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Real-Time Video Analytics on AWS: The Architecture That Holds Up in Production

Most tutorials stop at the demo. This one covers the full production pipeline — Rekognition, Lambda, MediaConvert, DynamoDB — with the cost model and failure modes included.

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AWS Networking Architecture Patterns: IPv6 Migration, SD-WAN, Private 5G, and Global CDN

Production AWS networking reference architectures — IPv6 dual-stack migration, SD-WAN hybrid connectivity, Private 5G infrastructure, and global edge CDN. IaC included.

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From Raw S3 Events to Production ML: The AWS Architecture Stack That Doesn't Fall Apart at Scale

MLOps platforms, streaming CDC pipelines, GPU training clusters, and serverless AI inference — all the AWS data and ML patterns with IaC, diagrams, and cost considerations.

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AWS Security Architecture Patterns: Zero-Trust, DevSecOps CI/CD, and CloudHSM in Production

Three production AWS security architectures — zero-trust networking, a DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline, and CloudHSM for key management — with IaC, diagrams, and real trade-offs.

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Building an AWS Observability Stack Without Paying $40k/Year for a Vendor

Open-source AWS observability with OpenTelemetry, distributed APM profiling, synthetic monitoring, SIEM, and petabyte-scale log analytics. Architecture, cost, and trade-offs.

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The AWS Core Infrastructure Stack: VPC, ALB, RDS, and CI/CD in One Coherent Architecture

The foundational AWS stack — secure 3-tier web app, zero-downtime blue/green deployments, and CDK/Terraform patterns that don't fall apart when your team grows.

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Replacing MPLS With AWS Transit Gateway: What It Actually Costs and Where It Breaks

SD-WAN hybrid cloud with Transit Gateway, VPN, Direct Connect, and multi-cloud routing. The architecture, the cost model, and the failure modes your vendor won't tell you about.

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Cloud-Native SIEM on AWS: Architecture Decisions, Cost Model, and What We Would Change

A cloud-native SIEM delivering real-time threat detection, log correlation, and automated incident response — with a frank cost breakdown and the decisions we'd revisit.

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Zero-Trust on AWS: What BeyondCorp Actually Requires Beyond IAM Policies

Zero-trust is not 'add MFA and call it done.' This is what a real identity-driven, continuously-verified AWS network architecture looks like in CDK.

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5,200 Location Updates Per Second: Building Multi-Region Consistency on AWS Without Losing Your Mind

156,000 active drivers. 5,200 location updates per second. 45 cities. Here's the multi-region architecture that keeps data consistent when networks lie to you.

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The AWS VPC Foundation That Runs Dev, Staging, and Prod Without Your NAT Gateway Bill Spiralling

A production-ready multi-environment VPC in CDK TypeScript. CIDR allocation, private endpoints for S3/DynamoDB, multi-AZ design, and the decision behind every choice.

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Building an AWS Chaos Engineering Platform: Architecture, Experiments, and Real-World Resilience Testing

A production-ready AWS Chaos Engineering Platform that automates failure injection, blast radius control, resilience testing, GameDays, and observability. Built with serverless, Terraform, and AWS best practices to improve system reliability and fault tolerance.

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Every week: one AWS failure broken down + the fix that worked