Published in The Cloud Architect·PinnedMember-onlySkills that make a big difference — EmpathyBecoming a Better Engineer — Part 2 — “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks”. — John Muir In part 1 of this series, I talked about intuition and how it can help engineers improve their performance. In this part 2, I will talk about another soft skill critical for engineers— empathy. How it all started I…Growth13 min readGrowth13 min read
Published in The Cloud Architect·PinnedMember-onlySkills that make a big difference — IntuitionBecoming a Better Engineer — Part 1 — The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. — Albert Einstein I have been working in the IT industry for a little over two decades and while a lot…Growth11 min readGrowth11 min read
Published in The Cloud Architect·Jan 25Member-onlyAWS Lambda: Resilience under-the-hoodOriginally published in AWS Compute Blog This post is written by Adrian Hornsby (Principal System Dev Engineer) and Marcia Villalba (Principal Developer Advocate). AWS Lambda comprises over 80 services working together to provide the serverless compute service that it offers to customers. Under the hood, many of these services are…AWS Lambda8 min readAWS Lambda8 min read
Published in The Cloud Architect·Nov 16, 2022Member-onlySchedule a recurring experiment with AWS Fault Injection SimulatorChaos Engineering on AWS — Running chaos experiments periodically can be very useful, especially if you want to ensure that your application’s resilience isn’t regressing as your application evolves. Until recently, customers had to use their own tools or built their own scheduling capabilities. This added complexity, slowed application development, and increased costs. This is…Chaos Engineering7 min readChaos Engineering7 min read
Published in The Cloud Architect·Nov 9, 2022Member-onlyTesting Spot Instance interruptions with AWS Fault Injection SimulatorChaos engineering on AWS — “Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.” ― W. Edwards Deming Couple years ago, I wrote about Operational Excellence (OE) and discussed the three interconnecting elements to operate the technology we build successfully. First, you need great tools. Second, you need complete processes. …Chaos Engineering9 min readChaos Engineering9 min read
Published in The Cloud Architect·Nov 24, 2021Member-onlyInjecting custom faults with AWS Fault Injection SimulatorPart 2— AWS Fault Injection Simulator series — TL;DR You can use AWS Lambda and embedded scripts to inject custom faults with AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS) using the newly launched SSM Automation & FIS integration. GitHub - adhorn/aws-fis-templates-cdk: Collection of AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS) experiment… These templates let you perform fault injection experiments on resources (applications, network, and infrastructure) in…github.comChaos Engineering9 min readChaos Engineering9 min read
Published in The Cloud Architect·Aug 26, 2021Member-onlyChaos Engineering with AWS Fault Injection SimulatorPart 1 — AWS Fault Injection Simulator series — Chaos Engineering11 min readChaos Engineering11 min read
Published in The Cloud Architect·Mar 25, 2021Member-onlyTowards continuous resilienceHow to anticipate, monitor, respond, and continuously learn from failure. — I want to express my gratitude to my colleagues and friends Ricardo Sueiras, Isabel Huerga Ayza, Matt Fitzgerald, Antonio Valle, Aaron Schwam, and Won Huh for their valuable feedback.AWS26 min readAWS26 min read
Published in The Cloud Architect·Feb 10, 2021Member-onlyChaos Engineering — Looking back to look forwardThoughts on chaos engineering and AWS Fault Injection Simulator — In this blog post, I want to look back a little bit because, as Rachel Carson said: “To understand the living present and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.” — Rachel Carson For those who don’t know, Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 —…Chaos Engineering13 min readChaos Engineering13 min read
Dec 17, 2020AWS re:Invent 2020 digest — Part 2Curated list of my favorite AWS updates from re:Invent 2020 — reInvent 2020 is coming to an end. A lot of new launches have happened since I published Part 1 of this series. Because digesting all the different updates takes time and a lot of coffee, I thought I’d help you out a little. Following is a curated list of things…AWS4 min readAWS4 min read
