-a-grafana-dashboard-for-aws-vpc-flow-logs-migrating-from-grafana-loki

#loki #grafana #victorialogs #logs #observability #aws

Vector.dev: introduction, AWS S3 logs, and integration with VictoriaLogs

https://rtfm.co.ua/en/vector-dev-introduction-aws-s3-logs-and-integration-with-victorialogs/

#victorialogs #logs #vector #aws #s3 #logging

PostgreSQL: AWS RDS Performance and monitoring

https://rtfm.co.ua/en/postgresql-aws-rds-performance-and-monitoring-2/

#postgresql #monitoring #rds #aws #postgres

PostgreSQL: using EXPLAIN and setting up “auto_explain” in AWS RDS

https://rtfm.co.ua/en/postgresql-using-explain-and-setting-up-auto_explain-in-aws-rds/

#postgres #postgresql #monitoring #rds #aws

On How We Moved to Kubernetes

https://radekmie.dev/blog/on-how-we-moved-to-kubernetes

#aws #eks #k8s #kubernetes

AWS gives a chance to complete some certifications for free, but with few preconditions

Covered certs:
- Foundational: Cloud Practitioner, AI Practitioner
- Associate: Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, Developer, Data Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer

Note, that you need to prepare and pass exam(s) before Aug 2025.

#aws #certification

The Infra to handle 10M Requests in 10 Minutes for $0.0116

https://tonywang.io/blog/infra-10m-requests-10-minutes-0.0116

#aws #hetzner #rackspace #cloudflare

Cloud Snitch

Map visualization and firewall for AWS activity, inspired by Little Snitch for macOS.

https://github.com/ccbrown/cloud-snitch

#aws #firewall #cloud #monitoring #cloudtrail

How to Host a 100 CPU Core, 400 GB RAM Cluster on a Budget

https://medium.com/@florianmhlhans/how-to-host-a-100-cpu-core-400-gb-ram-cluster-on-a-budget-f6cdf992eae3

#hetzner #k8s #kubernetes #aws #ovh

Active-active Replication Extension for PostgreSQL (pgactive)

https://github.com/aws/pgactive

Docs

#aws #opensource #postgres #sql #cluster

Typhoon

Minimal and free Kubernetes distribution with Terraform

https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon

#k8s #kubernetes #terraform #cloud #fedora #coreos #aws #azure

AWS: introduction to the OpenSearch Service as a vector store

https://rtfm.co.ua/en/aws-introduction-to-the-opensearch-service-as-a-vector-store

#elasticsearch #databases #aws

Migrating to Hetzner

https://digitalsociety.coop/posts/migrating-to-hetzner-cloud

#hetzner #aws #digitalocean

Now you can check which AWS services will definitely never appear (Not Expanding) in your desired region:

https://builder.aws.com/build/capabilities/explore?tab=service-feature

And which ones are only in the backlog (Planning) or are already in development and have release dates (2026 Q3).

#aws #cloud

An interesting lab for an overengineered solution from AWS for Kubernetes workloads right sizing.

Should you implement it this way? I don't know. But maybe, you want to play with GitOps, AWS Bedrock and all that stuff.

Also, it's funny how they say in the beginning that having VPA and Goldilocks inside a cluster is an overhead and additional management burden and then propose to create a cluster in GHA runtime and use generative AI to address that.

#aws #kubernetes