Picking Between RDS, Aurora and DynamoDB: A Non-Religious Guide
Picking Between RDS, Aurora and DynamoDB: A Non-Religious GuideChoosing the right database for your application can feel like a doctrinal decision, wi...
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VPC Endpoints vs NAT Gateways: Stop Paying for Traffic That Never Leaves AWS
If you're paying NAT gateway charges to fetch from S3, DynamoDB, or Secrets Manager — and a lot of teams are — this post is for you. The bill nobody q...
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S3 Cost Traps We Keep Falling Into (And How to Spot Them)
S3 is incredibly cheap. Until it isn't. Here are the cost traps we keep seeing in real production accounts. Why S3 bills sneak up on you S3 storage at...
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AWS Lambda Cold Starts: What Actually Causes Them, and What You Can Do
Cold starts. The two-word ghost story we tell each other at AWS meetups. Let's actually look inside the box.What "cold start" actually meansWhen your...
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