Tag: AWS

Generating Config Cache in Laravel Serverless Deployments

Laravel applications can be successfully deployed to AWS serverless infrastructure using projects such as Bref. On deployments, for optimal performance you want to create cached files for your configuration, events, routes, and views by using php artisan optimize. One challenge with compiled Laravel configuration files is that they generate absolute, environment-dependent paths. This behavior can […]

AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate (DEA-C01)

Introduction What data engineers do? Data engineers: Data management challenges: Essentially, the role of the data engineer is to get data from sources, make is useful and serve the data to stakeholders. Data Discovery Data engineer responsibilities: AWS Data Services and Modern Infrastructure Basic workflow of modern data engineering building blocks: Orchestration and Automation Options […]

AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02)

My reference page for notes produced when studying AWS material. Well-Architected Framework Let’s start with AWS well-architected framework because in AWS everything touches that concept. The six pillars of well-architected framework includes: Cloud Design Patterns Security IAM – concept of users and policies. Policies are assigned to users. Can use existing policies or create new […]

Data Science – Machine Learning

Following are my personal notes that prepared me to take the AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty (MLS-C01) exam. Data Processing Encode Values Encoding categorical variables: (panda supports dtype="category") Encoding nominal variables: Handling Missing Values Missing values are very common. Machine learning algorithms can’t handle missing values automatically. Data with too many missing values can’t […]

Essentials – Machine Learning

Following are my personal notes that prepared me to take the AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty (MLS-C01) exam. Terminology and Process Effective IA Strategy The flywheel of data (positive feedback loop): more data means better analytics -> better analytics results in better products -> better products means more users -> that generates more data. […]