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Understanding the CLAUDE.md File: A Beginner’s Guide to Getting More Out of Claude

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: | Modified:

Tired of re-explaining your project to Claude every session? A CLAUDE.md file gives Claude persistent context that loads automatically. This beginner’s guide covers what it is, where the files live, the load order, a sample file, and how to keep it lean.

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Self-Managed S3 Buckets for Lambda Code: You Finally Own the Artifact

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: | Modified:

Lambda has quietly kept a second copy of your deployment code all along. A new setting lets your own S3 bucket be the single, auditable source of truth.

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Lambda MicroVMs: When Functions Aren’t Enough and EC2 Is Too Much

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: | Modified:

Browser notebooks and AI coding sandboxes need a live session between requests. Lambda can’t hold state, EC2 is overkill. MicroVMs sit right in that gap.

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Know about Amazon GuardDuty Investigation: AI-powered security analysis

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: | Modified:

Security teams burn hours pivoting through CloudTrail and VPC flow logs per GuardDuty finding. A new AI agent now runs that whole investigation for you.

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Migrating from Amazon Linux 2 to Bottlerocket AMI in EKS Nodes

By Bhagyesh Raut | Published: | Modified:

In this post, I share my journey transitioning from Amazon Linux 2 to Bottlerocket as the EKS node OS, aiming for enhanced security with a hardened OS image.

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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2025: My experience

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: | Modified:

From scaling Kubernetes, observability, powering huge AI projects to real stories from PepsiCo, Flipkart, and Intuit, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2025 in Hyderabad was a deep dive into where cloud-native ecosystem is headed. Here’s my personal experience about the event.

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Reflections on AWS Summit Mumbai 2025

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: | Modified:

Just wrapped up an exciting day at AWS Summit Mumbai 2025! And here are my reflections on the event!

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Efficient & Ergonomic: A Look Inside My Home Office Setup

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: | Modified:

Over the past year, I’ve worked on building a home office that balances productivity, comfort, and simplicity. Instead of overloading the space with gear, I’ve focused on what actually improves my daily workflow. Here’s a quick look at the core gadgets that make up my current setup.

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Load Balancing between two ISPs with TP-Link ER605

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: | Modified:

In this post, we will walk you through the procedure to configure two ISPs i.e. Airtel Extreme and TATA Play Fiber in load balancing configuration with tp-link ER605 router for high availability of internet at home/small business.

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Setting up Mesh Wi-Fi with Airtel Xtreme Fiber

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: | Modified:

A step by step guide for setting up your own Mesh WiFi system with Airtel Xtreme Fiber.

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