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# Scaling Terraform Across many Teams: A Native Framework for Platform Engineering
Scaling Terraform Across 50+ Teams: A Native Framework for Platform Engineering TL;DR: A...
Redesigning This Blog (While Writing About It)
A meta-journey through redesigning a blog's layout - avoiding AI design clichés and building something with actual character
The Hidden Dangers in Our Software Supply Chain: Why It's Bigger Than You Think
In today's fast-paced digital world, software powers everything from the apps on our phones to the...
Why Debian packages are safer then NPM and PyPi
In the world of software development, package repositories are critical for distributing libraries...
Setting Up IOMete: A Cloud-Independent Data Platform Based on Spark
IOMete is a powerful, cloud-independent data platform built on Apache Spark, designed to enable...
DUCKDB, S3 Tables with iceberg using Iceberg Rest API
I wrote my previous article about Duckberg, a combination of PyIceberg with Duckdb to access iceberg...
Duckberg!
I wrote a previous small blog about PyIceberg and Glue iceberg Rest Api This week is saw the...
Collibra Protect , Snowflake and Iceberg tables
Iceberg is gaining traction, and Collibra is expanding its presence as a data governance tool,...
AWS Glue vulnerabilities in default packages
Securing AWS Glue: A Guide to Identifying and Fixing Python Package Vulnerabilities ...
Glue SBOM inspector
Glue SBOM exporter and inspector
Unity Catalog Iceberg Rest Api and PyIceberg
Access Unity tables via the Iceberg Rest Api After working with glue catalog in the...
Unity Iceberg Rest Api and PyIceberg
Using the Unity iceberg rest api with pyiceberg
Re:invent 2024 News
reinvent 24 news
Glue Iceberg Rest Api and PyIceberg
Access Glue Iceberg tables via the Iceberg Rest Api AWS Released silently Iceberg REST-API...
Glue Iceberg Rest Api and PyIceberg
Using the glue iceberg rest api with pyiceberg
Infrastructure Efficiency: The Hidden Environmental Impact of AWS's Latest Announcements
Discover how AWS's latest infrastructure updates, particularly the expansion of Graviton4 processors and R8g instances, are quietly revolutionizing cloud computing sustainability. Learn about real-world performance improvements, cost reductions, and environmental benefits of these strategic changes.
The Human Touch in Digital Transformation: Beyond Just Technology
An architect's perspective on AWS's latest customer experience innovations, including Amazon Connect's AI capabilities and Polly's new synthetic voices. Discover how these technologies are making digital interactions more natural while improving efficiency and customer satisfaction.
The Silent Revolution in Disaster Recovery: How AWS is Changing the Game
Explore how AWS's new zonal shift capabilities and Security Incident Response features are transforming traditional disaster recovery. This technical deep-dive reveals how automatic failover, self-healing systems, and integrated security responses are making DR more reliable and cost-effective than ever before.
The Database Evolution: Breaking Free from Monolithic Thinking
A technical analysis of AWS's latest database innovations, from Aurora's Graviton4 support to OpenSearch Serverless improvements. Learn how these changes are reshaping data architecture patterns and enabling more efficient, distributed database systems with real-world implementation strategies.
Bridging Clouds: A Guide to Connecting AWS Glue Tables with Snowflake
In today's data-driven world, organizations often find themselves working with multiple cloud...
Glue SBOM exporter and vulnerabilities
Glue SBOM exporter and vulnerabilities
Sustainability on AWS
Sustainability is the new topic on AWS. While it has a lot in common with FinOps, it adds emphasis to...
Re:invent 2023 News
reinvent 23 news
Purge a glue table from cli
Sometimes you want to purge a glue table from s3 and delete all files and versions. Lately i had to...
Data Engineering and ChatGPT (Part2)
In my previous post i must have hit some issue with ChatGPT. It's way more impressive then i...
Data Engineering and ChatGPT
ChatGPT is out and everybody is trying it. Blogs, songs are easy, but can it help with Data...
Re:invent 2022 Releases sorted
An overview of all the releases sorted per group. This re:invent was very focused on Data &...
New EC2 Models re:invent 2022
AWS Released 5 new EC2 models in Re:invent 2022. Hereby an...
Re:invent 2022 Releases sorted
Re:invent 2022 Releases sorted
Python and modules for ETL jobs on AWS
Python and modules for ETL jobs on AWS
Overview of the features released for Step Functions
At the Dutch AWS Community Day 2022, i held the following talk. An overview of all the features...
AWSUG.nl talk about Step Functions
AWSUG.nl Communityday talk about Step Functions with the overview of the released features
Secrets and AWS GLUE Custom Connectors
For a project i had to retrieve data from Teradata using a Glue Job. A quick google gave me this:...
AWSUG.nl talk about EventBridge
AWSUG.nl talk about EventBridge with the overview of the released features
AWS Sagemaker Canvas Remove
How to remove AWS Sagemaker Canvas
Docker on Mac with Colima
Use the free alternative Colima to run docker on mac
AWS Community Builder
Part of the AWS Community Builders Program
AWS Links 2 Eventbridge
AWS Links 2 Eventbridge
CDK Day 2022
CDK Day 26 May 2022
Votes and Views Part 1
Votes and Views Part 1
AWS Tools / Resources Part 1
Make your Jupyter Notebook/IPython full width
Make your Jupyter Notebook/IPython full width
Make your Jupyter Notebook/IPython full width
Learning with AWS Workshops
Overview AWS Workshops
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule and why they don't combine.
Autocomplete IAM in vscode
Autocomplete IAM in vscode
AWS Glue with custom Python libraries
Using external python modules in AWS Glue
An ON-AIR sign with IoT
Building an sign with iot to show when you are in a meeting"