How I Troubleshoot AWS when SNS Notifications Are Not Being Sent?

Have you set up AWS SNS but noticed that notifications aren’t being delivered? I’ve been there. Here’s how I would troubleshoot it: 1️⃣ Check Subscription Status -Login to AWS Console → Go to SNS → Topics → Subscriptions and verify if the endpoint (email, Lambda, SQS, etc.) is confirmed.– If it’s in a “PendingConfirmation” state, […]

Amazon SNS vs. Amazon SQS: Which One Should You Choose?

Choosing the right messaging service for your workload can be tricky. Today, let’s talk about Amazon SNS and Amazon SQS. Amazon SNS Think of SNS as a publish/subscribe (pub/sub) messaging service that allows you to send messages to multiple subscribers at once. It’s perfect for real-time notifications and broadcasting messages to various endpoints like Lambda, […]

Building a Serverless App on AWS using API Gateway, Lambda, SNS, S3.

“Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar” — French proverb. Before jumping in the meat and potato, I want to shout out a huge thanks to Adrien Cantrill. He has the best course for AWS. The project below is one of the many demos he provided in his AWS SAA C03 course. Prerequisite For this advanced […]