AWS CodeStar is a managed service from AWS that lets us quickly develop, build & deploy various applications across development languages, such
AWS CloudFormation CreationPolicy vs WaitCondition
Both CreationPolicy & WaitCondition are used to delay the creation of a CloudFormation stack. In this article, we’ll see the differences between
A Simplistic Guide to Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Termination Policies
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling lets you automate the otherwise cumbersome process of maintaining just the right number of instances required to handle
How to Send an SMS from AWS Lambda
Amazon’s Simple Notification Service (SNS) can send a text message (SMS) to mobile phones almost anywhere in the world. But how can
Push Realtime Streaming Data to Clients using Amazon API Gateway’s WebSocket API
Realizing the value of real-time data insights, most businesses today have implemented some kind of streaming data capture & analysis mechanism. One
Handling Redirects in a DNS + CloudFront + Load Balancer + EC2 Stack
If you’re hosting a website on AWS, there’s often a need to set up various kinds of redirects for the site: HTTP
Lessons Learned: Running Java 8 Lambda Functions Inside a VPC
Last year, we built a cloud-native app with an Angular frontend, a Lambda backend & an RDS DB. When it was time
No More Lambda Warmups! Use Provisioned Concurrency Instead!
If you have ventured into serverless computing, you must have come across the dreaded “cold starts”. That’s when a request has come
Using Angular to Invoke APIs Hosted on Amazon API Gateway, Secured using Cognito User Pools
This article describes how to secure an API in Amazon API Gateway. Here we’ll see how to invoke a secure API programmatically

