AWS DataSync DMS Step Functions CDK Migration Pipeline

AWS DataSync DMS Step Functions CDK: Building a Multi-Environment Migration Pipeline That Does Not Fail Silently

Coordinating DataSync, DMS, Glue, and OpenSearch under a single Step Functions control plane sounds clean until one service is not ready and the whole pipeline silently produces incomplete data. This post dissects a CDK TypeScript stack that wires all four services together and shows exactly where i

6 Apr 2026 10 min read Rahul Ladumor

Cost Optimization

AWS CDK S3 to Lambda via EventBridge: Full Cost and Architecture Breakdown

Most S3-to-Lambda setups skip CloudTrail data events entirely and pay for it later with brittle fan-out and zero audit trail. This post walks through a CDK TypeScript stack that routes S3 events through EventBridge properly — VPC placement, KMS encryption, Secrets Manager, cost model, and the failur

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DevOps and Platform Engineering

AWS CDK EC2 CodeDeploy Pipeline: ALB and Auto Scaling Without the 2am 502s

Wiring CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, and Auto Scaling in CDK sounds straightforward until your first real scale event cracks the deployment. This post walks the full architecture - VPC, ALB, ASG, SSM config, and the lifecycle hook settings that keep deploys clean under load.

6 Apr 2026 9 min read

AWS Architecture

AWS CDK Web App Deployment: VPC, Fargate, Aurora, and CloudFront Wired Together

Most CDK tutorials stop at 'it deployed.' This one covers the full aws cdk web application deployment stack - VPC isolation, Fargate on private subnets, Aurora with KMS, CloudFront, Secrets Manager rotation - and the six operational gaps that will wake you up at 2am if you skip them.

6 Apr 2026 11 min read

AWS DataSync DMS Step Functions CDK: Building a Multi-Environment Migration Pipeline That Does Not Fail Silently

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AWS CDK S3 to Lambda via EventBridge: Full Cost and Architecture Breakdown

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AWS CDK Web App Deployment: VPC, Fargate, Aurora, and CloudFront Wired Together

Premium access is in pilot review.

Rahul Ladumor

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AWS CDK S3 to Lambda via EventBridge: Full Cost and Architecture Breakdown

AWS CDK EC2 CodeDeploy Pipeline: ALB and Auto Scaling Without the 2am 502s

AWS CDK Web App Deployment: VPC, Fargate, Aurora, and CloudFront Wired Together