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 In this second episode, we're excited to have Sandeep join us as we explore the intricacies of streaming Amazon Bedrock with AWS Lambda on a custom Python runtime. We'll dive into the powerful features of Amazon Bedrock and how it can be leveraged with AWS Lambda for optimal performance and flexibility in streaming operations.

 In this debut podcast , we're thrilled to have Vishwas Navada join us as we dive into the top serverless platforms making headlines in 2024. Get ready for an in-depth exploration of Momento, Supabase, and Ampt. We'll discuss their standout features, benefits, and how they're transforming the landscape of application development in the cloud.

 Non-profit organizations face a critical challenge: every dollar spent on infrastructure is a dollar diverted from their core mission. Yet many find themselves trapped in an inefficient cycle of infrastructure spending, even after moving to the cloud. Understanding the difference between simple migration and true modernization is crucial for making informed technology decisions. The True Cost of Delayed Modernization Many non-profits embark on cloud migration without understanding its full implications. The journey often becomes longer and more expensive than anticipated, following a predictable pattern of migrations and realizations. Why Modernization Matters for Non-Profits Modern cloud architecture fundamentally changes how organizations deploy and manage technology. By embracing AWS native services, non-profits can redirect resources from infrastructure maintenance to mission-critical activities. Mission-Focused Spending: Resources go to core programs instead of infrastructur...

 What is Intercepting route? Intercepting routes in Next.js enhance the user experience by allowing content from different pages to be displayed within the same layout. Instead of navigating to a new page, the content appears on top, such as showing a form or a notification without interrupting the current context. This approach is particularly helpful when you want to maintain the flow of the application and avoid unnecessary page reloads. By keeping the user in the same layout, intercepting routes make the application feel faster and more responsive. Moreover, intercepting routes make it easier to manage UI elements that might normally be displayed in separate pages, such as overlays, modals, or notifications. Instead of having multiple routes and separate components, you can simply use the intercepting route feature to load content dynamically, improving both the performance and the smoothness of your app. This makes it easier to provide richer interactions without overwhelming ...

 By 2024, investments in AI by non-profit organizations have surged 70% year-over-year according to the NonProfit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN) annual report. Leading organizations like United Way Worldwide, Feeding America, and Save the Children have already integrated GenAI into their core operations, reducing administrative costs by up to 35%. The American Red Cross recently modernized their disaster response systems using AWS native services and GenAI, cutting response times by 60% while reducing infrastructure costs by 45%. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s direct modernization approach enabled AI-powered research analysis, processing medical research papers 200x faster than human analysts. For non-profits still considering the traditional migration path through lift-and-shift and containerization, these success stories highlight a crucial reality: direct modernization with built-in AI capabilities isn’t just an option, it’s a strategic necessity. The Speed ...

 In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, tools must adapt to support increasingly complex applications while maintaining performance and user experience. React Router has long been a foundational routing library for React developers, enabling robust client-side routing. However, as modern web apps began demanding advanced capabilities such as server-side rendering (SSR), better SEO support, and improved data management, developers began exploring more comprehensive solutions. Remix emerged as a full-stack web framework designed by the creators of React Router to address these very needs. By extending the principles of React Router’s nested routing, Remix introduced first-class support for SSR, efficient data loading, caching, and search engine optimization. It quickly became a go-to tool for developers building high-performance, resilient, and scalable web applications. What Makes Remix Stand Out? Remix streamlined some of the most complex challenges in web development b...

 Join Prashanth HN, CTO of AntStack, in an insightful conversation with Sharath, Vice President of Engineering at Azuga, as they delve into Azuga’s transformative journey toward serverless adoption. This blog and video episode explore how Azuga evolved from a startup managing rapid growth to a cloud-native enterprise, embracing serverless computing as a strategic enabler. With over 12 years at Azuga, Sharath offers a first-hand narrative of how the company, initially focused on fast delivery and customer acquisition, matured its engineering practices over time. Azuga, known for delivering comprehensive fleet management solutions across industries, started with a business-first mindset, taking on technical debt in favor of speed. But as the company scaled, the need for resilient and scalable infrastructure led them to reevaluate their approach. In 2016, serverless was still an emerging concept—particularly for large-scale B2B applications. Although intrigued, Sharath was initially h...

 Amazon CloudFront is a powerful, fully managed Content Delivery Network (CDN) service from AWS, designed to accelerate the secure delivery of web content—including images, videos, APIs, and applications—to users around the globe with low latency and high transfer speeds. Leveraging AWS’s extensive global infrastructure, CloudFront ensures optimal performance, scalability, and security for modern web applications. At the core of CloudFront are Edge Locations, strategically distributed worldwide to cache content closer to users. This reduces latency and improves load times. CloudFront works in conjunction with Origins such as Amazon S3 buckets, EC2 instances, or custom servers, which serve as the source of the original content. Distributions define how CloudFront delivers content from these origins to users, allowing granular control over cache behavior, protocols, and access restrictions. One of the key features of CloudFront is its flexible Cache Behavior settings, which allow dev...

 Building and deploying Serverless Machine Learning is an innovative approach to delivering machine learning models in a scalable and cost-effective manner. A serverless framework , a popular choice for developers, allows for efficient building, deploying and managing serverless applications. With this framework, it is possible to build and deploy machine learning models in a fully managed environment without worrying about infrastructure and server management. The serverless architecture helps in reducing operational costs and increases application availability, making it an attractive option for businesses to deploy their machine learning models. The serverless framework and machine learning combination provide a powerful solution for organisations looking to implement AI-powered applications with minimal overhead. The Step-By-Step Tutorial About Building and Deploying Serverless Machine Learning Building and Deploying Serverless Machine Learning with AWS Lambda and Serverless F...

 Reducing build times can be a challenging task, especially when working with static site generation (SSG) in frameworks like Astro. Increased build times can have serious consequences, such as delaying small changes from reaching production, sometimes taking several hours to deploy changes across different environments. We faced this issue while using Astro + React with AWS Amplify , where everything was statically generated (SSG). With over 200+ pages being generated during each build, the process took over 30 minutes on AWS Amplify, which, unlike Vercel, does not support Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR). At one point, a particular section required 900+ pages, further increasing the build times. As we investigated, we discovered some common mistakes that contributed to these delays. In this blog, we will share optimization techniques that significantly reduced our build times. Avoid API Calls in Child Components One of the key issues we identified was related to API calls in...

 LANDAUER is the leading global provider of technical and analytical services to determine occupational and environmental radiation exposure and the leading domestic provider of outsourced medical physics services. The company provides dosimetry services to about 1.8 million individuals globally and is used by 78% of United States hospitals. The company offers tools and support for organizations with potential exposure to ionizing radiation, helping them achieve their radiation safety goals. LANDAUER’s innovations in radiation safety continue to shape the industry in dosimetry and medical physics. The Challenge Landauer faced several challenges that needed to be addressed during the process of migrating their data from a proprietary RDBMS solution to AWS OpenSearch. The biggest challenge was migrating a huge number of records, in just a couple of days, they were able to migrate approximately 32 million records with minimal downtime. Additionally, the previous system involved AWS E...

 A leading healtcare company achieves 4x faster turned around time with market access application with AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway and Databricks About Market Access Application A leading Therapeutics company is committed to developing novel therapies with the potential to transform the lives of people with debilitating disorders of the brain. They are pursuing new pathways to improve brain health and run depression, neurology, and neuropsychiatry franchise programs that aim to change how brain disorders are perceived and treated. Their mission is to make medicines that matter so people can get better, sooner. They aim to transform the practice of neuroscience research and rethink how central nervous system (CNS) disorders are understood and treated. Their mission is to pioneer solutions to deliver life-changing brain health medicines, so every person can thrive. The Challenge The existing system’s manual data entry and management resulted in slower turn-around times for contract ...

 Transforming Biopharma data management platform with Databricks and Snowflakes About Shaping Structured Data : Leveraging Derived Databases and Snowflake Procedures for Seamless Data Management The client, a dedicated biopharmaceutical company, is on a mission to revolutionise the landscape of brain health. Their commitment to developing groundbreaking therapies holds the promise of transforming the lives of individuals grappling with challenging brain disorders. Through innovative approaches, the client is exploring new avenues to enhance brain health. Their comprehensive franchise programs, focusing on depression, neurology, and neuropsychiatry, aspire to reshape the understanding and treatment of various brain disorders. The Challenge Unstructured or cluttered databases in Snowflake: Managing unstructured or cluttered databases in Snowflake posed significant challenges for data organization and retrieval. Lack of specificity in existing databases for various use cases and requi...

 About Landauer - Talend LANDAUER is the leading global provider of technical and analytical services to determine occupational and environmental radiation exposure and the leading domestic provider of outsourced medical physics services. The company provides dosimetry services to about 1.8 million individuals globally and is used by 78% of United States hospitals. The company offers tools and support for organisations with potential exposure to ionizing radiation, helping them achieve their radiation safety goals. LANDAUER’s innovations in radiation safety continue to shape the industry in dosimetry and medical physics. The Challenge Landauer faced several daunting challenges in optimizing their ETL workflow. First and foremost, they needed to maintain the order of processing to ensure that parallel iterations could be processed at a time. Additionally, Landauer needed to transition away from Talend and build a new workflow using AWS Step Functions. This was a significant underta...

 About Data Engineering On Databricks A leading Therapeutics company is committed to developing novel therapies with the potential to transform the lives of people with debilitating disorders of the brain. They are pursuing new pathways to improve brain health and run depression, neurology, and neuropsychiatry franchise programs that aim to change how brain disorders are perceived and treated. Their mission is to make medicines that matter so people can get better, sooner. They aim to transform the practice of neuroscience research and rethink how central nervous system (CNS) disorders are understood and treated. Their mission is to pioneer solutions to deliver life-changing brain health medicines, so every person can thrive. The Challenge A pioneering therapeutics company is focused on delivering life-changing brain health medicines and therapies. They focus on drug and compound research and development. They use translational data to drive efficiency in drug development, explore...