Hello Reader, Agents are everywhere. But there’s a big difference between using an agent and building one end-to-end. Let's face it - if you tell a recruiter that you played with Claude or ChatGPT, or even created a workflow using n8n, that won't impress them. Because when a company hires you, it expects you to know how to build agent using the infrastructure components. With that in mind, let's turn our attention to how to build an agent. Good Agent Let's take a look at building a good...
9 days ago • 4 min read
Hello Reader, If you listen to the loudest voices online, you’d think cloud careers are over. AI agents will design architectures. AGI will explain that to the executives. Coding agents will write everything. As per Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei - Software engineers will be obsolete in 6 - 12 months. And they are the brightest and smartest. If they are doomed, what chances do us, the mere mortals, have? If you look at open Solutions Architect positions, even at AWS, or Microsoft, or Google, it...
16 days ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, In today’s post, let’s look at another correct but average answer and a great answer that gets you hired to common cloud interview questions. Question - How will you secure your application on AWS? Common but average answer(s) I will use KMS, IAM, and firewall for security I will use KMS for encryption, IAM for access, Security Group, Private subnet Why average? What the interviewer is looking for is you understand different attack vectors and how to mitigate them. Explain what...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, We all heard it - Gen AI is taking away your job. The reality is, it is for sure impacting your job functionalities. However, there is a bigger reason why many folks are failing interviews and not growing in their career, due to Gen AI, but NOT for the reasons you think! Let's dive deep. Moltbot/Clawdbot/OpenClaw is all over the internet. Everyone and their mother is installing it. It can delete spam emails, schedule meetings, monitor your flight confirmation, check you in, and...
30 days ago • 3 min read
Hello Reader, Have you ever repeated yourself to an AI and thought, “Didn’t we already talk about this?” That frustration isn’t your fault. It’s how GenAI systems work by default. To overcome this, we need to implement memory. Now, there are a lot of confusion around this - do we need different types of memory, does this make RAG obsolete, and how does this even work? Let's learn all of it in today's edition. Agents Are Stateless By default, agents are stateless. Previously, we used to combat...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Hello Reader, I just unveiled the SA Bootcamp. The bootcamp covers everything you need to become an SA in as little as 3 months and spoiler alert its not just technical. This Bootcamp is a one of its kind because its taught by a Top SA still working on world class projects. And good news - it already worked for last cohort's students who secured cloud jobs in top FAANG companies, and some of them didn't even have cloud experience 💰. This SA bootcamp offers… a proven blueprint for the fastest...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, Are you thinking about becoming an AWS SA? The demand for AWS Solutions Architects has never been higher. And the data indicates it will continue to rise because there are literally trillions of dollars worth of projects currently running on legacy technologies that need to be migrated to the cloud. SA Bootcamp is developed to be the most direct and guided route to become a Solutions Architect and get a high paying cloud job. In as little as 3 months you could be an AWS SA...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, Happy New Year 2026 to you and your family 🎉. 2025 was a big year for me both professionally and personally. My biggest achievements of 2025 are delivering critical customer projects that YOU use in your life, starting a Start Up, and helping my students succeed. In this email, I will share some highlights and lessons that helped me: If you live in the US, you have certainly used one of the projects I have architected. When a commercial airplane pilot goes up or down, or turn...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, At AWS Re:Invent 2025, AWS announced Lambda Durable Functions that can execute for up to one year while maintaining reliable progress despite interruptions. However, there are caveats: The durable execution timeout is one year BUT each function timeout still remains 15 mins max. What does this mean? Think of this like a Step Function equivalent, where same Lambda can run many times to execute different parts of the code. It can even checkpoint stuff. When you invoke a durable...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, I have been a Cloud Solutions Architect for 10 years - 4 years at Verizon, 6.5 years at AWS. I was an Application Cloud Architect at Verizon, and then I joined AWS, where I had two different SA roles - first a General SA (Enterprise Architect) and then a Specialist SA. In this post, I will review my responsibilities as an SA in all these companies, including the hardest parts of the job (in my humble opinion). Let's get started: Solutions Architect at Verizon I became a SA at...
2 months ago • 6 min read