William McLean’s Post

Next article in my cross cloud Agent series - this installment covers building ADK agents and then deploying the complete solution to an Amazon ECS cluster running ECS Express. A whole cluster just for an Agent? Probably overkill- but I wanted to start with the most basic approach before tackling more complex scenarios with multiple agents, gateways, and proxies. The code base is virtually unchanged across clouds and is a building block to validate the approach. The Cross Cloud Series is here: https://lnkd.in/eHYsbUhH The Medium Article is here: https://lnkd.in/ebjqBYfu dev.to is here: https://lnkd.in/er9ZFcSw #GDE #MCP #Python #GooogleCloud #AWScommunity #AWS #AWSCommunityBuilders

Next article in my cross cloud Agent series - this installment covers building a MCP server and then deploying the complete solution to an Amazon EKS Cluster. A whole cluster just for some MCP? Probably overkill- but I wanted to start with the most basic approach before tackling more complex scenarios with multiple agents, gateways, and proxies. The entire solution was validated with Gemini CLI running as a MCP client. The code base is virtually unchanged across clouds and is a building block to validate the approach. The Cross Cloud Series is here: https://lnkd.in/eHYsbUhH The Medium Article is here: https://lnkd.in/ewHq7RC3 dev.to is here: https://lnkd.in/eTJVP3ME #GDE #MCP #Python #GooogleCloud #AWScommunity #AWS #AWSCommunityBuilders

Alhamdulillah, my first AWS project is now live. I built a fully serverless form application from scratch, utilizing the following components: - S3 to host the frontend - API Gateway to handle requests - Lambda (Python) to process form data - DynamoDB to store every submission This setup means no servers and no maintenance, just the cloud. Honestly, I felt stuck on tutorials for weeks, thinking I wasn't making progress. However, building this project helped clarify many concepts that hours of watching videos couldn't. The most time-consuming part? Getting CORS configured correctly between API Gateway and Lambda. It may seem straightforward on paper, but it can be quite frustrating in practice. You can find the full project along with the architecture diagram on GitHub → https://lnkd.in/d43yGeny #AWS #DevOps #CloudComputing #Serverless #LearningInPublic

I have been posting non-stop from Google Cloud Next- but also made the latest AWS community builders list!! My article covered a multi-agent pipeline with an image generation model- all deployed to AWS ECS Express. ECS express gives you a lot of the benefits of Kubernates but without the management complexity. Article is here: https://lnkd.in/er9ZFcSw #MCP #Python #GoogleCloud #AWScommunity #AWS #AWSCommunityBuilders

Quick lesson from my cloud project this week. I ran into a frustrating deployment issue this week that turned into a valuable lesson in environment organization. I had two container registries, pushed my image to one, and configured my App Service to pull from another, which led to confusing errors and wasted time debugging the wrong thing. It was a good reminder that in cloud environments, everything behaves exactly as configured, not as intended. Another key takeaway: naming conventions matter more than I initially thought. Similar resource names can quickly create confusion, especially as projects grow. Mapping things out clearly from the start saves time and avoids unnecessary mistakes. Still learning, but definitely getting better at spotting and fixing these issues early. #Azure #CloudEngineering #DevOps #Python

Next article in my cross cloud Agent series - this installment covers building A multi-modal Agent with the Gemini Live Model with an embdded ADK agent and then deploying the complete solution to an Amazon cluster running EKS - Elastic Kubernates Service. EKS is one of fifty different ways to run Containers on AWS (well maybe not 50 but at least 6-7). See what I did there? Skewing for a younger demographic! ECS2 / ECS / Lightsail / Fargate /etc all have different trade-offs. It is nice to have options. For EKS- this is the closest container service to stock Kubernates- you give up some of the AWS optimizations for a consistent experience cross-cloud. The code base is virtually unchanged across clouds and is a building block to validate the approach. The Cross Cloud Series is here: https://lnkd.in/eHYsbUhH The Medium Article is here: https://lnkd.in/e6CPDvF9 dev.to is here: https://lnkd.in/eUPEiAHz #GDE #MCP #Python #GoogleCloud #AWScommunity #AWS #AWSCommunityBuilders

🚀 Just built my first Serverless API on AWS! As part of my cloud learning journey, I successfully built and deployed a REST API using AWS Lambda and API Gateway — completely serverless and zero cost! Here is what I built: GET /hello → returns a welcome message POST /greet → accepts a name and returns a personalized greeting Here is what I learned: ✅ What Serverless means and why it matters ✅ How AWS Lambda works (event driven, pay per millisecond) ✅ How to write a Lambda function in Python ✅ How to create and configure HTTP API Gateway ✅ How to create and attach routes to Lambda ✅ How to debug using AWS CloudWatch logs ✅ How to test APIs using browser and Postman The most interesting thing I learned is that serverless does not mean no servers. It means YOU do not manage servers. AWS handles everything — scaling, patching, availability — and you only pay for the milliseconds your code actually runs. First 1 million requests every month are FREE on AWS Lambda! 🎉 This is just the beginning. Next I am going to connect Lambda to DynamoDB to store real data and build a complete CRUD API. If you are learning cloud, start with Lambda. It is simple, powerful and almost free to learn. #AWS #Serverless #Lambda #APIGateway #CloudComputing #Python #LearningInPublic #Cloud #BackendDevelopment

Next article in my cross cloud Agent series - this installment covers building ADK agents and then deploying the complete solution to an Amazon cluster running AKS. A whole cluster just for one Agent? Probably overkill- but I wanted to start with the most basic approach before tackling more complex scenarios with multiple pods, agents, gateways, and proxies. The code base is virtually unchanged across clouds and is a building block to validate the approach. The Cross Cloud Series is here: https://lnkd.in/eHYsbUhH The Medium Article is here: https://lnkd.in/evpaZ8HY dev.to is here: https://lnkd.in/eJ_icFWJ #GDE #MCP #Python #GooogleCloud #AWScommunity #AWS #AWSCommunityBuilders

I recently wrote a small article on reducing cold starts in AWS Lambda. Link: https://lnkd.in/g3S4_dSm #aws #serverless #lambda #cloudcomputing #devops #cloud #sre

Just built and deployed a serverless website on AWS — no servers, no VMs. Here's what I did: → Created an AWS Lambda function in Python that returns a full HTML page → Exposed it publicly via Amazon API Gateway (HTTP API)→ Configured a custom GET /home route → Live webpage accessible via a public URL in minutes It's a simple project but it solidifies a key cloud concept — you don't need a server to serve a website anymore. This is the kind of hands-on work I'm focused on as I grow my skills in Cloud & Security Engineering.  GitHub: https://lnkd.in/eshK6eP6  #AWS #CloudComputing #Serverless #AWSLambda #Python #CloudEngineer #DevOps