The Cloud Engineer’s Playbook - A Podcast by Michael Diogo

How MySQL and PostgreSQL track every change

A primary database gets a write. Somehow, a replica on the other side of the world has the same data seconds later. Then I learned about Binary Logging and the magic made sense. Tune in lets learn Need a team to migrate workloads to the cloud, secure your infrastructure, automate your processes, and train your team for optimal adoption, email: contact@diogomic.me to start your transformation today. Let’s make your operations and workloads more optimize and more secured.

Introduction to AWS Well- Architected Framework - Part Two

Every great system starts with a solid foundation. Just like constructing a building, the choices you make early in cloud architecture can determine whether your solution stands strong or slowly cracks under pressure. In this episode, we dive into the reality of architecting workloads in the cloud, where every decision is a trade-off shaped by business context. Do you optimize for cost and sustainability in development environments, or double down on reliability for mission-critical systems? How does performance directly influence revenue in ecommerce? And why are security and operational excellence non-negotiable, no matter the scenario? We continue to break down the core design principles of the Well-Architected Framework, including: * The Cost of Building in the Cloud * Use Serverless architectures when necessary * Using automation to safely experiment and evolve architectures * Expenditure usage and awareness * Letting data not assumptions drive architectural decisions * Maximize Utilization * Adopt new, more efficient hardware and software offerings At the heart of it all are the six pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability. Neglecting any one of them can undermine everything you’re trying to build. But when they’re thoughtfully balanced, they free you up to focus on what really matters delivering business value and meeting functional requirements. Need a team to migrate workloads to the cloud, secure your infrastructure, automate your processes, and train your team for optimal adoption, email: contact@diogomic.me to start your transformation today. Let’s make your operations and workloads more optimize and more secured.

Introduction to AWS Well- Architected Framework - Part One

Every great system starts with a solid foundation. Just like constructing a building, the choices you make early in cloud architecture can determine whether your solution stands strong or slowly cracks under pressure. In this episode, we dive into the reality of architecting workloads in the cloud, where every decision is a trade-off shaped by business context. Do you optimize for cost and sustainability in development environments, or double down on reliability for mission-critical systems? How does performance directly influence revenue in ecommerce? And why are security and operational excellence non-negotiable, no matter the scenario? We break down the core design principles of the Well-Architected Framework, including: * Why guessing capacity is a thing of the past * How testing at production scale becomes affordable in the cloud * Using automation to safely experiment and evolve architectures * Designing systems that grow with your business, not against it * Letting data not assumptions drive architectural decisions * Stress-testing your systems through game days before real incidents hit At the heart of it all are the six pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability. Neglecting any one of them can undermine everything you’re trying to build. But when they’re thoughtfully balanced, they free you up to focus on what really matters delivering business value and meeting functional requirements. Need a team to migrate workloads to the cloud, secure your infrastructure, automate your processes, and train your team for optimal adoption, email: contact@diogomic.me to start your transformation today. Let’s make your operations and workloads more optimize and more secured.

API Rate Limiting Architecture and Algorithms

In networked systems, a rate limiter acts like a traffic controller, managing how often a user or service can make requests. In the world of HTTP APIs, it sets boundaries on how many requests are allowed within a given time frame. Once that limit is reached, any additional requests are automatically blocked. Think of it like setting fair-use rules: a user might only be able to post twice per second, create up to ten accounts in a day from the same IP address, or claim rewards no more than five times in a week from a single device. Need a team to migrate workloads to the cloud, secure your infrastructure, automate your processes, and train your team for optimal adoption, email: contact@diogomic.me to start your transformation today. Let’s make your operations and workloads more optimize and more secured.

AWS Systems Manager: The Cloud Ops Command Center

Every growing cloud environment reaches a moment where manual operations no longer scale. Patching becomes risky, access needs tightening, and visibility starts to fade. In this episode, we step into the Cloud Ops command center and explore AWS Systems Manager the service built to bring order, automation, and security to complex infrastructures. From managing fleets of instances to automating routine tasks and enforcing operational best practices, we unpack how cloud engineers regain control and operate at scale with confidence. Whether you’re running a handful of workloads or thousands of resources across hybrid environments, this deep dive shows how modern teams move from reactive firefighting to proactive cloud operations. Need a team to migrate workloads to the cloud, secure your infrastructure, automate your processes, and train your team for optimal adoption, email: contact@diogomic.me to start your transformation today. Let’s make your operations and workloads more optimize and more secured.