Week Book Chapters Focus Area Key Hands-on Activities Time 1 Ch 1–4 IAM, EC2, VPC, Networking, S3 IAM policies/roles, Launch & terminate EC2, S3 bucket + static site 12 hrs 2 Ch 5–7 Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB Build serverless API…
Part 1: Account Cleanup (May 2026) Problem: I was getting charged ~$13–$14/month on a “Zero-Spend Budget” even with no running instances. What I found: Actions Taken: Result: Monthly spend should now be near $0 (Free Tier). Part 2: AWS Certified…
I am now running a fully updated and well-configured R environment on my Debian 13 (Trixie) system. Everything is installed cleanly with all the necessary system dependencies. I no longer need to worry about permission issues when installing packages. I…
What You Have Now: Key Commands You Used / Should Remember: Bash Progress So Far:
I recently decided it was time to clean up my Debian Trixie system. It was sitting at 1005 GB used (59%) on a 1.8 TB drive. After a focused cleanup session, I brought it down to 649 GB used (38%)…
I have successfully upgraded my Kali VM to Kali Linux 2026.1. The system is running with kernel 6.18.12+kali-amd64, and I have about 47 GB of free space on the root drive. My main AI environment (ai) is now stable again…
What is Project Glasswing? Project Glasswing is Anthropic’s new defensive cybersecurity initiative announced on April 7–8, 2026. It uses Anthropic’s most powerful (but unreleased) AI model — Claude Mythos Preview — to proactively find and fix vulnerabilities in critical software…
I successfully pulled the old motherboard completely out of the case and removed the stock CPU cooler (heatsink + fan). The new refurbished DF42J motherboard arrived — it’s the exact right replacement. I took it out of the packaging and…
From paradise in Honolulu, another successful maintenance day on my local AI infrastructure. I just finished a complete refresh of my Debian 13 (Trixie) AI workstation. The goal was simple: keep everything current, eliminate conflicts, and make future updates effortless.…
Title: My Clean Python Setup on Debian Using pyenv (2026 Guide) After fighting with repeated “pyenv: command not found” errors every time I opened the terminal, I finally reinstalled and configured pyenv the right way. Here’s the clean and simple…