/ Posts about tech, cloud, and whatever comes to mind. 2024-05-13T13:03:53+12:00 Martin Caarels / Jekyll © 2024 Martin Caarels /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2024-04-11T00:00:00+12:00 2024-04-11T00:00:00+12:00 /posts/CloudFront-Logs-Analysis/ Martin Caarels

I manage people, it will not surprise you that I am also managed by a person. This person runs the AWS practice in my organisation, he also writes blog posts, I would say of better quality than mine, you can find them here. It came to pass earlier this year that he and I were discussing OKR’s, it was time for me to define some for myself. OKR’s being a system, and systems being a thing that c...

2024-02-26T00:00:00+13:00 2024-02-26T00:00:00+13:00 /posts/EC2-Instance-Connect/ Martin Caarels

I used to be a Linux Engineer, and it will come as no surprise that one of my most used tools was/is SSH. I love SSH, whether its for my homelab environment, AWS network access, or copying stuff using rsync, the possibilities of SSH are endless. (foreshadowing) SSH is like the VIP all access pass to your servers, but with top-notch security and encryption so tight, it’s like wrapping your data ...

2024-01-24T00:00:00+13:00 2024-01-24T00:00:00+13:00 /posts/sydney-auckland-latency-tests/ Martin Caarels

As some of you may know I am an AWS cloud architect that lives in New Zealand. So most of the work I do is in the AP-SouthEast-2 region, or Sydney if you’re old fashioned. In my previous post I talked about the new Auckland local zone that went live in 2023. This is the harbinger of a full region, which my spies tell me will be launched sometime this year. With that on the horizon I am predict...

2023-05-03T00:00:00+12:00 2023-05-03T00:00:00+12:00 /posts/auckland-local-zone/ Martin Caarels

Exciting times for New Zealand! AWS Local Zones is now available in Auckland, New Zealand. You can now use AWS Local Zones in Auckland to deliver applications that require single-digit millisecond latency or local data processing. The official AWS anouncement Ofcourse I could not wait to deploy some resources in there and see whats what. Lets get into it! Enabling the local zone In order fo...

2022-04-28T00:00:00+12:00 2022-04-28T00:00:00+12:00 /posts/twitch-control-tower/ Martin Caarels

On the 28th of April I got to co-host a twitch stream for AWS with Casey Orr. I discussed the work and operations that go into setting up and managing a Control Tower governed AWS landing Zone. Watch the archived stream on Youtube here.