blog.buildopssolutions.comFixing AWS Billing & Cost Explorer Access for IAM Identity Center (SSO) UsersA complete root-cause breakdown If you’ve ever assigned Billing permissions to an AWS SSO (IAM Identity Center) user and still hit AccessDenied errors in Cost Explorer, you’re not alone. This post documents a real-world debugging journey and the actu...Jan 24·3 min read
blog.buildopssolutions.comStop Forgetting: Automate Your Study Schedule with Google Apps ScriptWe’ve all been there: you spend hours learning a new concept, only to forget 70% of it three days later. Science tells us that the best way to fight this "forgetting curve" is Spaced Repetition—reviewing material at specific intervals. But manually s...Jan 18·3 min read
blog.buildopssolutions.comA Plain-English Guide to Modern Data Architecture (No Jargon, I Promise)If you’ve ever heard terms like data lake, data warehouse, ETL, streaming, or lakehouse and thought: “I kind of get it… but not really” —you’re not alone. This post breaks down modern data architecture in simple terms, explains why each component e...Jan 11·4 min read
blog.buildopssolutions.comMastering dbt: From Core Concepts to CI/CD, Lineage, and Medallion ArchitectureModern data teams don’t struggle with collecting data anymore — they struggle with trusting it. That’s exactly the problem dbt was built to solve. This post is a complete, end-to-end guide to dbt, covering: What problems it solves Core concepts (mo...Jan 3·4 min read
blog.buildopssolutions.comZero to Production: Deploying Next.js to AWS EC2 using Docker and GitHub Actions (Self-Hosted)Deploying a modern Next.js app can feel overwhelming with all the choices available. In this guide, we’ll skip the "magic" of Vercel and build our own robust CI/CD pipeline using Docker, GitHub Container Registry (GHCR), and a Self-Hosted Runner on A...Dec 20, 2025·3 min read
