Unlocking Insight in the Age of Data Overload

Modern power systems engineering sits at the intersection of unprecedented data availability and increasing operational complexity. Field devices, wide‑area measurement systems, and advanced metering infrastructures continuously stream vast quantities of real‑time information. At the same time, engineers increasingly rely on high‑fidelity simulation models that mirror real‑world grid behavior with remarkable granularity. These detailed models, capable of capturing transient […]

Agentic AI: Productivity Tool or Skill Decay Machine?

With the rapid advancement of generative AI and agentic development tools, a serious question is emerging: What happens to a generation of engineers who rely entirely on Agentic AI without truly learning the fundamentals? Across engineering teams, learning is increasingly outsourced to AI tools. Many developers are becoming less concerned with understanding core principles, trade-offs, […]

Incremental Snapshots in Debezium

Streaming New Tables with Debezium on AWS MSK Connect Introduction If you’re working with Debezium on MSK Connect and continuously evolving your database schema, you’ve probably faced the challenge of adding new tables to an already running pipeline. In my current setup, I stream data from MySQL tables into Amazon Redshift using Debezium CDC running on […]

Claude Code Setup and Agents Swarm in Action

Hello everyone! Today we’re diving into Claude Code — the new buzzword everyone is talking about. In this article, I’ll walk through the setup step by step and experiment with the new Agents Swarm feature to see whether it really lives up to the hype. First, What is Claude Code? Claude Code is an AI-powered command-line […]

UV: Python Packaging at Warp Speed

How and Why to Get Started with UV Origins of UV Python is a simplistic and readable programming language that has been around since 1991. Over the years, tools like pip, virtualenv, pipenv, and poetry have aimed to address the issue of installing and reproducing Python environments more easily. All of these brought improvements, but recently, the tool […]

Making Lasagna from Spaghetti Code

A Python Developer’s Guide to Refactoring Legacy Systems Every senior developer knows the feeling when you open the first file in an existing code base, and your stomach drops. It feels less like structured architecture and more like the aftermath of a science experiment gone wrong. It’s hard to untangle, terrifying to modify, and utterly […]

How I Prepared for and Passed the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer — Associate Exam on My First Attempt

Hello everyone! In this article, I want to share my personal experience on how I prepared for and passed the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer — Associate exam on my first attempt. The AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer — Associate exam was formerly known as AWS Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate. Exam Overview The AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer — Associate exam validates […]

Understanding Power Flow: The Lifeline of the Electric Grid

Introduction The modern electric grid is a dynamic network connecting generation sources to millions of consumers through transmission and distribution systems. Managing this complex network efficiently requires an in-depth understanding of how electricity flows: a concept known as power flow or load flow. Power flow studies are foundational for planning, operating, and optimizing power systems[5]. They provide the […]

Part 3: Building Production-Ready AI Agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (Runtime)

Part 3: Runtime & Frontend Introduction In Part 1 and Part 2, I built the infrastructure, deployed Lambda tools via Gateway, and configured Memory for persistent context. In this final article, I complete the journey by deploying the AgentCore Runtime and building a Streamlit frontendwith secure authentication. This final article covers: Implementing the agent with […]

Part 2: Building Production-Ready AI Agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (Gateway & Memory)

Part 2: AgentCore Gateway & Memory Introduction In Part 1, I established the foundation with Terraform infrastructure and Cognito authentication. In this article, I add the intelligence layer: AgentCore Gateway for serverless tools and AgentCore Memory for persistent context. This article covers: Creating Lambda-based tools accessible via MCP protocol Deploying the AgentCore Gateway Setting up […]