When does it stop being “a relocation” and start being “the new home”? — As you can understand from the title — I am now celebrating my 2 year anniversary in Dublin, and soon enough so will Covid-19. The difference between 2020 and 2021 is that this year we got vaccines and looser restrictions every once in a while. …

All you need to know about pricing for AWS services and AWS services for billing — Welcome to the 6th blog post in the AWS series! This time we will talk about money, and it’s an important topic in the Cloud Practitioner exam! So what will we talk about today? Here is a table of content for easy access: AWS Pricing Introduction 4 Key Principles The…

The tutorial that would’ve saved me a month of procrastination — Let me explain: I had never heard of Django before, and it sounded like something big and complicated. Also, I’m busy, so I don’t have time to dive into something huge that isn’t related to my job. I still have scary related-to-my-job subjects that I need to catch up on…

This is the last blog post about services in AWS — but definitely not the least! — Welcome to the fifth(!) blog post in the AWS series. I know, we’ve learned so much by now, it’s exhausting! But don’t worry — as I mentioned in the subtitle, this is the last blog post about the various services! …

The related services are Elastic Block Store, Load Balancing, and Auto-Scaling — In previous blog posts, I mentioned that AWS services are dependent on each other, which makes it difficult to decide in which order to present them. The big star of AWS, the one that all tutorials mention, is EC2, so we’ll start there. This will be fun! Let’s see a…

“If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What’s more, you deserve to be hacked.” ― Richard Clarke — Welcome back! This is the third blog post in the series and you might be feeling a bit unmotivated. I get it, every blog post is long and we still have more to go. Because I was sick of studying as well, I tried taking a practice test and completely…

These are the services to start with when trying to conquer the AWS world — Starting with AWS can be overwhelming, and the main reason for that is the number of services they offer! When you open the All Services tab, you see a long list and no indication of where to start!

Want to get into the AWS world? This is where you should start! — Introduction Before we start, I need to say it loud and clear: I work for Amazon, but I have nothing to do with the AWS teams. I am a client of AWS services just like you, and I struggled to understand this wondrous world as well. When I decided to start…

Git commands you need to know, simply explained, with hands-on examples! — It doesn’t matter what’s the programming language of your choice, nor which company you work for — you will use Git. I volunteer in AliceCode and teach programming to teenage girls. …