AWS Services

EC2 Instance Types Have Gotten Complicated With All the Options Flying Around AWS offers roughly 750 different EC2 configurations across 30-plus instance families. That number...

When These Two Even Overlap The AWS Step Functions vs SQS debate has gotten complicated with all the conflicting takes flying around engineering Slack channels....

Why CloudWatch Alarms Go Silent CloudWatch alarm debugging has gotten complicated with all the “just check your threshold” advice flying around. As someone who spent...

AWS IAM Permissions Errors — How to Debug Them Fast AWS IAM permissions have gotten complicated with all the layers, policies, and organizational controls flying...

AWS RDS Running Slow — Here’s How to Actually Fix It RDS performance has gotten complicated with all the conflicting advice flying around. Upgrade your...

Why S3 Lifecycle Rules Silently Do Nothing S3 lifecycle rules have gotten complicated with all the silent failures flying around. As someone who spent three...

AWS ECS vs EKS for Small Teams — Which One to Pick The Short Answer If You Just Need to Ship AWS ECS vs EKS...

Why Cold Starts Happen in the First Place Lambda cold starts have gotten complicated with all the conflicting advice flying around. I’ve watched API response...

AWS NAT Gateway Cost Too High — How to Reduce Your Data Transfer Bill AWS billing has gotten complicated with all the noise flying around...

AWS OpenSearch Serverless — When to Use It and When to Avoid It AWS OpenSearch Serverless has gotten complicated with all the marketing noise flying...