Author Archives: Lucian Systems

AWS Weekly Roundup: SQS fair queues, CloudWatch generative AI observability, and more (July 28, 2025)

To be honest, I’m still recovering from the AWS Summit in New York, doing my best to level up on launches like Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (Preview) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Vectors. There’s a lot of new stuff to learn! Meanwhile, it’s been an exciting week for AWS builders focused on reliability and observability. […]

Why Millions Are Turning to VPNs Amid Streaming Frustration and Rising Prices

Streaming was supposed to simplify things. One platform, one subscription, instant access to live sports and replays. That’s how it was sold to us. But for many fans across the globe, that promise has unraveled. It’s not just about having too many subscriptions. It’s the rising prices, the mediocre video quality, the restrictions based on […]

Crowdstrike’s Massive Cyber Outage 1-Year Later

As we wrote in our initial analysis of the CrowdStrike incident, the July 19, 2024, outage served as a stark reminder of the importance of cyber resilience. Now, one year later, both CrowdStrike and the industry have undergone significant transformation, with the catalyst being driven by 78 minutes that changed everything. “The first anniversary of July 19 marks […]

Unlocking Cloud Agility with Multidimensional Storage

The limitations of cloud storage built for a pre-AI world are now clear. We’re beyond digital transformation. We’re in full-scale AI acceleration, where the question isn’t just whether your storage can scale, but whether it can scale in all the dimensions AI workloads demand. That’s where multidimensional scaling (MDS) comes in. Powered by disaggregated architecture, […]

Driving Cloud Observability: A Conversation with Rishab Jolly of Microsoft

Rishab Jolly is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, where he plays a pivotal role in shaping the product strategy and execution of application monitoring within Azure Monitor—one of the most advanced and scalable cloud observability platforms in the world. With over 11 years in the technology space and more than 8 years focused on […]

AWS Weekly Roundup: Kiro, AWS Lambda remote debugging, Amazon ECS blue/green deployments, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and more (July 21, 2025)

I’m writing this as I depart from Ho Chi Minh City back to Singapore. Just realized what a week it’s been, so let me rewind a bit. This week, I tried my first Corne keyboard, wrapped up rehearsals for AWS Summit Jakarta with speakers who are absolutely raising the bar, and visited Vietnam to participate […]

Simplify serverless development with console to IDE and remote debugging for AWS Lambda

Today, we’re announcing two significant enhancements to AWS Lambda that make it easier than ever for developers to build and debug serverless applications in their local development environments: console to IDE integration and remote debugging. These new capabilities build upon our recent improvements to the Lambda development experience, including the enhanced in-console editing experience and […]

AWS AI League: Learn, innovate, and compete in our new ultimate AI showdown

Since 2018, AWS DeepRacer has engaged over 560,000 builders worldwide, demonstrating that developers learn and grow through competitive experiences. Today, we’re excited to expand into the generative AI era with AWS Artificial Intelligence (AI) League. This is a unique competitive experience – your chance to dive deep into generative AI regardless of your skill level, […]