HOW AWS INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE IS BUILT – AND WHAT THE RECENT OUTAGE REVEALED ABOUT ITS HIDDEN DEPENDENCIES
The recent AWS outage wasn’t particularly dramatic for us - our impact was minimal, close to zero downtime. This is something to deep dive into for another day. What was fascinating wasn’t the outage itself - it was what the incident report forced AWS to “leak” - its internal dependencies between services, which can shed some light on how AWS operates behind the scenes.
MY AWS ACCOUNT GOT HACKED - HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED
It's embarrassing, I know, but I got hacked. I want to share a recent attack on my personal AWS account - what happened, how the attacker operated, what I learned, and what could have been done better.
POSTGRESQL INDEXES DEMYSTIFIED: A DEEP DIVE INTO EFFICIENCY AND OPTIMIZATION
PostgreSQL Indexes Demystified: A Deep Dive into Efficiency and Optimization Introduction PostgreSQL, often referred to as Postgres, is a powerful and popular open-source relational database management system. One of its key features that contributes to its efficiency and performance is the use of indexes. In this blog post, we will delve into the world of PostgreSQL indexes, exploring their types, functionality, impact, and optimization techniques.