Category: Cloud Computing
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My First Steps Learning Linux and with AWS EC2
Yes, I’m only just now learning Linux. It wasn’t something covered in college, but we were told we should learn it. But I kept hearing horror stories of people accidentally breaking their system, deleting critical files, locking themselves out. That was enough to make me try and avoid it completely. I always found some excuse Read more
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Setting Up My First AWS Account with Budget Alerts
When I first signed up for AWS, I didn’t think I’d be writing about it, so I missed grabbing some of the early screenshots. But I still wanted to share how I set everything up in case you’re starting from scratch too. This post walks through the exact steps I followed: setting up a secure Read more
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🚀 Building a Ground Station in the Cloud with AWS
My boss gave me the OK to build a ground station using AWS, and I jumped at the opportunity. I’d been wanting to get hands-on with satellite data for a while, and this was the perfect chance to see what it really takes to downlink, process, and visualize data from a real satellite, in this Read more
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👁️ Building an Image Recognition App in AWS with Amazon Rekognition
I recently tackled a project where I wanted to identify faces, text, and objects in images using Amazon Rekognition, all from a .NET Lambda function in AWS. It was my first time doing anything like this in C#, and I definitely hit a few snags along the way. But by the end, I had a Read more
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🤖 How I Built an AWS Lex Chatbot with Google Calendar Integration for Real-Time Bookings
Have you ever wanted a chatbot that not only answers customer questions but also books appointments for you in real time — complete with a Google Meet link and calendar invite? I did too. In this post, I’ll walk you through how I built a chatbot using Amazon Lex, AWS Lambda, and the Google Calendar Read more