Tech Stack Playbook

Elite cloud engineering & AI platform engineering for enterprises that scale. AWS Select Tier Partner.

[Tech Stack Playbook @TechStackPlay]

We’re proud to share that Tech Stack Playbook is now an @awscloud Select Tier Services Partner.

This designation recognizes our demonstrated AWS technical expertise and customer delivery experience.

For our clients, it reinforces what we bring to every engagement:
> Secure, scalable cloud foundations
> Serverless and full-stack product delivery
> Production-ready data, automation, and AI systems
> Architecture built to evolve, not just ship

We help organizations, businesses, and teams turn ambitious technical roadmaps into production-ready systems that are reliable, maintainable, and ready to scale.

Thank you to the customers and collaborators who trusted us with meaningful work along the way.

#AWSPartner #AWS #CloudComputing #Serverless #GenerativeAI #CloudArchitecture #SoftwareEngineering #Developers #TechStackPlaybook

[Tech Stack Playbook @TechStackPlay]

We're excited to share that Tech Stack Playbook is now a registered member of the @AnthropicAI @claudeai Partner Network.

Claude has become a core part of how we design and deliver AI systems, from agentic workflows to production-grade automation for our clients.

Joining the Partner Network formalizes that relationship and deepens our ability to build with Claude responsibly and at scale.

For our clients, this means:
→ Agentic AI systems designed for real business workflows, not demos.
→ Secure, governed integrations with your data and tools.
→ Claude deployed on the cloud foundations you already trust, including AWS and Amazon Bedrock.
→ Architecture built to evolve as models and capabilities advance.

Paired with our @awscloud Select Tier Partner status, we're uniquely positioned to take AI initiatives from idea to secure, production-ready systems on infrastructure that scales.

Thank you to all of our clients and collaborators who continually push us to build what's next.

→ If you're exploring an AI agent or agentic system, business automation workflow, or LLM-powered product, connect with our team today: https://t.co/cKFv18HkW0

#Anthropic #Claude #ClaudePartner #Agentic #Agents #LLMs #AI #AgenticAI #GenerativeAI #AmazonBedrock #AWS #AIEngineering #TechStackPlaybook

[Tech Stack Playbook @TechStackPlay]

We're excited to share that Tech Stack Playbook is now a registered member of the @AnthropicAI @claudeai Partner Network.

Claude has become a core part of how we design and deliver AI systems, from agentic workflows to production-grade automation for our clients.

Joining the Partner Network formalizes that relationship and deepens our ability to build with Claude responsibly and at scale.

For our clients, this means:
→ Agentic AI systems designed for real business workflows, not demos.
→ Secure, governed integrations with your data and tools.
→ Claude deployed on the cloud foundations you already trust, including AWS and Amazon Bedrock.
→ Architecture built to evolve as models and capabilities advance.

Paired with our @awscloud Select Tier Partner status, we're uniquely positioned to take AI initiatives from idea to secure, production-ready systems on infrastructure that scales.

Thank you to all of our clients and collaborators who continually push us to build what's next.

→ If you're exploring an AI agent or agentic system, business automation workflow, or LLM-powered product, connect with our team today: https://t.co/cKFv18HkW0

#Anthropic #Claude #ClaudePartner #Agentic #Agents #LLMs #AI #AgenticAI #GenerativeAI #AmazonBedrock #AWS #AIEngineering #TechStackPlaybook

[Tech Stack Playbook @TechStackPlay]

@infosec_coder @awscloud Thanks @infosec_coder!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[Tech Stack Playbook @TechStackPlay]

We’re proud to share that Tech Stack Playbook is now an @awscloud Select Tier Services Partner.

This designation recognizes our demonstrated AWS technical expertise and customer delivery experience.

For our clients, it reinforces what we bring to every engagement:
> Secure, scalable cloud foundations
> Serverless and full-stack product delivery
> Production-ready data, automation, and AI systems
> Architecture built to evolve, not just ship

We help organizations, businesses, and teams turn ambitious technical roadmaps into production-ready systems that are reliable, maintainable, and ready to scale.

Thank you to the customers and collaborators who trusted us with meaningful work along the way.

#AWSPartner #AWS #CloudComputing #Serverless #GenerativeAI #CloudArchitecture #SoftwareEngineering #Developers #TechStackPlaybook

[Tech Stack Playbook @TechStackPlay]

@CrasperJoome @awscloud Thanks @CrasperJoome!! 🎉🎉🎉

[Tech Stack Playbook @TechStackPlay]

We’re proud to share that Tech Stack Playbook is now an @awscloud Select Tier Services Partner.

This designation recognizes our demonstrated AWS technical expertise and customer delivery experience.

For our clients, it reinforces what we bring to every engagement:
> Secure, scalable cloud foundations
> Serverless and full-stack product delivery
> Production-ready data, automation, and AI systems
> Architecture built to evolve, not just ship

We help organizations, businesses, and teams turn ambitious technical roadmaps into production-ready systems that are reliable, maintainable, and ready to scale.

Thank you to the customers and collaborators who trusted us with meaningful work along the way.

#AWSPartner #AWS #CloudComputing #Serverless #GenerativeAI #CloudArchitecture #SoftwareEngineering #Developers #TechStackPlaybook

[Tech Stack Playbook @TechStackPlay]

If you’re planning a cloud modernization, data platform, or AI initiative, connect with our team today: https://t.co/UpfXgIJwap

[Tech Stack Playbook @TechStackPlay]

@nile3h @awscloud Just switched DM settings. How about now?

[Amazon Web Services @awscloud]

What if your next enterprise deal hinges on a question your architecture can't answer? https://t.co/bH5TrUAVtp

[Brian H. Hough @BrianHHough]

🚨 Everyone’s talking about building AI agents…
But no one is talking about how to defend them.

We’ve officially entered a new era of attack vectors. The kind that can:
💀 Delete entire production databases
💉 Leak sensitive PII through prompt injection
🛠️ Corrupt internal tools via agent-to-agent escalation
⚔️ Weaponize your own AI systems against you

And it’s already happening.

That’s why at @awscloud AWS re:Invent this year, I’m teaming up with AWS Hero Brian Tarbox to go red team vs blue team on securing AI agents, live.

We’ll pull back the curtain on:
🧠 Prompt injection & tool poisoning
🔁 Agent-to-agent escalation
🔐 How to design “secure-by-default” systems with Zero Trust principles

No hype.
No buzzwords.
No marketing fluff.

Just real-world attack patterns, and the frameworks we’re using to shut them down before they hit production.

🛡️ From authentication strategies and encrypted endpoints to guardrails and monitoring, and everything in between, you'll learn what it takes to protect your agents in the wild.

Here's all the details you need:
📌 Session: DEV317
🗓️ Date: Tuesday, Dec 2 @ 3PM PST
🗺️ Location: MGM | Level 1 | Grand 122

🔗 Add our session to your re:Invent catalog ↓
https://t.co/XfGl9u71j0

This one’s for security teams, devs, and builders who know that “secure later” isn’t an option anymore.

I cannot wait to see you there! 👋

#AWS #reInvent #AI #AIAgents #CyberSecurity #ZeroTrust #CloudSecurity #PromptInjection #DevSecOps #Cloud #DevOps #TechStackPlaybook #Caylent #AWSreInvent #CloudEngineering @techstackplay @caylentinc @gunnargrosch

[Brian H. Hough @BrianHHough]

Off to New York for the @awscloud Summit NYC and I couldn’t be more excited! 🔥🚀

This is the best possible time to be building in tech.

But AI is moving us at warp speed, so how do we keep up?

I’ll be sharing an answer to exactly that in my talk:

“DEV301: From Vibe Coding to Production: Building Real AI Apps That Scale”

We’ll dive into what “vibe coding” skips over:
🔐 Securing GenAI workloads
🧱 Building with Infrastructure as Code
📦 Scaling APIs, databases, servers, and hosting
🔍 Implementing full observability across workloads
☸️ Deploying Kubernetes for real-world scalability

You’ll walk away with a practical playbook for turning GenAI ideas into production-ready systems — straight from our builds at Tech Stack Playbook® (@TechStackPlaybk)

🗓️ Catch the session here:
Wednesday, July 16 @ 4:30 PM
AWS Dev Lounge, Expo Floor

If you’ll be in NYC this week, let’s connect! Drop a “hi” 👋 below. I’d love to chat cloud, AI, AWS, and scaling for millions of users.

👨‍💻 Follow me (@BrianHHough) for more actionable insights on GenAI, cloud, and building systems that scale.

#TechStackPlaybook #AWSSummit #NYCSummit #AWSSummitNYC #AI #GenAI #AIApps #DevOps #AWS #CloudComputing #BuildInPublic #LLMOps #VibeCoding

[Brian H. Hough @BrianHHough]

🎉 TSP CLIENT LAUNCH ALERT 🎉

Excited to share that QC Go-2-Pros is officially live — a two-sided marketplace built for the Quad Cities, connecting people who need work done with top-rated local service pros.

Over the past two months, we partnered with CEO Sean McNair to bring his vision to life:

Think @Taskrabbit meets @angi_home (formerly Angi's List) — but local-first, personalized, and community-powered.

Some of our favorite features:

⏱️ Smart Delay Queues — subscription tier controls when businesses receive job alerts, from a 6-hour delay to instant delivery

📬 Notifications Engine — email and in-app notifications means job opportunities find you through real-time alerts across channels

🌟 End-to-End Service Delivery — Every step is covered, from posting a job to getting it done — across 30+ categories and 400+ types of work

💳 View-Based Billing — Businesses only pay when they view a request, with pricing scaled to their tier

⚙️ 4K+ Item Pricing Data Engine — Transformed a spreadsheet into a dynamic data pipeline powering instant job estimates and async billing behind the scenes

🧭 Built for the Quad Cities — Platform features are localized for residents and businesses in the community

Huge thanks to @focusotter for laying the early foundation — from initial architecture and UI to shaping the product vision — and for introducing us to Sean so we could make this vision a reality 🙌

This is one of the most thoughtfully localized platforms we've built, features some of the best technology from @awscloud, @stripe, @resend, and it’s just getting started.

Powered by Tech Stack Playbook® (@TechStackPlaybk)

🔗 Learn more here: https://t.co/GnAgirnwdW

#TechStackPlaybook #PoweredByTSP #ClientLaunch #ProductLaunch #QuadCities #Marketplace #MarketplaceTech #TechForGood #SmartBilling #SoftwareEngineering

[Brian H. Hough @BrianHHough]

Certifications don’t land jobs. Real skills do.

If you’re spending all your time stacking certs but never actually building — you’re going to miss huge opportunities right in front of you.

After 5+ years building in the cloud, here’s the truth…

#techstackplaybook

[Brian H. Hough @BrianHHough]

Thanks so much for the feature @theslsterminal @zachjonesnoel ☁️🔥🙌

🔗 Check out the full 2 hour #AWS migration video to @AWSAmplify Gen 2 on the #TechStackPlaybook here: https://t.co/JopPjwpPTK

[The Serverless Terminal @theslsterminal]

🛠️ Thanks for building DevTools
@ServerlessL
@loige

🎙️ Serverless podcast and videos
@edjgeek
@BrianHHough
Brian Tarbox
@believeinsls
@AllenHeltonDev
@andmoredev
@theburningmonk
@ksshams
@stevejb
@darkosubotica

https://t.co/laf9naLqoP

[Brian H. Hough @BrianHHough]

📸 Watch the full AWS Amplify migration video from Gen 1 to Gen 2 on you YouTube channel @TechStackPlaybk here:

https://t.co/c65E1q6UB9

[Brian H. Hough @BrianHHough]

What do you do when tech changes, quickly? 

When software changes, we must evolve with it.

So how do we do that? What does that look like…? 👀

2 years ago, @awscloud AWS Hero Brian Tarbox needed a new website.

So I built him a shiny new website, built in @vuejs, with lots of dynamic CSS.

To deploy the site, we leveraged @AWSAmplify AWS Amplify, and it was a super smooth process:

✅ Distribution to Amazon CloudFront
✅ Website hosting managed by AWS Amplify
✅ Git-based deployments using GitHub 
✅ Full-scale CI/CD pipeline in AWS Amplify 
✅ A suite of AWS services ready to go if/when needed

Everything was all set… except one thing:

⚠️ The website’s code repository was stored in my @github account

This worked great for the past few years. 

But Brian wanted to make changes to his site and own the CI/CD process.

And then…

⚠️ AWS released Amplify Gen 2 — a completely reworked workflow with CDK.

So what happens when you need to:

1️⃣ Migrate from Amplify Gen 1 to Gen 2 
2️⃣ Transfer repository ownership 
3️⃣ Keep all DNS settings intact 
...all at the same time?

Pure chaos. 😅

Over the course of 2 hours, we put our heads together to solve this puzzle:

🔄 Failed multiple times trying GUI reconnections 
💻 Had to resort to AWS CloudShell CLI commands 
🔎 Used @perplexity_ai to help debug error messages 
🛠️ Created custom IAM roles for deployment permissions 
🌐 Reconfigured DNS settings in Route53

We recorded the entire journey — messy parts and all — to show what real cloud migrations look like.

Check out our new video where we document the entire process, complete with all the obstacles and solutions so your migration can be super smooth!

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🔗 Watch it here: https://t.co/nRxl8hWnNC

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#TechStackPlaybook #AWS #DevOps

[Brian H. Hough @BrianHHough]

I made 7 different AI models predict the Super Bowl winner (@Eagles or @Chiefs) LIVE during the game.

The @SuperBowl results were WILD.

Here's what happened…

[Brian H. Hough @BrianHHough]

📌 Get started building your own stock market analysis system here:

📺 Full YouTube Tutorial: https://t.co/ua3u8BKiyj
💻 Complete Code: https://t.co/iakR6eTfzq
⚡ Get Started with Kestra here: https://t.co/mxSpRpSvT3

Excited to see what you build!
Let me know what questions you have 🔥