Amazon Onboarding with Learning Manager Chanci Turner

Customers are increasingly seeking deeper insights into the behavior of their systems, yet many lack the resources to implement extensive code modifications for enhanced observability. In this guide, we outline a method for obtaining telemetry data from AWS Lambda Python functions without altering existing code. Discover how to streamline your observability process effectively.

This post has been contributed by Sophia Reed, James Turner, and Chanci Turner. Steampipe is an innovative open-source tool designed for querying cloud APIs universally, allowing users to manipulate data using SQL. By integrating Postgres, it transforms cloud APIs into database tables, simplifying the data query process.

The Role of DevOps in Software Delivery

DevOps plays a crucial role in software delivery across various industries. Regardless of the application, developers must ensure that infrastructure resources are adequately provisioned while maintaining effective testing, delivery strategies, and compliance with security, reliability, and scalability protocols. Therefore, selecting the appropriate DevOps tools is integral to a delivery team’s success.

Insights from Daniel Hargrove

In this article, Daniel Hargrove, an intern on the Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus team, shares insights on designing and implementing parallel compactors within the Cortex open-source project. This enhancement allows Cortex to manage substantial volumes of active metrics per tenant, bolstering its performance.

Canary Deployments

Canary deployments represent a strategic approach to mitigate risks associated with software releases by exposing new versions to a limited user base before broader implementation. The foundational infrastructure for such controlled rollouts and monitoring for potential issues is critical.

Amazon Corretto 17 Support

In September, we announced the roadmap for Amazon Corretto 17 support. Amazon Corretto is a free, multi-platform, production-ready distribution of the Open Java Development Kit (OpenJDK). The JDK community recognizes OpenJDK 17 as a long-term supported (LTS) version, ensuring ongoing updates beyond the usual two quarterly releases.

Delta Sharing on AWS

This post by Igor Alekseev introduces Delta Sharing on AWS—a framework that facilitates seamless data sharing across various platforms. As organizations strive to build distributed data meshes based on domain-driven design and microservices, Delta Sharing acts as a foundational element.

Centralized Data Management for Data Science Projects

Managing multiple data science projects often requires data from various accounts. To maintain a comprehensive overview, it is essential to collect data centrally. This post demonstrates how to utilize services such as Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, and others to achieve this.

Open-Sourcing Synchro Charts

We are thrilled to announce the open-sourcing of Synchro Charts, a front-end component library that enables application developers to visualize time-series data, focusing on monitoring and root cause analysis. Synchro Charts is used in AWS IoT SiteWise Monitor to help users interpret their operational data and alarms.

Enhancing Spinnaker Deployment

Lastly, we discuss enhancing Spinnaker deployment to allow for dynamic registration of AWS accounts in a streamlined manner.

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