Posts by /u/lockstepgo
Deploying a Docker App on AWS ECS
Hi all, I recently set out to learn how to deploy a Docker based app to AWS using ECR and ECS. I put together a brief tutorial on how to do it and some of the learnings I gathered. The video is available here: https://youtu.be/zs3tyVgiBQQ Hope some fin…
Read MoreAn Overview of Amazon Redshift
Hi,
I wanted to share a video I put together overviewing Amazon Redshift. I’ve recently begun using it on a work project and thought it would be helpful to share some of my learnings.
The video is here: https://youtu.be/IAagaCN4CIk
Feedback / Constructive Criticism welcome!
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AWS Lambda vs EC2
Hi all, I run a Youtube channel that is devoted to producing high quality AWS tutorials. I recently put together a video comparing the difference between EC2 and Lambda. I feel this decision is more relevant than ever especially as newer folks are movi…
Read MoreCutting my AWS S3 bill in half using S3 Lifecycles
Hi all,
I’ve been using AWS S3 for many years and am no stranger to some pretty jaw dropping S3 bills. I recently learned about S3 Lifecycle Rules and was excited to learn I can greatly reduce my costs by migrating files to certain ‘Tiers’ (Standard, Intelligent, Glacier to name a few).
Using this approach, I’ve managed to cut a $6,000 / month bill to just under $2250.
Theres a bit of a learning curve regarding how Lifecycle Rules work and how to set them up. I’ve created a video summarizing how it works (with a step by step tutorial coming soon).
Video is available here: https://youtu.be/iDYWAasynzQ Hope this helps and I’m happy to field any questions.
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Never get a surprise bill again with AWS Budgets
A common concern when using AWS is accidentally ticking the wrong box on a service and end up owing thousands of dollars. This is especially true for those of us experimenting with AWS using free tier. I recently found out about the new AWS Budgets fea…
Read MoreDetecting inventory levels + SMS Text Notifications with AWS
Hey all,
I’ve recently been dealing with some frustration trying to purchase some seemingly common products off online retailers. Getting sick of seeing ‘out of stock’ messages, I decided to build a script that would automatically detect when a retailer receives new inventory of a product, and send me a SMS Text Notification.
It ended up working really well for the first item – I got a notification in less than 30 minutes and was able to nab one. Not so good luck on a second product – been running it for over 10 hours and no dice.
I put together a video showing how I did it: https://youtu.be/6ixBJZ2vnYk I hope this shows some practical applications of using AWS and software in general.
Cheers
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SELECT * FROM S3 – Using S3 Select to Query S3 files with SQL
Hey folks,
Recently put together a tutorial video for using AWS’ newish feature, S3 Select, to run SQL commands on your JSON, CSV, or Parquet files in S3.
Ontop of it being super easy to use, using S3 Select over traditional S3 Get + Filtering has a 400% performance improvement + cost reduction. Very useful for those of you pulling down large config files in your apps.
The tutorial video is located here: https://youtu.be/yqJwN8EBCw8
Thanks!
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DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) for Performance Improvement through Caching
Hey all,
I’ve used DAX quite a bit in the past to reduce our DynamoDB read capacity usage but also improve performance of our APIs.
I recently became more interested in how it works and put together a video to share my findings, which include some of the pitfalls of using DAX.
The video is available here: https://youtu.be/9deAV0yAkH8 Hope some find this useful. Cheers.
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REST API on AWS in less than 8 clicks
Hi all, I put together a quick video on quickly setting up a REST api on AWS using API Gateway + Lambda. I thought this may be useful for those of you looking to quickly prototype lambda based applications. The url is available here: https://youtu.be/b…
Read MoreServerless Big Data Analysis with Amazon Athena
Hey folks,
I put together an overview on using Amazon Athena to perform big data analysis. Wanted to share for those of you looking for big data analysis solutions but don’t to pay infrastructure overhead.
Video is available here: https://youtu.be/1lzpeVV2hDQ
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