ElastiCache for Redis is quite interesting when you understand the real world use cases for it. If you’ve ever done anything in SEO, you’ve come to the realization that your web pages need to load incredibly fast. Think about it. You’re on a third party website trying to buy a…

This will be another high-level overview of an AWS service, specifically EFS. The goal here is to immerse you in some of the building blocks so that you can pass your Certified Solutions Architect Associate (CSAA) exam. Overview Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) is a scalable cloud file storage solution for…

A Comprehensive Guide to become a Certified Solutions Architect Associate Storage gateway is a hybrid cloud storage solution that connects an on-premise software appliance (with cloud storage) to the AWS cloud. This allows you to integrate your on-premise applications and workflows with AWS storage (block and object storage services) through secure industry standard protocols. It will store files as S3…

AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) is Amazon’s object storage service that deploys at the click of a mouse. In fact, it’s actually the same exact storage that Amazon uses to power their own ecommerce machine. …

Did you know that your thought patterns influence your biochemistry? How we think affects our physical attributes as well as our outcomes. Studies have shown that our thoughts alone can significantly impact our fitness, vision, and strength among other things. So how can we change our thought patterns for the…

What would happen if you saw things from the complete opposite point of view? Often times we get stuck in life, business, and our endeavors. We find out that the same tactics that got us here today, won’t get us where we’re trying to go. An American diplomat, captured and…

We now live in a connection economy. Connections are more important than ever before, but networking is broken. Your whole life you grow up with heavily structured social networks. You’re in school. You’re participating in sports and extracurricular activities. …

Often we find ourselves deciding. And most of us loathe decisions. Which restaurant will we eat at? What job will we take? We live in a world where we’re constantly bombarded with messages, ads, and information, so our default reaction has become to ignore everything. No more decisions, order a…

“How did you do it?”, he asked. “How did I do what?”, I answered confused. “How do you go up there and deliver that presentation so confidently?”. It was the middle of training at a large IT corporation and we were taking a break after presenting some product pitches to…