Mechanical keyboard repeating keys Many computer users choose mechanical keyboards for professional and recreational use because of their reliability, responsiveness, and iconic typing sound.  However, despite many considering mechanical keyboards more reliable than their membrane keyboard counterparts, mechanical keyboards are not perfect.  Mechanical keyboards are subject to the common issue of “double typing,” sometimes referred to as “chattering.” Double typing is …

With keyboards, especially mechanical ones, it’s all about touch. Mechanical keyboards usually offer a premium typing experience that even the most expensive of membrane keyboards find hard to replicate. They’re highly customizable too- you can easily use different kinds of switches on different keys. If you want your spacebar to have a more tactile feel …

Amazon S3 is a highly redundant and durable AWS service. It provides several 9’s of durability across multiple availability zones within a single region, making it a preferred choice to store data. People often use S3 for backups, archival data, and data lakes for their application workflows.  Not to mention, S3 is very cost effective. …

AWS allows users to download single files (objects) and multiple files (objects) through a variety of mechanisms.  To download single objects, users are able to utilize the console. For downloading multiple files, AWS recommends that users use the CLI, SDK, or REST APIs.  You can also package these up as zip files, encrypt them, and …

Users are able to rename AWS S3 bucket folders and files using the AWS S3 CLI command line. It is possible to ‘rename’ bucket folders or files using the console interface, but not recommended especially if users are trying to manipulate thousands of objects at once. Before implementing the command to rename the folders and …

The AWS S3 Sync with the delete command will sync contents located in a source bucket and target local directory and delete everything else that is not ‘in sync’. What does the AWS s3 sync with delete command do? AWS notates that the sync command will “Recursively [copy]  new and updated files from the source …

Download your s3 folder contents by installing the AWS S3 CLI and running the following commands:  This will output the contents of <mybucketname> into respective files in your local directory. AWS S3 Download Folder Downloading bucket contents in AWS S3 can be accomplished by first installing the AWS CLI and running the appropriate commands. Once …

What is difference between snapshot and AMI in AWS? AMI’s in AWS are snapshots of an  EC2’s ephemeral system image. An EBS Snapshot is performed on a particular volume attached to an EC2 instance.  What is an AWS EBS Snapshot? An easy way to it think of an AWS EBS Snapshot is to consider it just …

A NAT Gateway in AWS is a Network Address Translation Service that allows AWS resources in private subnet have connections to the internet. An Internet Gateway in AWS is a logically redundant resource that allows communication between your AWS VPC and the internet. Why Do I Need a NAT Gateway? You need an AWS NAT …

Terminate your EC2 Instance with the following CLI Command: Example of using the EC2 terminate-instance CLI Command: Can an EC2 Instance Terminate Itself? You can have an EC2 Instance Terminate Itself by following these steps: Start the instance with –instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior terminate. Run shutdown -h now as root. On Ubuntu, you could set this up to happen in 55 …