AWS – Blog by Jay Mutkawoa (Nitin)

Playing around with SSM, Tags, and Resource Group in AWS

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 18, 2024
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5 min read

AWS Systems Manager is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that helps you automate and manage your infrastructure at scale. It provides a unified user interface so that you can view operational data from multiple AWS services and [Read More…]

Cloud Computing

Playing around with EC2 Image Builder

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 13, 2024
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4 min read

This Blog post is about EC2 Image Builder in AWS which is used to automate the creation of Virtual Machines or Container Images. It also provides flexibility for maintenance, Validation, and testing before the Image goes live in the Production [Read More…]

Cloud Computing

Basic steps to create an AMI

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 12, 2024
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2 min read

An AMI stands for Amazon Machine Image. It is a pre-configured virtual machine image, which is used to create instances (virtual servers) in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). An AMI contains the necessary information to launch an EC2 instance, [Read More…]

Cloud Computing Security

EC2 Hibernation feature in AWS

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 11, 2024
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1 min read

We can use the hibernate feature to eliminate the hassle of losing the memory state of an EC2 instance. Also, booting will be faster as RAM content is written in a file in the root EBS volume which must be [Read More…]

Cloud Computing

Status Checks on EC2 Instance

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 10, 2024
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2 min read

There is a way to get reports of the instance on the AWS EC2 instance under the “Status Checks” tab. There are two types of status checks: Instance status checks and System status checks. The System Status checks focus on [Read More…]

test

Stelo by Dexcom finally here!

It’s been since some time, I have been waiting for Dexcom to release the prescription-free CGM called Stelo. It finally arrived here today Tuesday 08/27/2024 after ordering last Friday. So a CGM – Continuous Glucose Monitor is a device that [Read More…]

Posted on August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Artificial Intelligence, Machine & Deep Learning

GenAI the buzzword everyone is talking about

That’s true that everyone is talking about AI. Most precisely about GenAI. GenAI is a type of intelligence that can produce synthetic data like texts, pictures, words, etc. In a simple term, Generative AI is a type of AI that [Read More…]

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

Yeti and his FI collar

What features can a dog collar have? Navigation, sleep tracking, and activity monitoring, to name a few. Pretty cool, right? Initially, I was only looking for a GPS-tracking device for my dog. However, when I discovered the FI collar, which [Read More…]

Posted on June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

Yeti, the Labrabull adopted from NFSAW

On 19 Feb 2024, I adopted Yeti from the New Fairfield / Sherman Animal Welfare Society (NFSAW). Working from home and having a dog keeping me company looks promising. So I just took the decision and thought that I needed [Read More…]

Posted on May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Linux System

Overlay Union Filesystems in Linux

Returning to the world of blogging after nearly a month’s hiatus, I find myself intrigued by the concept of Overlay Filesystems. This article has piqued my curiosity, and I am convinced it will offer valuable insights for my future endeavors. [Read More…]

Posted on February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

My indoor plants in Winter 2024

I used to have a cool indoor greenhouse in my living room growing lettuce, arugula, and thyme. However, since I work from home most of the time and need a dedicated office space, I decided to make some changes. I [Read More…]

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa