Tag: getting started

The AWS Pop-up Loft in San Francisco filled up quickly on Monday night as attendees from Silicon Valley startups eagerly awaited Edith Yeung, General Partner at 500 China and Mobile Collective Microfund. This would not be a traditional ‘Loft Talk’ about architecting on AWS, or using serverless securely, so why was the AWS Loft packed […]

I always get the best ideas while I’m in the middle of another task, but trying to capture those thoughts and convince others of their brilliance is another story. Just knowing that your idea could be tossed aside before you’ve had a chance to explain yourself can be nerve-wracking. So I jumped at the chance […]

As Datapipe’s data and analytics consultants, we are frequently asked by customers to help pick the right solution for them. As a result of our customer engagements, we decided to share our findings in our Apache Kafka vs. Amazon Kinesis whitepaper. In this post, we summarize some of the whitepaper’s important takeaways.

But times are changing and organizations running in AWS can now take advantage of continuous development practices and security without impacting delivery speed. How? Here are three practical ways to start implementing security for scale:

By Brent Rabowsky, Startup Solutions Architect, AWS

This post is part 1 of a two-part series. In this post, I focus on data modeling with DynamoDB. I describe an example use case to demonstrate alternative ways of modeling the same data, and the pros and cons of each approach. Proper data modeling is an essential prerequisite to beginning the development of a back end service.

In this post, I don’t discuss what a CDN is or whether you should use a CDN to improve performance (you probably already know the answer to both). Rather, my goal here is to help you make an informed decision if you do choose to go with a CDN. Because there are many different CDN providers in the market today, choosing the right one based on your business needs is essential.

In part III of the architecture series by an AWS solutions architect, you’ll learn how to choose the right data store for your workloads.

We discuss how scalable cloud services enable you to quickly iterate on your MVP to discover your formula for success, and then scale up for mainstream adoption as you continue adding features.

In this blog post, I provide tips for hiring an experienced cloud engineer who can help you run your startup or small business efficiently…