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.

25th April 2023 2 min read

Amazon S3 best practice security changes for new buckets

In April 2023 Amazon S3 will change the default security configuration for all new S3 buckets, making buckets private by default across all creation mechanisms

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AWS CTO Werner Vogels delivering his keynote speach at re:Invent 2022 where he expressed his view that event-driven architectures increase developer speed, and help de-couple logic.

8th December 2022 5 min read

Event-driven serverless architectures

At Si Novi we specialise in building and designing serverless architectures. We explain the benefits of serverless computing, and introduce some key components of the serverless computing model, such as AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and event-driven architecture.

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Amazon EC2 Launch Configurations will Deprecate support for new Instances

30th November 2022 3 min read

Amazon EC2 Launch Configurations deprecation

How to migrate to Launch Templates Amazon EC2 Launch Configurations will deprecate support for new instances from December 2022

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16th August 2022 3 min read

AWS withdrawing Lambda support for Node.js 12

Node.js 12 is being withdrawn as a supported runtime for AWS Lambda functions, so any Lambda functions currently using this runtime will need to be updated

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2nd July 2022 7 min read

AWS Summit London 2022

With the AWS Summit London restored following a 2-year COVID-19 hiatus, we were thrilled to attend the summit at ExCel London in April 2022.

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22nd September 2021 3 min read

Agile and iterative software development: Our approach

We incorporate agile methodologies into our software development work and we've seen how agile processes can de-risk development and produce better results.

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2nd June 2021 3 min read

AWS Lambda end of support for Node.js 10

AWS are withdrawing support for Node.js 10 in Lambda functions from 30th July 2021, so updating Lambda functions to a new Node.js runtime will be critical.

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4th August 2020 4 min read

Tools of the Trade: Postman

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are an integral part of the web platform, allowing software systems to communicate through defined interactions and requests.

Read about how we use the Postman app to build, test and deploy the APIs that power the web and mobile applications we develop.

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The inside of Si Novi's studio in Manchester

12th May 2020 5 min read

Operating under lockdown; The New Normal

The Coronavirus pandemic has affected individuals and businesses across the globe, and here at Si Novi we too have needed to adapt. But we're fortunate that we can keep operating, even learning and improving from the "new normal" ways of remote working.

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AWS Elastic Beanstalk console for Platform Version Retirement

19th February 2020 3 min read

AWS Elastic Beanstalk Platform Version Retirement

Updating your AWS Elastic Beanstalk platform versions should happen regularly. learn more about the need to migrate away from a retiring platform version

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