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Cloud Computing fundamentals, certifications, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and hands-on labs across Azure, AWS, and GCP.

Designing Scalable and Reliable Cloud-Native Solutions with .NET Core and AWS

Introduction Modern cloud-native applications must be secure, scalable, observable, and cost-efficient. In this post, we explore how to design such systems using .NET Core and AWS, applying battle...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on August 1, 2025

Cloud-Native with .NET: AWS vs Azure for Microservices, Serverless, and APIs

Introduction: What is Cloud-Native? Cloud-native is a response to the traditional software development model many of us followed for decades: building large monoliths. In those systems, all featu...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on July 25, 2025

How to Detect Orphaned Role Assignments in Azure

What Are Orphaned Role Assignments? In Azure, role assignments are used to grant users, groups, or service principals access to resources. Sometimes, these entities are deleted (e.g., an employee ...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on July 22, 2025

Modernizing .NET Legacy Systems: Replatforming, Refactoring, or Rewriting?

Replatforming, Refactoring, or Rewriting? Modernizing a legacy application (like a .NET monolith) typically follows one of three paths: 🏗 Replatforming Moving the application with minimal code c...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on July 18, 2025

AWS SysOps: Automating Incident Response with CloudWatch, Lambda, and SNS

During my recent attempt at the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator exam, I encountered several questions focused on monitoring and automation. Most of them revolved around CloudWatch, CloudTrail, a...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on July 11, 2025

Understanding the AWS Well-Architected Framework

As cloud solutions grow in scale and complexity, following best practices becomes essential to maintain performance, reliability, and security. That’s where the AWS Well-Architected Framework comes...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on June 20, 2025

Cloud Certifications Overview: Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud

Cloud computing has become a must-have skill for developers, administrators, and architects in today’s IT landscape. The leading cloud providers, like Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), an...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on June 13, 2025

ABOUT ME
Rodrigo Zavalik Castro

Sr. Full Stack .NET Engineer with 10+ years of experience in software development, cloud infrastructure, and migration projects across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
Dev Team @ Canon EMEA

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