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Customized rate limiting for API Gateway by path parameter, query parameter, and more
API Gateway provides a feature to limit the number of requests a client can make per second (rate) and per day/week/month (quota). Rate limiting is very useful to protect your system from resource starvation caused by a client flooding your system with ...
EC2 Network Performance of t3
AWS introduced the t3 instance type in August. Time to update the EC2 Network Performance Cheat Sheet. The following table shows the network capabilities of t3 instances. Compared to the last generation t2 there is no difference in the baseline through...
Hot off the press: Amazon Web Services in Action Second Edition
We wrote and published the first edition of Amazon Web Services in Action in 2015. Our book quickly became a bestseller. We are still amazed by the positive feedback we receive from our readers every day. Thanks for that! Nevertheless, AWS is changing f...
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Andreas Wittig
Andreas is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) and DevOps enthusiast. His first cloud project was to build the infrastructure for an online banking platform on AWS. Andreas loves to teach no matter if virtual or face-to-face. He is the author of Amazon Web Services in Action, published by Manning.
Michael Wittig
Michael Wittig is author of Amazon Web Services in Action (Manning). He helps his clients to gain value from Amazon Web Services. As a software engineer he develops cloud-native real-time web applications. He has expertise in distributed system development and architecture, with experience in algorithmic trading and real-time analytics.
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Comparing Serverless offerings from Alibaba Cloud and AWS
Last weekend, I had the chance to play around with Alibaba Cloud at the DevOps Meetup in my city. An Alibaba Cloud Solution Architect introduced the platform and was well trained on AWS as well, so he could compare both platforms for us. I also spent so...
A neglected serverless data store: Cloud Directory
Lately, I’ve been having much fun with Amazon Cloud Directory. Three months before, Cloud Directory was all new to me. Today, I am convinced that Cloud Directory is a neglected Serverless data store that deserves much more attention. Let me explain what...
DevOps on AWS Radio
Paul Duvall (CTO at stelligent) interviewed Andreas and me for the DevOps on AWS Radio. We talked about: Our book Amazon Web Services in Action and what changed in the second edition Our top 3 recommendations for enterprises on what to do to be most s...