Davide de Paolis articles - 182 total
Easy way to configure your kubeconfig and to debug your your EKS Cluster
tips and tricks to easily configure kubectl and debug kubernetes cluster with ease (via UI plugin or via Terminal)
The easiest way to set up and configure your AWS CLI
step by step guide to configure your aws cli
Clean up S3 with Batch Operations, Tags and Lifecycle policies, they said. It will be cheaper, they said.
a learning opportunity for a developer and a saving opportunity for the company turned into quite a surprise, a little less savings than expected but definitely much more learning!
My 2024 (and 3rd year) as an AWS Community Builder
a year in and for the community
I failed the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam, so what?!
I attempted the solutions architect exam without preparation and this is how it went! some tips and useful links to prepare for it.
my 2023 in review: sad, mad, sad, glad, glad, glad 😓😤🥳!
2023 was not easy, went through some struggles nevertheless made some great achievements and the last quarter was mindblowing.
I have read it so you don't have to - Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by R.T. Kiyosaki
I love reading and love exposing myself to different perspectives and points of view. I was skeptical about this book and forced myself to read it all. I was not wrong, it was a waste of money and time: the only valuable information could fill 2 pages, and the rest is boring repetition, success bias, and privilege.
Bragging like a STAR ⭐️! Boost your confidence and be more convincing during salary negotiations and job interviews.
Increase your chances of getting that job or raise with a brag book and the S.T.A.R method
playing around with PartyRock! a new Bedrock playground
AWS just launched PartyRock, a tool to experiment with Bedrock and build AI powered apps. check out how easy it is and what app I created in minutes.
I spoke at AWS Community Day in Munich: how I prepared and how it went.
at the beginning of the year I set myself the goal of speaking at a conference. After a bunch of refusals, my talk was accepted. If you are interested in public speaking and tech talks in this post you might find some useful tips about my journey into the preparation and delivery of my presentation.
There is no right or wrong, as long as it works - Actually, how you use DynamoDB makes a lot of difference!
let's have a look at how a proof of concept pushed to production went bad and how we can improve the performances of a backend querying multiple DynamoDB tables while at the same time reducing costs
Be the rising tide - grow as a leader or engineer by helping others
the real multiplying factor in team performance is sharing passion and knowledge and enabling/empowering others. become like a rising tide to lift others achieving our common goals.
Understanding the desiredCount and autoscaling behaviour of AWS Fargate - Fuckups 🤦♂️ and learnings 🤓
mistake can be learning opportunity ( given a work environment without blame culture) - sharing failures helps the community and consolidates those learnings. Today I will share one incidents that involved autoscaling configuration of AWS Fargate
Fixing Error spawnSync bash ENOENT occurring during CDK Lambda Bundling on CI pipeline
a nasty error occurring only on gitlab runner slowed down my deployment, in this post I am sharing the solution
Software Engineering is about trade-offs: make sure you have options! (architecture patterns comparison)
check 3 possible solutions
My first 6 months as AWS Community Builder: boosting my career and fighting Imposter Syndrome!
Becoming an AWS Community Builder is a great boost for your career, thanks to endless learning and networking opportunities. Let's see in detail why.
How to Filter Unique values in CloudWatch Insights (+ 3 other query snippets)
some useful snippets to investigate your issue using CloudWatch Insights queries
Working on legacy code-bases can make us better developers, here is why.
legacy code bases might be overwhelming and cause burnout, but can also reveal as a great learning opportunity.
Disaster Recovery Cheat-sheet/Write-up
Cheat-sheets about disaster recovery, high-available and fault tolerant architecture patterns for Solutions Architect Certification (but not only)
AWS Security in the Cloud Cheat-sheet/Write-up
Cheat-sheets about AWS Services and Tools for security in the Cloud - for Solutions Architect Certification (but not only)
AWS Mobile and Web apps Cheat-sheet/Write-up
Cheat-sheets about services and tools for mobile and web application development for Solutions Architect Certification (but not only)
AWS AI and ML stack Cheat-sheet/Write-up
Cheat-sheets about AI and Machine Learning Services for Solutions Architect Certification (but not only)
AWS Costs and Budgets Cheat-sheet/Write-up
Cheat-sheets about costs, tags, budgets for Solutions Architect Certification (but not only)
AWS Digest nr 8
List of interesting articles and resources I read in the past week(s) - This week, Architecture, Step Functions and CDK!
AWS Logging, Monitoring and Auditing Cheat-sheet/Write-up
Cheat-sheets about Logging and Monitoring solutions for Solutions Architect Certification (but not only)
AWS Serverless Cheat-sheet/Write-up
Cheat-sheets about Serverless services for Solutions Architect Certification (but not only)
AWS Datastores and Analytics Cheat-sheet/Write-up
Cheat-sheets about Datastores and Analytic Services for Solutions Architect Certification (but not only)
AWS Databases Cheat-sheet/Write-up
Cheat-sheets about Databases Services for Solutions Architect Certification (but not only)
Get your self-esteem crushed with AWS Certifications and Badges!
don't get bummed out if you feel you don't know much and fail a certification, there are plenty of free resources out there to help you structure your learning! AWS SkillBuilder and RampUpGuids are one of those!
Send slack notifications with AWS Chatbot
set up slack notifications for your monitoring system in a couple of lines of code using AWS Chatbot