Author: renato

  • Blue/Green Deployments for RDS: How Fast is a Switchover? 

    AWS recently announced the general availability of RDS Blue/Green Deployments, a new feature for RDS and Aurora to perform blue/green database updates. One of the aspects that caught my eye is how fast a switchover is.

  • AWS re:Invent 2022 Crossworld

    Test your knowledge of the key announcements from this year’s re:Invent with a crossword!

  • How to Cook Spaghetti Aglio e Olio According to Amazon Rekognition

    This is a tech recipe using Amazon Rekognition, a service that simplifies operational media analysis tasks by providing fully managed, purpose-built APIs powered by ML. At your peril, if you do not understand how the APIs work and how to manage confidence levels.

  • The best way to have fewer problems with data is not to have the data

    I am a strong believer that more data is not the merrier. Sustainability, costs, complexity, compliance. There are different reasons why you should minimize the data you collect. I (sort of) love tuning a MySQL database, but the best way to optimize IOPS on RDS MySQL is not to save the data in the first…

  • Serverless Architecture Conference London 2023

    London is a unique city for me, I cannot forget many years studying and working there. I always love to fly back and I am looking forward to running a full-day workshop about serverless databases on AWS at the Serverless Architecture Conference next April! #SLAcon Summary Four 90-minutes modules The major cloud providers offer different…

  • Roundtable: Best Practices for API Quality and Security

    APIs are essential in software development to access and process cloud and third-party services. In this 60-minute live roundtable, expert panelists will explain how to protect APIs and discover API-related security issues. They will discuss how to improve quality and security in API design and management, what the biggest challenges are, and how to address…

  • Live Q&A at PASS Data Community Summit

    In a few hours, I will run a live Q&A at PASS Data Community Summit about “The Future of Relational Databases on the Cloud”.