Articles

What we've learned building software for the cloud

Notes from the Si Novi team on building custom software: web and mobile engineering, cloud architecture on AWS, serverless, and where AI fits in.

A small team of six people talking together on top of a solid platform, with the dense engineered infrastructure that carries it filling the space below

17th July 2026 9 min read

Build the squad. Own the platform. The org chart will catch up.

Deploying AI agents is an organisational problem, not just a technical one. My answer: build a deployment squad and own the platform layer.

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The Xero reporting dashboard for the Si Novi organisation

9th July 2026 4 min read

Pointing agentic AI at our own bookkeeping

An experiment in turning agentic tooling on our own operations, starting with the timeconsuming Xero bookkeeping jobs I'd rather not do by hand.

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5th June 2026 7 min read

What is AI-native?

AI-native means software where the model is load-bearing rather than bolted on. The spectrum from AI-washed to AI-native, and how to tell the difference.

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AWS Select Tier Partner Badge overlaid on image of the AWS Summit London

25th March 2026 4 min read

From Early AWS Adopters to Select Tier Partner

Si Novi has been validated as an AWS Select Tier Partner on the Services path. Our journey from early AWS adoption to recognition in the AWS Partner Network.

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AI generated image representing high availability cloud infrastructure

2nd March 2026 7 min read

High availability strategies for websites and web applications on AWS

High availability is not a single feature toggle. It is the accumulation of sensible decisions around traffic patterns, autoscaling, caching, edge filtering and multi-AZ resilience. We explore practical strategies for keeping websites and web applications available on AWS when real life happens.

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AI generated image laptop and tools symbolising AWS Lambda and Node.js 18 deprecation

29th October 2025 7 min read

AWS Lambda end of support for Node.js 18 and Node.js 16 extended to March 2026

AWS has given Lambda users a short reprieve: Node.js 18 and Node.js 16 runtimes will now remain supported until 9 March 2026. But this is no time for complacency. Unsupported runtimes still present security, compliance and operational risks - and upgrading to Node.js 20 or 22 will still take time.

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28th July 2025 4 min read

Amazon RDS MySQL 8.0 deprecation and Extended Support

MySQL 8.0 reaches end of standard support in July 2026 and moves to Amazon RDS Extended Support. How to prepare for an RDS migration or the support costs.

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AWS Certificate Manager exportable SSL certificates now available

17th June 2025 3 min read

AWS ACM Exportable Certificates

AWS now lets you export public SSL/TLS certificates from Certificate Manager, private key and trust chain included, for use outside AWS services.

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29th May 2025 11 min read

AWS Summit London 2025

The AWS Summit London is an annual hightlight for us, but in recent years I've questioned the experience. Not this time. The AWS Summit London 2025 was spellbinding.

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AWS Console showing creating an CloudFront Anycast Static IPs List

18th April 2025 4 min read

Content delivery with CloudFront just got even more powerful

AWS has introduced Anycast Static IPs for CloudFront, allowing you to point apex domains directly at your distribution using standard A records. This simplifies setup and removes the need for DNS provider tricks or migrations - but it's expensive.

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