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Insightful Tips for Optimizing AWS Data Transfer Costs

Architect for Data Localization: Keep data within the same region or availability zone to avoid cross-region charges.
Use AWS PrivateLink and VPC Endpoints: Leverage VPC endpoints to route traffic within AWS at a lower cost than internet-based transfers.
Right-Size Data Transfer Paths: Consolidate resources within a single Availability Zone to avoid cross-AZ charges.
Leverage Data Compression: Compress data before transfer to reduce size and lower costs.

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The Apple Vision Pro’s Ultrawide Mac Virtual Display is something you have to see to believe

Apple has unveiled a range of new features for its VisionOS 2.2 operating system, featuring an upgrade to the Mac Virtual Display experience, including an ultrawide curved vision capable of generating a 5K resolution.
The new ultrawide display has a 32:9 aspect ratio and can be stretched to appear as a giant curved screen.
Spatial audio passes through the keynote speaker on the Vision Pro or AirPods Pro, making it possible for viewers to enjoy AAA gaming titles and Apple Arcade offerings.
The ultra-wide view is also well suited to working within Vision Pro, meaning users can type away at their Macs while viewing a supersized display.
Rumours of a potential collaboration with Sony PlayStation for more supported controller types makes the prospect of future games that can be played on a Mac in UltraWide on Vision Pro exciting.
Pricing for the system starts at $3,500 for the standard 5K monitor; the Ultrawide version comes with a heavier price tag.
Apple developers first hinted about the ultra-wide curved monitor in June 2024 during a summer initially characterised by its drip-feed of updates on the manufacturer's vision for the future.
The ultrawide display has proved popular with those who find themselves working remotely.
The ultra-wide display dimensions offer the equivalent of two displays side by side.
In addition to ultrawide technology, VisionOS 2.2 features a range of bug fixes and user interface refinements to enhance user experience.

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Quordle today – my hints and answers for Monday, December 23 (game #1064)

Quordle today (game #1064) offers a genuine challenge.
The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 3.
The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 2.
None of Q, Z, X, or J appear among today's Quordle answers.

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NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Monday, December 23 (game #295)

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Pass the eggnog
Clue words to unlock the in-game hints system: BRING, BEAR, DRAY, PEEP, BARD, MAIN
Hint for today's spangram: Festive taste
Two sides of the board that today's spangram touches: First side - top, 1st column / Last side - bottom, 3rd column

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5 Best Practices for Securing Your AWS Environment with IAM

Create IAM groups to separate access
Follow the principle of least privilege
Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Avoid using root account for daily operations

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Introducing fck-nat: Cost optimized alternative to AWS NAT Gateways

fck-nat is an open-source, cost-effective alternative to AWS Managed NAT Gateway that saves you money while keeping things running smoothly.
Built on Amazon Linux 2023 and available as a pre-configured Amazon Machine Image (AMI), fck-nat supports high-bandwidth traffic at significantly lower costs than AWS's proprietary solutions.
fck-nat offers a ready-to-use ARM and x86 based AMIs built on Amazon Linux 2023 which can support up to 5Gbps burst NAT traffic on a t4g.nano instance.
Operating on a t4g.nano instance, fck-nat costs approximately $3.06/month compared to AWS Managed NAT Gateway's $32/month.
Unlike Managed NAT Gateway, fck-nat does not charge for per-GB data transfer.
fck-nat offers the flexibility to align with your infrastructure, custom routing rules, specific security configurations, or tailored deployment strategies.
fck-nat's design guarantees consistent performance and minimal downtime, keeping your network running smoothly.
fck-nat is perfect for businesses aiming to optimize cloud expenses or temporary or experimental setups.
fck-nat bridges the gap between cost-efficiency and performance in AWS network configurations.
fck-nat is best suited for cost-sensitive setups or development environments.

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Unlock Your AWS Potential: 50% Off Certs + Free Retake

AWS is offering a promotion for two of their foundational certifications, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and AWS Certified AI Practitioner.
The promotion includes a 50% discount on the first attempt and a free retake if the first attempt is not successful.
The promotion is available for residents aged 18 and older from Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
To avail the promotion, register during the promotion period, apply the discount code when scheduling the first exam, and take the exam before February 15, 2025.

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Managing and Securing Access to AWS Resources Using IAM

This article explores the basics of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), a powerful web service that helps you securely manage access to your AWS resources.
The article guides you through the process of creating IAM users, adding them to IAM groups, and applying permission policies to control access to various services in your AWS account.
Before starting to use IAM, make sure you have an AWS account, understanding of basic AWS services such as EC2, S3, and IAM, Administrator Access to the AWS Account, and access to the AWS Management Console.
To start managing and securing access to AWS resources using IAM, start by signing in to the AWS Management Console.
After that, set up IAM users. Created IAM users can have access to AWS resources with a specific set of permissions that define their level of access.
Next, create IAM groups that organize the users and apply common permissions to all users within a group, instead of managing individual permissions for each user.
By applying Permission policies, IAM policies can be used to enforce different levels of access for various user groups based on their roles.
The article validates the set permissions by logging in using Dev-Team users and trying to delete S3 buckets and terminate EC2 instances. This demonstrates how IAM policies can be used to enforce different levels of access for various user groups based on their roles.
IAM ensures that you have fine-grained control over who can access your AWS resources and what actions they can perform.
By the end of this post, you'll have a solid understanding of how to manage user access efficiently and ensure your AWS environment stays secure.

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This is the GPU I’m most excited for in 2025 — and it’s not by Nvidia

The next few months will completely redefine every ranking of the best graphics cards.
AMD’s upcoming flagship, which will presumably be the RX 8800 XT, is going to be so important not just for AMD but also for the entire graphics card market.
AMD is likely to be behind not just the RTX 5090 but also the RTX 5080. But most leaks point to a GPU that’s going to hit the sweet spot between high-end and budget.
AMD itself has said as much, despite comments from CEO Dr. Lisa Su who said that RDNA 4 will deliver “a strong increase in gaming performance”.
The RDNA 3 generation of GPUs was a bit all over the place in terms of value. But the RDNA 4 generation might see a shift in the previous dynamic and offer gamers a similar situation to Intel’s B580.
According to recent rumors, the RX 8800 XT may offer a performance comparable to Nvidia’s RTX 4080 and, reportedly, better ray tracing performance than the RX 7900 XTX.
Value is an incredibly important part of the potential success of AMD’s RX 8800 XT and RX 8600/XT in the lineup.
AMD’s change of pace for RDNA 4 gives hope that the resulting price war might be great for both sides of the fence.
With more competition, we might even see Nvidia adjust its pricing, if only just a little bit.
Both AMD and Nvidia will announce their new graphics cards in January 2025.

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Get Phished by a Public AWS Systems Manager Automation Document

A phishing attack targeting AWS users was discovered involving a public AWS Systems Manager Automation Document.
The attack used a crafted URL that resembled a legitimate AWS Console link to trick users.
By clicking the link, users unknowingly executed a malicious SSM document, leading to unauthorized access, data exfiltration, and malware deployment.
Preventative measures include increasing awareness, verifying SSM document owners, implementing enhanced warnings in the AWS Console, and refining permission settings.

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AWS re:Invent 2024 - Zero to production serverless in 8 weeks

Chemist4U, the UK's third-largest online pharmacy, successfully built a secure and scalable integration for an ADHD clinic in just 8 weeks.
The project aimed to replace the clinic's existing pharmacy partner, which struggled to scale with their growing demand.
The team used serverless architecture for its built-in high availability, low administration overhead, rapid development, and auto scaling capabilities.
By leveraging tools like AWS CDK and serverless framework along with prototyping, the team achieved significant wins, built the core integration, and delivered a fully functional system within the tight deadline.

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Configuring Citrix DaaS Monitor for Comprehensive Infrastructure Monitoring

The Citrix DaaS Monitor service now allows monitoring of Citrix infrastructure components such as Cloud Connectors, Provisioning Services, and Storefront.
Citrix Cloud automatically monitors the status of Cloud connectors without installing any additional agents.
To check the cloud connector monitoring status, go to Citrix Cloud --> DaaS --> Monitor and select 'Infrastructure' in the monitor window.
In order to configure monitoring for provisioning services and storefront, click on settings tab under monitor, click on 'manage'.

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Driving AWS Fargate to the Edge: Matillion Hybrid Agents and Python Pandas

Matillion leverages Fargate to create a cost-effective way to integrate your AWS environment with its services. However, while Fargate offers ease of use, it lacks one of the crucial benefits of AWS Lambda: automatic scaling.
Python Pandas transforms data in memory, which allows for high-speed processing, but it also introduces the risk of an “OutOfMemoryError,” which can lead to the termination of your Fargate task. This blog post explains how chunking has an easier implementation for Pandas workloads.
An implementation can be achieved by using the sophisticated methods provided by the Pandas package. Since Pandas operates in memory, it has an option for chunking large data files into smaller parts.
If we encounter errors, we can track them chunk by chunk. However, the lack of robust logging for errors can be a drawback.
The blog post also talks about how to apply transformation logic to each chunk and handle encoding issues. Finally, we can upload each chunk to the target storage system and free memory afterward.
Leveraging the tools like AWS, Matillion, and Snowflake together can optimize your data workflows, reduce execution time, and enhance overall efficiency.
Effective resource utilization is key to maximizing your investment in the cloud.
Using Matillion with AWS Fargate allows for cost-effective solutions without the need for complex clusters.
By implementing chunking and careful memory management, you can avoid memory overflow errors and streamline the processing of large datasets.
Chunking method ensures that encoding is applied in a chunk-wise manner, preventing memory issues. Low_memory=False will be used to ensure data type consistency.

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Download Video from s3 with Cloudfront, nodejs and react

Downloading files from S3 with CloudFront, Node.js, and React can be tricky.
Initially, the basic logic of triggering a download did not work as expected.
The issue was caused by setting the ContentType during the S3 upload process.
To fix browser compatibility and enable seamless downloads, streaming the video from the backend with appropriate headers was necessary.

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MIT’s new stacked chip design could revolutionize computing

MIT engineers have developed a new method for stacking chips without the need for bulky silicon layers.
The method allows for growing high-quality semiconductors directly on top of each other at low temperatures.
This breakthrough could lead to advanced chips powering AI, wearable devices, and laptops with improved computing power.
The technology paves the way for faster and more efficient electronics with increased storage capacities.

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