Building a Serverless Uptime Monitor
Feb 8 · 3 min read · Introduction: Monitoring application availability is a critical requirement for any production workload. While third-party tools exist, building a custom Uptime Monitor using AWS serverless primitives provides a cost-effective, highly customizable so...
Join discussion📩 Amazon SQS and SNS: Messaging in the Cloud
Sep 4, 2025 · 2 min read · One of the coolest things about cloud applications is how different parts of a system can “talk” to each other without being directly connected. That’s where Amazon SQS and Amazon SNS come in. Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service) Think of SQS like a wa...
Join discussionGo Queue - Flexible Background Job Processing for Go Applications
Aug 27, 2025 · 3 min read · Introduction In modern application development, background job processing is essential for handling time-consuming tasks without blocking user interactions. Whether you're sending emails, processing images, or generating reports, a reliable queue sys...
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Cloud Email Microservices: A Guide to Using AWS Lambda and Cloudflare Workers
Aug 12, 2025 · 15 min read · You’ve developped your contact page and want to send emails on submit? In this article, we’ll see how to send emails for free using: A third-party email API, with a comparative of the existing solutions. AWS Lambda to host the email microservice. ...
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Day 83 of 90 Days of DevOps Challenge: Exploring Amazon SNS and SQS
Jul 23, 2025 · 4 min read · On Day 82, Yesterday, I explored AWS IAM, the service that defines who can do what with AWS resources. From users and roles to fine-grained JSON policies, IAM showed me how proper access control is essential for both security and seamless operations....
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AWS SQS service Expands IPv6 Support to VPC Endpoints
Jul 20, 2025 · 2 min read · AWS SQS also known as Amazon Simple Queue Service now started supporting IPv6 on VPC endpoints via AWS PrivateLink. Thus it enables Private, Secure and Cost-Optimized message queuing Services Benefits Previously, IPv6 supports on AWS was limited to ...
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No Bottlenecks. Just SQS.
Jul 12, 2025 · 8 min read · When building modern applications, we often encounter a dilemma: Should we process tasks immediately within the API call? Or offload them and return quickly? As your application scales, tasks like sending emails, processing payments, resizing ima...
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Getting Started with AWS CDK: My First Infrastructure as Code Project 🏗️
May 1, 2025 · 3 min read · 🧠 I built a Lambda, S3 bucket, and SQS queue using AWS CDK—here’s what I learned. In my recent project, I had the opportunity to work with AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) for the first time, and it completely changed the way I think about cloud infr...
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How to Use SNS and SQS to Get S3 Event Notifications
Mar 16, 2025 · 3 min read · Introduction Briefly introduce the importance of event-driven architecture in AWS. Explain the common use case: Getting notifications when an S3 event (like file upload) occurs. Highlight the role of SNS and SQS in handling event-based workflows. ...
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