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AWS Lambda Managed Instances with Java 25 and AWS SAM – Part 4 Monitoring, unsupported features, challenges and pricing Introduction In part 1 of the series, we explained the ideas behind AWS Lambda Managed...

✍️ New blog post by Vadym Kazulkin

AWS Lambda Managed Instances with Java 25 and AWS SAM – Part 4 Monitoring, unsupported features, challenges and pricing

#aws #java #serverless #lambda

I Rewrote My Step Function as a Durable Function Ever since AWS announced Lambda Durable Functions at re:Invent 2025, I've been wanting to try them on...

✍️ New blog post by Danielle Heberling

I Rewrote My Step Function as a Durable Function

#aws #function #lambda #cdk

PostgreSQL global statistics on partitionned table require a manual ANALYZE PostgreSQL auto-analyze collects statistics on tables with rows. For partitioned tables, it excludes...

✍️ New blog post by Franck Pachot

PostgreSQL global statistics on partitionned table require a manual ANALYZE

#postgres #sql #database #partitioning

Monthly Amazon Location Service Updates - 2026.02 Monthly Amazon Location Service Updates - 2026.02 This is a summary of the February...

✍️ New blog post by Yasunori Kirimoto

Monthly Amazon Location Service Updates - 2026.02

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Serverless applications with Java and Aurora DSQL - Part 5 Support for identity columns and sequence objects added Introduction Recently, AWS added support for identity columns and sequence objects . This...

✍️ New blog post by Vadym Kazulkin

Serverless applications with Java and Aurora DSQL - Part 5 Support for identity columns and sequence objects added

#aws #serverless #java #database

Why is cdk.out (Cloud Assembly) Necessary in AWS CDK? What is cdk.out cdk.out is a directory that stores a collection of files called the cloud...

✍️ New blog post by Kenta Goto

Why is cdk.out (Cloud Assembly) Necessary in AWS CDK?

#aws #cdk #awscdk

I Promised an iOS App. Kiro CLI and Xcode MCP Built It in Hours. Recap In my previous blog post, I shared a weekend vibe coding project. An AI-powered...

✍️ New blog post by Vivek V.

I Promised an iOS App. Kiro CLI and Xcode MCP Built It in Hours.

#kiro #ios #mcpbridge #xcode

Amazon Nova 2 Multimodal Embeddings with Amazon S3 Vectors and AWS Java SDK - Part 4 Implement similarity search Introduction In part 2, we covered creating text and image embeddings, and in part 3,...

✍️ New blog post by Vadym Kazulkin

Amazon Nova 2 Multimodal Embeddings with Amazon S3 Vectors and AWS Java SDK - Part 4 Implement similarity search

#aws #java #amazonnova #amazons3vectors

Why AI‑DLC Exists: Reimagining Software Development in an AI‑First World Artificial Intelligence is no longer an occasional tool in software development. It has become a...

✍️ New blog post by Bhuvaneswari Subramani

Why AI‑DLC Exists: Reimagining Software Development in an AI‑First World

#aws #aidlc #ai #agenticai

Moving from Node Groups to NodePools on Amazon EKS Background In November 2019, AWS introduced the concept of Amazon EKS Managed Node Groups....

✍️ New blog post by Matt Lewis

Moving from Node Groups to NodePools on Amazon EKS

#aws #kubernetes #beginners #tutorial

Getting started with Amazon Nova 2 Omni (Preview) & Amazon Nova AI hackathon What's hot off the press from AWS re:Invent 2025? I am still excited to experiment with AI...

✍️ New blog post by Wendy Wong

Getting started with Amazon Nova 2 Omni (Preview) & Amazon Nova AI hackathon

#ai #aws #genai #tutorial

AWS Lambda Managed Instances with Java 25 and AWS SAM - Part 3 Create Lambda function with LMI compute type Introduction In part 1 of the series, we explained the ideas behind AWS Lambda Managed...

✍️ New blog post by Vadym Kazulkin

AWS Lambda Managed Instances with Java 25 and AWS SAM - Part 3 Create Lambda function with LMI compute type

#aws #java #serverless #lambda

I've Been a Costco Member for 25 Years. Last Month I Built an AI Agent to Get My Money Back Background I've been a Costco member since 2001. That's 25 years of bulk toilet paper,...

✍️ New blog post by Vivek V.

I've Been a Costco Member for 25 Years. Last Month I Built an AI Agent to Get My Money Back

#agents #ai #kiro #amplify

How AWS Support Saved Me $530 (And Why You Should Check Your Quick Suite Settings Right Now) Background Forgot to turn off a promo feature. Got hit with $530 in charges. AWS Support...

✍️ New blog post by Vivek V.

How AWS Support Saved Me $530 (And Why You Should Check Your Quick Suite Settings Right Now)

#quick #q

Amazon Nova 2 Multimodal Embeddings with Amazon S3 Vectors and AWS Java SDK - Part 3 Create and store audio and video embeddings Introduction In part 2, we covered creating text and image embeddings with Amazon Nova 2...

✍️ New blog post by Vadym Kazulkin

Amazon Nova 2 Multimodal Embeddings with Amazon S3 Vectors and AWS Java SDK - Part 3 Create and store audio and video embeddings

#aws #java #amazonnova #amazons3vectors

Let an AI Agent Do Your Job Searching Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash Quick disclaimer before I get into this: I'm no longer...

✍️ New blog post by Danielle Heberling

Let an AI Agent Do Your Job Searching

#ai #agents #aws #tools

Monthly Amazon Location Service Updates - 2026.01 Monthly Amazon Location Service Updates - 2026.01 This is a summary of the January...

✍️ New blog post by Yasunori Kirimoto

Monthly Amazon Location Service Updates - 2026.01

#amazonlocationservice #amazonlocationserviceupdates

AWS CDK Hotswap Deployments Now Support Bedrock AgentCore Runtime AWS CDK's hotswap deployments now support Bedrock AgentCore Runtime. What are hotswap...

✍️ New blog post by Kenta Goto

AWS CDK Hotswap Deployments Now Support Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

#aws #cdk #agentcore #bedrock

AWS Lambda Managed Instances with Java 25 and AWS SAM - Part 2 Create Capacity Provider Introduction In part 1 of the series, we explained the ideas behind AWS Lambda Managed...

✍️ New blog post by Vadym Kazulkin

AWS Lambda Managed Instances with Java 25 and AWS SAM - Part 2 Create Capacity Provider

#aws #java #serverless #lambda

A Strands Agent Template (For the Impatient) Photo by Tanja Tepavac on Unsplash Ever since AWS announced Bedrock AgentCore Runtime back in...

✍️ New blog post by Danielle Heberling

A Strands Agent Template (For the Impatient)

#ai #agents #aws #agentcore

Get started with the Argo CD EKS Capability Argo CD Overview EKS Capabilities was announced at re:Invent 2025. These are...

✍️ New blog post by Matt Lewis

Get started with the Argo CD EKS Capability

#aws #tutorial #kubernetes #beginners

Serverless applications with Java and Aurora DSQL - Part 4 Understand DPUs in Explain Analyze Verbose Understand DPUs in Explain Analyze Verbose Aurora DSQL provides statement-level...

✍️ New blog post by Vadym Kazulkin

Serverless applications with Java and Aurora DSQL - Part 4 Understand DPUs in Explain Analyze Verbose

#aws #postgres #serverless #database

Lambda Durable Functions - Keeping your Payloads Secure AWS Lambda Durable Functions represent a significant evolution in how we build serverless workflows....

✍️ New blog post by Michael Walmsley

Lambda Durable Functions - Keeping your Payloads Secure

Amazon Nova 2 Multimodal Embeddings with Amazon S3 Vectors and AWS Java SDK - Part 2 Create and store text and image embeddings Introduction In part 1 of the series, we introduced the goal of this series and introduced...

✍️ New blog post by Vadym Kazulkin

Amazon Nova 2 Multimodal Embeddings with Amazon S3 Vectors and AWS Java SDK - Part 2 Create and store text and image embeddings

#aws #amazonnova #amazons3vectors #java

AWS Lambda Managed Instances with Java 25 and AWS SAM - Part 1 Introduction and sample application Introduction In this article series, we'll introduce the concepts behind the AWS Lambda...

✍️ New blog post by Vadym Kazulkin

AWS Lambda Managed Instances with Java 25 and AWS SAM - Part 1 Introduction and sample application

#aws #java #serverless #lambda

Amazon Nova 2 Multimodal Embeddings with Amazon S3 Vectors and AWS Java SDK - Part 1 Introduction Introduction Throughout this series, we'll use Amazon Nova 2 Multimodal Embeddings to...

✍️ New blog post by Vadym Kazulkin

Amazon Nova 2 Multimodal Embeddings with Amazon S3 Vectors and AWS Java SDK - Part 1 Introduction

#aws #amazonnova #s3vectorstore #java

When serving images from S3 stopped being good enough Serving images from S3 worked for years, until it didn't. Here's how I moved image optimization out of my workflow and made performance the default.

✍️ New blog post by Allen Helton

When serving images from S3 stopped being good enough

#serverless #blogging

Serverless applications with Java and Aurora DSQL - Part 3 Integrated query editor Integrated query editor Amazon Aurora DSQL now provides an integrated query editor in the...

✍️ New blog post by Vadym Kazulkin

Serverless applications with Java and Aurora DSQL - Part 3 Integrated query editor

#aws #postgres #serverless #database

Starting Your Journey into Generative AI: A Beginner's Guide Situation: As a STEM student, when you are hearing more about Generative AI all around. Is that a...

✍️ New blog post by Bhuvaneswari Subramani

Starting Your Journey into Generative AI: A Beginner's Guide

#aws #genai #cloud #ai

Monthly Amazon Location Service Updates - 2025.12 Monthly Amazon Location Service Updates - 2025.12 This is a summary of the December...

✍️ New blog post by Yasunori Kirimoto

Monthly Amazon Location Service Updates - 2025.12

#amazonlocationservice #amazonlocationserviceupdates