We're heading to AWS Community Summit Manchester
Martin and James will be at AWS Community Summit in Manchester on 1st October. The talks we're looking forward to, from AI-DLC to Ian Massingham's closing keynote.
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.
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.
What is AI-native?
AI-native means software designed from the ground up with AI in mind. The spectrum from AI-washed to AI-native, and how to tell the difference.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.