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How to Achieve SOC 2 Compliance in AWS Cloud Environments

Achieving SOC 2 compliance in AWS requires planning, rigorous implementation, and ongoing commitment to security best practices.

June 17, 2025

by Chase Bolt

· 1,702 Views · 1 Like

Before You Microservice Everything, Read This

Microservices are powerful but often overused. Modular monoliths offer a simpler, scalable way to structure applications, especially at the start of a project.

June 16, 2025

by Nizam Abdul Khadar

· 3,213 Views · 4 Likes

Safeguarding Cloud Databases: Best Practices and Risks Engineers Must Avoid

This article explores database security practices in cloud environments, highlighting risks like misconfigurations, insufficient encryption, and excessive privileges.

June 16, 2025

by arvind toorpu

CORE

· 2,204 Views · 2 Likes

Monitoring and Managing the Growth of the MSDB System Database in SQL Server

The msdb system database in SQL Server is crucial for managing and maintaining tasks such as job scheduling, alerts, and database mail. Learn more about it.

June 16, 2025

by arvind toorpu

CORE

· 2,722 Views · 3 Likes

Exploring the IBM App Connect Enterprise SELECT, ROW and THE Functions in ESQL

This article is all about the different ways you can use SELECT in IBM App Connect Enterprise: returning arrays, rows, or just that one perfect value.

June 13, 2025

by Matthias Blomme

· 1,585 Views

Modernizing Financial Systems: The Critical Role of Cloud-Based Microservices Optimization

Cloud-based microservices enhance fintech by cutting costs by 30%, accelerating recovery by 40%, and boosting uptime to 99%.

June 13, 2025

by Sibasis Padhi

· 2,493 Views · 2 Likes

HTAP Using a Star Query on MongoDB Atlas Search Index

The MongoDB document model for OLTP mirrors business objects and resembles a star schema. With Atlas Search indexes, it enables HTAP without a separate analytical DB.

June 12, 2025

by Franck Pachot

· 1,642 Views · 2 Likes

Engineering Resilience Through Data: A Comprehensive Approach to Change Failure Rate Monitoring

CFR measures how often changes break production. This article shows how to track it accurately using event data, confidence scoring, and real-time dashboards.

June 12, 2025

by Saumen Biswas

· 2,861 Views · 3 Likes

Designing Scalable Multi-Agent AI Systems: Leveraging Domain-Driven Design and Event Storming

Use Domain-Driven Design and Event Storming to define agent roles, boundaries, and scalable architectures for complex Multi-Agent AI Systems aligned with business needs.

June 12, 2025

by Kaustav Dey

· 4,591 Views · 3 Likes

Automating Sentiment Analysis Using Snowflake Cortex

Learn how to use Snowflake Cortex to classify customer sentiment and categorize feedback by theme—then automate it weekly using nothing but SQL. No ML training required.

June 12, 2025

by Rajanikantarao Vellaturi

· 2,304 Views · 2 Likes

Building Generative AI Services: An Introductory and Practical Guide

Amazon Bedrock simplifies AI app development with serverless APIs, offering Q&A, summarization, and image generation using top models like Claude and Stability AI.

June 11, 2025

by Srinivas Chippagiri

CORE

· 18,502 Views · 13 Likes

Taming Billions of Rows: How Metadata and SQL Can Replace Your ETL Pipeline

Managing time-series data is challenging. This article presents a metadata-driven aggregation approach that cuts storage by 10x and speeds up queries without ETL.

June 10, 2025

by Rishu Chadha

· 2,130 Views · 6 Likes

Event Sourcing Unpacked: The What, Why, and How

Take a deep dive into event sourcing as we explore how it works, why it's important, and the major benefits and challenges it brings to modern systems.

June 10, 2025

by Ammar Husain

CORE

· 1,118 Views · 1 Like

The Rise of Self‐Service Platforms: How Cloud Development Environments Are Reshaping Dev Culture

Self‐service platforms, powered by platform engineering and internal developer portals, streamline infrastructure tasks and reduce developer cognitive load.

June 10, 2025

by Murugan Lakshmanan

· 2,068 Views · 1 Like

Secure Your Oracle Database Passwords in AWS RDS With a Password Verification Function

Enforce strong password policies for Oracle databases on AWS RDS using built-in or custom verification functions via the rdsadmin package.

June 10, 2025

by arvind toorpu

CORE

· 2,339 Views · 3 Likes

Operationalizing Data Quality in Cloud ETL Workflows: Automated Validation and Anomaly Detection

Data quality isn’t an afterthought anymore; it is real-time, embedded, and self-healing. Cloud ETL needs smart checks, not checklists. Trust your data before it lies.

June 10, 2025

by BEVERLY DSOUZA

· 2,298 Views · 2 Likes

The Bare Metal Bet That Made Our Multiplayer Platform Hum

Switching to a bare metal–based hybrid model cut costs and improved latency. It also eliminated cloud egress pain and avoided vendor lock-in.

June 9, 2025

by Harsh Pandey

· 2,821 Views · 2 Likes

Defining Effective Microservice Boundaries - A Practical Approach To Avoiding The Most Common Mistakes

Most microservices failures stem from poor boundaries. Fix those, and your teams will ship faster, suffer less and succeed more.

June 9, 2025

by Mohit Menghnani

CORE

· 2,629 Views · 4 Likes

Secure IaC With a Shift-Left Approach

Shift-Left secure Infrastructure as Code helps catch issues early, automate compliance, and build secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.

June 6, 2025

by Josephine Eskaline Joyce

CORE

· 3,160 Views · 4 Likes

Finding Needles in Digital Haystacks: The Distributed Tracing Revolution

Use distributed tracing—the key third pillar of observability—to track requests across microservices and turn debugging from guesswork into precise insights.

June 6, 2025

by Rishab Jolly

· 2,214 Views · 3 Likes

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