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Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon MSK both handle real-time streaming on AWS, but they serve different architectures. This post covers how to choose between them for your workload.
Serverless RPUs vs Provisioned RA3 is still not an automatic call. July 2026 refresh: base 4 to 1024 RPUs, Max RPU-hours, AI-driven scaling, and when RI wins.
Amazon OpenSearch Service powers search, log analytics, and time-series workloads on AWS. This post covers the architecture patterns and cost levers that matter most in production.
Kinesis Data Streams combined with Lambda and DynamoDB is the simplest path to a real-time data pipeline on AWS. This post covers the architecture, code patterns, and operational guidance.
EMR Serverless vs EC2 vs EKS for Spark. July 2026 refresh: Spot limits, cold start, Iceberg on all three, and a decision matrix for intermittent vs 24/7 jobs.
Glue 5.1 (Spark 3.5.6, Iceberg 1.10.0) for lakehouse ETL. July 2026 refresh covers Iceberg v2 vs v3, Lake Formation writes, compaction, and Athena compatibility.
Glue does EL; dbt does T. July 2026 refresh covers Glue 5.1 DPU economics, dbt-athena/Redshift, and the combined stack most teams converge on.
12 business triggers for hiring AWS help, and when not to. July 2026 scorecard: FinOps, GenAI, compliance, multi-account.
Athena still bills ~$5/TB scanned (or Capacity Reservations by DPU). July 2026 refresh covering partitions, Parquet/Iceberg, workgroups, and when provisioned capacity wins.
Embedding QuickSight dashboards in your SaaS product gives every customer analytics without building a BI layer from scratch. Here is the complete implementation guide: embedding types, authentication, row-level security, and cost.
Build a data-driven business case for application modernization. ROI calculations, cost-benefit analysis, risk frameworks, and board-ready presentations.
Build Bedrock agents with tool use, multi-step workflows, and a supervisor that does not hold every permission. Writes stay behind policy.
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