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CloudWatch Instights Now Has A Virtual Assistant LLM

CloudWatch Instights Now Has A Virtual Assistant LLM

I often wonder “How will I be automated out of a job with AI?” not “If” but “how”. It will happen someday and I need to continue to evolve what I do. One of the first steps towards that, which I am actually pretty excited about, is the addition of an LLM based Virtual Assistant for CloudWatch Insights.

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Monolithic Repos vs Multiple Repos

Monolithic Repos vs Multiple Repos

Should you store all the code for all your various services/applications in a single repo or should you break it down into multiple repositories?

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Why You Need Infrastructure As Code

Why You Need Infrastructure As Code

Ever wished there was a way to clearly define a blueprint for how your Virtual Infrastructure should look and track every change made to it in version control? Then Infrastructure as Code is something you need to check out.

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Is Your Mindset Limiting Your Ability To Solve Technical Problems?

Is Your Mindset Limiting Your Ability To Solve Technical Problems?

Today we have a short story and a quick tip on how to reframe your thought process when your up against an “unsolvable problem”.

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A Love/Hate Relationship With JavaScript

A Love/Hate Relationship With JavaScript

As an engineer and software developer I think JavaScript is okay. As a Web Application Architect my thoughts are much different.

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Happy New Year! - 2024 Goals And Office Tour

Happy New Year! - 2024 Goals And Office Tour

Here is a quick Youtube video giving you a peak behind the scenes of the channel as well as a preview of what is to come in 2024

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2 Commands To Avoid To Write Low Latency SQL

2 Commands To Avoid To Write Low Latency SQL

There are a lot of ways to speed up your DB like adding indexes, sharding, and not doing joins on joins on joins but let’s start with some super basic redflags I look for before making any advanced changes.

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Is Your ORM Making Your Site Slow?

Is Your ORM Making Your Site Slow?

ORM Are No Excuse For Not Knowing What SQL Is Hitting The DB

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