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Determine when serverless makes financial sense versus containers. Analyze cost models, calculate break-even points, and build a decision framework for your workloads.
Optimize EC2 costs through right-sizing. Learn to analyze utilization metrics, use AWS tools, and implement automated recommendations for significant cost savings.
Master AWS cost optimization with Reserved Instances, Spot Instances, and Savings Plans. Learn strategies for reducing compute costs by 50-90% without sacrificing reliability.
Build scalable data pipelines with AWS serverless services. Learn event-driven processing patterns, data transformation, and best practices for Lambda, S3, and DynamoDB integration.
Build complex serverless workflows with AWS Step Functions. Learn state machine patterns, error handling, parallel execution, and integration with Lambda, ECS, and other AWS services.
Build production-ready REST APIs with AWS API Gateway and Lambda. Learn authentication, rate limiting, caching, custom domains, and cost optimization strategies.
Build resilient event-driven systems with AWS Lambda and SQS. Learn queue patterns, error handling, dead letter queues, and scaling strategies for production workloads.
Should you go multi-cloud? Learn when multi-cloud makes sense, common patterns, pitfalls to avoid, and how to implement a practical multi-cloud architecture.
Master identity and access management across cloud providers. Compare IAM models, best practices for least privilege, and cross-cloud identity federation strategies.
Master cloud networking with VPC peering, transit gateways, and hybrid connectivity. Compare AWS VPC, GCP VPC, and Azure VNet architectures with practical examples.
Compare managed relational database services across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Learn about engines, pricing, high availability, and migration strategies.
Deep dive into cloud object storage services. Compare features, pricing, performance, and best practices for AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage.
Compare serverless container platforms across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Learn pricing models, scaling behavior, and when to use each platform for your containerized workloads.
Compare AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions head-to-head. Learn the differences in features, pricing, and developer experience.
Compare Azure AKS, Google GKE, and AWS EKS for managed Kubernetes. Learn the differences in pricing, features, and operational experience across clouds.
Build stateful, long-running workflows with Azure Durable Functions. Learn orchestration patterns, error handling, and production deployment.
Deploy containerized applications to Cloud Run with zero infrastructure management. Learn deployment patterns, scaling, custom domains, and production best practices.
Run Kubernetes on GKE Autopilot with zero node management. Learn when to use Autopilot vs Standard, with deployment examples and best practices.
Compare Google Cloud Functions and Cloud Run for serverless workloads. Learn when to use each, with deployment examples and architectural guidance.
Save up to 91% on compute costs with GCE Preemptible and Spot VMs. Learn instance selection, interruption handling, and cost optimization strategies.
Use Lambda Layers to share dependencies, utilities, and configurations across functions. Learn layer creation, versioning, and deployment patterns.
Save up to 70% on container workloads with Fargate Spot. Learn capacity strategies, interruption handling, and best practices for production use.
Compare AWS ECS and EKS for container orchestration. Learn when to choose AWS-native simplicity vs Kubernetes flexibility, with real infrastructure examples.
Understand and minimize Lambda cold starts. Learn about provisioned concurrency, SnapStart, runtime optimization, and architectural patterns for low-latency serverless.
Master EC2 Auto Scaling to automatically adjust capacity based on demand. Learn scaling policies, predictive scaling, and cost optimization strategies.
Implement distributed tracing across microservices using OpenTelemetry and Jaeger to debug latency issues and understand system behavior.
A practical comparison of Cloud Run and Fargate for serverless container workloads, covering pricing, features, and when to choose each.
Design production-ready AWS VPCs with proper subnet layouts, high availability across AZs, and multi-region architectures for disaster recovery.
Understand Docker networking modes, when to use each, and how to configure custom networks for multi-container applications.
Implement comprehensive container security from image scanning in CI/CD to runtime protection with Falco, seccomp, and AppArmor.
Learn Helm from scratch: create charts, manage releases, use repositories, and implement best practices for Kubernetes package management.
Implement Role-Based Access Control in Kubernetes with practical examples for users, service accounts, and CI/CD pipelines.
Replace static inventory files with dynamic inventory scripts that automatically discover your cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Secure your Ansible playbooks by encrypting sensitive data with Ansible Vault, managing vault passwords, and integrating with CI/CD pipelines.
Configure Terraform remote state with S3, GCS, and Azure Blob backends, implement state locking to prevent corruption, and handle state migration safely.
Deploy and manage infrastructure across multiple AWS accounts and regions using CloudFormation StackSets with proper IAM setup and deployment strategies.
A practical comparison of Pulumi and Terraform, exploring when programming languages provide advantages over HCL for infrastructure as code.
Implement SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and container security checks in your CI/CD pipeline to catch vulnerabilities before production.
Implement feature flags to enable trunk-based development, safer deployments, and continuous delivery without long-lived branches.
Master GitLab CI/CD with advanced pipeline optimization techniques, intelligent caching, and parallel execution strategies that cut build times in half.
Compare HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager for secrets management. Learn when to use each, implementation patterns, and security best practices.
Build comprehensive monitoring with Prometheus for metrics collection and Grafana for visualization. Learn alerting, PromQL, and production monitoring patterns.
Design scalable serverless applications with AWS Lambda. Learn event-driven patterns, cold start optimization, and best practices for production workloads.
Implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD for automated, auditable Kubernetes deployments. Learn application management, sync strategies, and multi-cluster patterns.
Write automated tests for your Terraform modules using Terratest. Learn unit testing, integration testing, and test patterns for reliable infrastructure.
Write reliable Ansible playbooks with proper idempotency, role organization, error handling, and testing strategies for production infrastructure.
Master Kubernetes rolling updates with proper readiness probes, deployment strategies, rollback procedures, and zero-downtime deployments.
Master Docker multi-stage builds to create minimal, secure production images. Learn techniques for Node.js, Go, Python, and more.
Build robust CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions. Learn workflows, reusable actions, secrets management, and deployment strategies for production systems.
A comprehensive guide to organizing Terraform code with reusable modules, managing state safely, and using workspaces for multi-environment deployments.
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