General
The recent AWS outage is not Amazon’s fault. It’s the fault of companies that built for high availability (HA) instead of disaster recovery (DR). HA means multiple availability zones (AZs) within a single region; DR means multi-region resilience. Only one AWS region—US-East-1—was affected. Those who went down have only themselves to blame.
Read more “The AWS Outage: Why This Was Not Amazon’s Fault, But Everyone Else’s”
AWS
In collaboration with Dr. Igor Stefanini and Eng. Jacopo Pagnoncelli from the Institute of Digital Technologies for Personalized Healthcare – MeDiTech at DTI-SUPSI (Switzerland), I’m thrilled to share the progress of our innovative research project that marries biology with cutting-edge technology.
AWS
Blockchain is often mistaken solely with cryptocurrencies and scams, but it actually is a behemoth that has revolutionized numerous industries, with applications completely different and far beyond digital currencies. At its core, blockchain is a decentralized and immutable ledger. Imagine a book where when you write one line, this line can no longer be edited. Even if someone manages to forge it, with a prohibitive effort and cost, everyone else has a correct copy and will not accept it.
Read more “Add Blockchain To Your Existing AWS App or FinOps Implementation”
Algorithms
Computer Sciences taught you the best time complexity to sort N elements is O(NLogN)? That’s a lie! I’ll show you how to do it in linear complexity! Brace yourself. I love algorithms and this sort of tricks helped me achieve best-in-class performance on embedded devices and for financial applications.
Read more “Sort in O(N) – linear complexity!”
Artificial Intelligence
In the realm of AI, efficiency and precision are paramount. LangChain once stood as a crucial bridge, offering integrations and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Yet, the landscape shifts. OpenAI Agents emerged, learning in stride with human users. AWS Bedrock followed, a bastion of business-oriented AI, offering secure, codeless integration of generative models.
In the vein of Hemingway’s style—clear and direct— I’ll share my view on the contrasting landscapes of OpenAI Agents, AWS Bedrock, and LangChain.
Read more “What’s best? OpenAI Agents, AWS Bedrock, or LangChain?”
Artificial Intelligence
Heart diseases are the #1 cause of death every year. Why? It’s usually already too late when people realize something is wrong and contact a medic. How can we help people realize sooner, and simultaneously, how can we help medics save lives?
Our app, powered by a chatbot AI, collects minimal but crucial user data related to cardiovascular health, including age, weight, gender, lifestyle factors, blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose levels. With this information, the chatbot provides personalized explanations and recommendations, guiding users to consult a medical professional if necessary. By offering tailored insights, our app aims to empower individuals to take proactive steps toward their cardiovascular well-being, potentially saving lives through early detection and intervention.
Read more “AI-MediSphere™ – The Cardiovascular Prognosticator”
AWS
AWS certifications cost money and time to prepare and people seek different benefits. But are they worth doing? At the time of writing I hold all AWS Foundational, Associate, and Professional certifications. My answer is yes. But not for the reasons most people may think. I will explain my experience and why.
Read more “Should I take AWS certifications?”
Business
Reducing cost is an addicting drug for its immediate dollar feedback to your pockets. You taste it once and start wanting to reduce more and more. You’ll lose features, performance, and customers, but rationalize it’s worth a certain tradeoff. Sometimes, it is a good idea. But when the spiral becomes the main focus, you are in a DANGER zone. I saw this happen 3 times, in a startup, in a medium business, and in a Fortune500. I share a story from my own experience to explain the danger and opportunity of reducing costs.
Read more “Cost Optimization can save or destroy a company”
Artificial Intelligence
This has been a joint project of NVIDIA and AWS Community Builder in Machine Learning program.
This article describes the architecture of the state-of-the art Spam Detection Engine of C-Suite Labs consisting of multiple inter-dependent distinct classifiers delivering real-time, high-performance superior accuracy with minimum required manual review.
Read more “NVIDIA Triton Spam Detection Engine of C-Suite Labs”
ARM
In this article, we would like to share ESW Capital’s experience with migrating one of our key software development products – DevSpaces – to Graviton3.
Read more “AWS Graviton3 Adoption in ESW Capital”