Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud computing platform offering infrastructure and services.
What It Is
Cloud Computing is the delivery of computing services over the internet, enabling scalable and flexible infrastructure. On this site, it matters because it transfers across technical, operational, and venture work instead of staying trapped in one narrow context.
Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Infrastructure is the foundational components required to build and operate cloud-based systems.
Microservices Architecture (Docker, ECS, Terraform)
Designed and built a containerized, auto-scaling microservices framework on AWS — first in 2014, then revised in 2018 with EKS, ArgoCD, Helm, and GitHub...
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 is a scalable virtual server infrastructure in the cloud.
Aware3 Impact — DevOps Transformation
Modernized the entire DevOps pipeline for a company producing customized mobile apps for over 1,000 churches and communities — scaling from 5 app builds per...
AWS DeepLens — Computer Vision for the House
Used AWS DeepLens in 2018 to estimate the real cost of adding ML-powered visual awareness to a home automation system — and arrived at an honest 'not yet, not cheaply' answer worth having.
Cloud Architecture and Infrastructure
Projects designing, migrating, and operating cloud-native infrastructure on AWS and related platforms.
Curiosities and Interests
This page collects the questions, patterns, and topics that repeatedly draw my attention.
Data Center Migration to AWS Using Terraform
Migrating a federal student loan servicer's infrastructure from a physical data center to AWS using Terraform infrastructure-as-code. The project redesigned...
Data Warehouse for Cloud Compliance Verification
Built a compliance data warehouse for an In-Q-Tel portfolio company using AWS Glue, Spark, and S3. The system automated FedRAMP and PCI DSS compliance...