Cloud & AWS

How we design, run and pay for infrastructure on AWS: serverless architectures, CloudFront and networking, high availability, and what we take away from the events worth going to.

5th June 20266 min read

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.

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

25th March 20264 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.

Screen-print illustration of a crowd reaching towards a monitor, in layered teal and lime silhouettes

2nd March 20267 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.

29th October 20257 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.

28th July 20254 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.

17th June 20253 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.

29th May 202511 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.

AWS Console showing creating an CloudFront Anycast Static IPs List

18th April 20254 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.

4th December 20242 min read

AWS re:Invent 2024 breakout sessions

Didn't make re:Invent this year? Catch up on the announcements and sessions on the AWS Events YouTube channel. Here are the playlists to get you started.

Amazon Aurora DSQL in the AWS console service search

3rd December 20244 min read

Amazon Aurora DSQL: What might it mean for web applications?

Amazon Aurora DSQL debuts with active-active global availability, distributed scalability and PostgreSQL compatibility. What it could mean for web applications.