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AWS EMR: Serverless vs EC2 vs EKS — When to Use Each
EMR Serverless vs EC2 vs EKS for Spark. July 2026 refresh: Spot limits, cold start, Iceberg on all three, and a decision matrix for intermittent vs 24/7 jobs.
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AWS Glue 5: Modern ETL with Apache Iceberg — Tables, Time Travel, and Lakehouse Patterns
Glue 5.1 (Spark 3.5.6, Iceberg 1.10.0) for lakehouse ETL. July 2026 refresh covers Iceberg v2 vs v3, Lake Formation writes, compaction, and Athena compatibility.
11 min
AWS Glue vs dbt on AWS: Data Transformation Decision Guide for 2026
Glue does EL; dbt does T. July 2026 refresh covers Glue 5.1 DPU economics, dbt-athena/Redshift, and the combined stack most teams converge on.
12 min
When to Hire an AWS Consultant: 12 Business Triggers That Signal It's Time
12 business triggers for hiring AWS help, and when not to. July 2026 scorecard: FinOps, GenAI, compliance, multi-account.
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Amazon Athena Cost Optimization: Partition Pruning, Compression, and Iceberg Tables
Athena still bills ~$5/TB scanned (or Capacity Reservations by DPU). July 2026 refresh covering partitions, Parquet/Iceberg, workgroups, and when provisioned capacity wins.
11 min
Amazon QuickSight Embedding: Adding Analytics to Your SaaS Application
Embedding QuickSight dashboards in your SaaS product gives every customer analytics without building a BI layer from scratch. Here is the complete implementation guide: embedding types, authentication, row-level security, and cost.
7 min
AWS Application Modernization ROI: How to Build the Business Case for Your Board
Build a data-driven business case for application modernization. ROI calculations, cost-benefit analysis, risk frameworks, and board-ready presentations.
9 min
AWS AI Agents: Building Production-Ready Agentic Workflows on Bedrock
Build Bedrock agents with tool use, multi-step workflows, and a supervisor that does not hold every permission. Writes stay behind policy.
4 min
How to Implement AWS Bedrock Multi-Agent Supervisor Pattern in Production
Multi-agent supervisor pattern on Bedrock: architecture, implementation, and production deployment for scalable AI workflows.
6 min
AWS Bedrock Nova Models: Performance, Cost, and When to Choose Over Claude
AWS Nova models vs Claude: pricing comparison, performance benchmarks, and decision framework for choosing the right Bedrock model for your enterprise AI.
6 min
AWS Graviton: The Complete Cost Optimization Guide for Production Workloads
AWS Graviton processors deliver 20-40% cost savings and better performance-per-watt. Covers the migration path, performance benchmarks, and production deployment patterns.
4 min
Migrate from Terraform to OpenTofu: What AWS Teams Need to Know
Terraform to OpenTofu migration: compatibility, risks, tools, and production deployment patterns for AWS infrastructure.
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