Atsushi Suzuki

Atsushi Suzuki @suzuki0430

About: AWS Community Builder | 15x AWS Certified | Docker Captain Hooked on the TV drama Silicon Valley, I switched from sales to engineering. Developing SaaS and researching AI at a startup in Tokyo.

Location:
Tokyo
Joined:
Mar 11, 2021

Atsushi Suzuki
articles - 67 total

Teleport Across Gather Town Instantly with This Chrome Extension

Although remote work is becoming less common lately, I still work fully remotely. Like many remote...

Learn More 5 0Jun 20

Prevent Unexpected Claude Code Costs with This VSCode/Cursor Extension

Recently, a CLI tool for visualizing Claude Code usage costs has been making waves in Japan. But...

Learn More 1 0Jun 3

Why I Chose Service Discovery Over Service Connect for ECS Inter-Service Communication

If you've ever looked at an infrastructure setup and thought, "Why on earth is it built this way?" —...

Learn More 4 0May 6

How I Used Amazon Nova Reel and Gradio to Auto-Generate Stunning GIF Banners

I've explored a variety of generative AI tools like Bedrock and Claude, but I hadn’t really ventured...

Learn More 22 6Apr 17

Cut Your API Costs to Zero: Docker Model Runner for Local LLM Testing

With the release of Docker Desktop 4.40, a beta version of Docker Model Runner is now available for...

Learn More 2 0Apr 10

Cost Optimization Gone Wrong: Lessons from Using Arm Runners in GitHub Actions for Fargate Spot

About six months ago, I wrote an article about how to cut costs using Fargate and Fargate Spot. At...

Learn More 5 0Apr 3

The Easiest Way to Set Up MCP with Claude Desktop and Docker Desktop

I'd like to share my experience setting up Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration between Claude...

Learn More 96 4Mar 24

Improving RAG Systems with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base: Practical Techniques from Real Implementation

Recently, I integrated Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base as a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system...

Learn More 2 2Mar 17

LLM Model Selection Made Easy: The Most Useful Leaderboards for Real-World Applications

Recently, I've been working on integrating RAG (Bedrock Knowledge Base) into a chatbot. However, I...

Learn More 8 0Mar 15

Automating Tests for Multiple Generative AI APIs Using Postman (Newman) and Exporting Responses to CSV

When integrating generative AI into a chatbot, I wanted to compare the responses of various AI APIs...

Learn More 2 0Mar 2

Caught in a Cost Optimization Trap: Aurora Serverless v2 with RDS Proxy

I was using a db.t3.medium Aurora instance for my development environment, but with CPU utilization...

Learn More 1 2Feb 2

Resolving CORS Errors Caused by S3 and WebKit's Disk Cache

Overview of the Issue When displaying images within the chat window of a chatbot service...

Learn More 4 0Jan 18

Simplify Environment Variable Management with GitHub Environments

In CI/CD workflows, managing environment variables often involves using GitHub Secrets or Variables...

Learn More 1 0Dec 15 '24

Automating Security Hub Findings Summary with Bedrock, Slack Notifications, and Zenhub Task Management

We had been operating a system where Config and GuardDuty security notifications were sent via email....

Learn More 4 4Dec 14 '24

Automating BigQuery Data Preprocessing and AutoML with Vertex AI Pipelines

I previously used BigQuery data updated daily for monthly model training. However, the manual...

Learn More 1 0Dec 6 '24

Troubleshooting the "JavaScript heap out of memory" Error in a Node.js Application on ECS

While running a Node.js application on ECS, it suddenly crashed with the error message "JavaScript...

Learn More 4 0Dec 1 '24

Resolving ECS Task Definition Security Risks Detected by AWS Security Hub Using Secrets Manager

AWS Security Hub detected several security risks related to ECS task definitions. Among them, we...

Learn More 3 0Dec 1 '24

How to Protect ECS Containers with a Read-Only Root Filesystem

After enabling AWS Security Hub, I found several security risks related to ECS task definitions....

Learn More 3 0Nov 30 '24

Automate Slack Notifications with Graphs Using Cloud Run Functions and Cloud Scheduler

I recently built a system to automate Slack notifications with graphs that visualize the session...

Learn More 3 0Nov 16 '24

Avoiding Connection Pinning in Lambda and RDS Proxy with NestJS and Proxy Splitting

Problem In our application architecture with Lambda + RDS Proxy + Aurora, the Lambda...

Learn More 1 0Nov 2 '24

From Lambda to Fargate: How We Optimized Node.js Performance with the Right Task Specs

Recently, we migrated from Lambda to Fargate to optimize the performance of a Node.js (NestJS)...

Learn More 4 0Oct 15 '24

Maximizing Cost Efficiency on ECS Fargate: ARM Architecture and Fargate Spot Strategies

Recently, we transitioned our application architecture from API Gateway + Lambda to an ELB (ALB) +...

Learn More 7 0Oct 12 '24

Automating Monthly Data Deletion for Aurora MySQL with ECS, EventBridge, and DynamoDB

When handling the deletion of unnecessary data in Aurora MySQL, manually deleting large volumes of...

Learn More 2 0Sep 15 '24

Optimizing Aurora MySQL Storage by Deleting Unnecessary Data

A table in our Aurora MySQL database was consuming approximately 80% (around 400 GB) of the total...

Learn More 4 1Sep 14 '24

How to Enable the `Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests` Option When It's Grayed Out

When trying to create a pull request (PR) from a GitHub Actions workflow, you may need to enable the...

Learn More 1 0Sep 12 '24

How to Disable TLS v1.1 and Below in AWS ELB and RDS Aurora

While reviewing a security checklist, I encountered a question about whether SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.1 and...

Learn More 2 0Sep 2 '24

Analyzing ELB Access Logs with Athena: Configuration and Query Examples

I recently enabled access logging for the Application Load Balancer (ELB) to swiftly analyze...

Learn More 4 0Aug 15 '24

Enabling Access Logs for AWS ELB (ALB) with Terraform

While attempting to enable access logs for an Application Load Balancer (ALB) in AWS, I encountered a...

Learn More 4 0Aug 14 '24

BigQuery and XGBoost Integration: A Jupyter Notebook Tutorial for Binary Classification

Introduction In selecting a binary classification model for tabular data, I decided to...

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Migrating Guide: RDS for MySQL to Aurora

About two months ago, I migrated our database from RDS for MySQL to Aurora MySQL, so I've compiled...

Learn More 2 0Aug 10 '24