IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS
Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.
23 articles
18 Feb 2026 · 21 min read
aws
Part 1 of 10 — Why we chose AWS to build the Kids Learn platform from the ground up. AWS Well-Architected Framework, account setup, cost planning, and the complete service map for a production SaaS.
Read more18 Feb 2026 · 7 min read
ai-ml
Part 6 of 10 — Build AI-powered educational content with Amazon Bedrock, train custom models on SageMaker, implement RAG pipelines with Knowledge Bases for Bedrock, and create personalized learning paths with Amazon Personalize.
Read more18 Feb 2026 · 10 min read
api-gateway
Part 4 of 10 — Build the Kids Learn backend with API Gateway HTTP APIs, Lambda functions for CRUD operations, and ECS Fargate for long-running AI inference. Includes VPC networking, cold start optimization, and container deployment.
Read more18 Feb 2026 · 9 min read
aurora
Part 5 of 10 — Aurora Serverless v2 with pgvector for vector search, DynamoDB for session events, ElastiCache Redis for caching, RDS Proxy for connection pooling, and data modeling patterns for educational SaaS.
Read more18 Feb 2026 · 7 min read
aws
Part 7 of 10 — Build a complete CI/CD pipeline with CodePipeline, run tests and builds with CodeBuild, manage Docker images with ECR, implement blue/green deployments for ECS Fargate, and automate infrastructure changes with CDK Pipelines.
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