Choosing the Right Programming Language for Your Startup

If you ever want to be the center of controversy in a room packed with developers, declare that one programming language is better than another. Banners will be raised and battle cries will be heard from various fiefdoms…

Practical VPC Design

301 level guidance from an AWS Solutions Architect

Few areas of cloud infrastructure are more important to get right from the start than the IP address layout of one’s Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). VPC design has far-reaching…

A Better Dev/Test Experience: Docker and AWS

Here’s a familiar story: You’ve been tasked with creating…

A Guide to Amazon Simple Notification Service Mobile Push Self-registration for iOS

Part 1: Lets get Pushy!

Mobile applications that do not send push notifications are few and far between these days. The ability to engage with…

Dynamic Websites Using the AWS SDK for JavaScript in the Browser

301 level guidance from an AWS Solutions Architect: Learn how to leverage Amazon S3 and the AWS SDK for JavaScript in the Browser to create…

DevOps Backup in Amazon EC2

Implementing a Distributed Solution for a Distributed Problem

Backup and Recovery is critical to protecting data and providing your startup with a platform that will support uninterrupted growth. At the same time…

Searching CloudTrail Logs Easily with Amazon CloudSearch

In addition to the flexibility AWS provides startups in creating and deleting application infrastructure, AWS CloudTrail provides a key security service with its detailed security audit logs. It records the API calls made in your…