Opportunity cost is an important economic concept, but sometimes we need to ignore it to learn something. Join me in using a variety of services and tools to figure out what is using my KMS keys and if I can safely delete them.
In the previous post, “API Gateway and Lambda Throttling with Terraform”, we covered the basics of setting up throttling for your API Gateway and Lambda functions. In this follow-up, we’ll take it to the next level, adding budget controls, time-based throttling adjustments, and AWS WAF security integration to safeguard your API while optimizing both performance and cost-efficiency.
In today’s cloud-native world, effectively managing API and serverless function performance is crucial for building reliable and cost-effective applications. This guide explores advanced throttling techniques for AWS API Gateway and Lambda using Terraform, incorporating best practices from the AWS Well-Architected Framework and real-world implementation patterns.
When using Business Intelligence solutions, it can quickly become difficult to manage all the resources created by numerous users. In this blog article, we will see how the Amazon QuickSight API was leveraged to determine which resources used up all the available SPICE capacity in our Amazon QuickSight account.
In the dynamic landscape of search and analytics engines, AWS users often find themselves weighing the merits of OpenSearch against Elasticsearch. While both platforms offer robust search capabilities, Amazon OpenSearch Service emerges as the superior option for those operating within the AWS ecosystem. This comprehensive analysis delves into the reasons why OpenSearch stands out and how it compares to Elasticsearch, particularly for AWS users.
Amazon OpenSearch is a powerful, scalable search and analytics service offered by AWS. As organizations increasingly rely on OpenSearch for critical data operations, implementing robust backup and restore strategies becomes paramount. This article provides a comprehensive guide to OpenSearch backup and restore, helping AWS practitioners make informed decisions about data protection and disaster recovery.
In a recent Developing on AWS course I was faced with an interesting question about DynamoDB. What happens if you create an item that features attributes of a global secondary index with a data type that doesn’t match the index? My intuition was wrong, let’s check out what actually happens.
Response headers play a vital role in reinforcing security measures, protecting against various attacks, and enhancing the overall security of your web applications. In this blog post, we’ll explore how to implement a CloudFront response header policy to improve security, walk through the process of testing and refining your settings, and discuss how to automate these changes across your infrastructure.
