Using AWS, Terraform, and Ansible to Automate Splunk at Scale

'Automate everything' is a key tenet of DevOps. Building a quality, automated infrastructure can be overwhelming and challenging, but with tools such as AWS, Terraform, and Ansible, one can build up a system that can both support the needs of the Sofware Engineers while maintaining the sanity of the DevOps Engineer.

Loyola Student Showcase - Predicting Outcomes and Profitability

This meetup featured two talks. Like many collectibles, comic books and graphic novels have a wide price trajectory. For a comic book business, the earlier you identify which items will rise or fall in price, the more you maximize your profits. The best course of action would be to purchase comics that are destined to appreciate in bulk from a distributor at wholesale prices. To do so, you need a way to identify which comics will appreciate in value. In the first talk, learn how to prdict how much a comic will appreciate when no longer available from the distributor. A

According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), approximately 6.5 million animals enter animal shelters in the United States each year, roughly half dogs and half cats. Only half of these animals get adopted, and about 25% of them are euthanized every year. Although some animals may be euthanized because they are dangerous, there are many innocent animals that lose their lives because they could not find a home. In this talk, learn what traits impact whether an animal will be adopted.

Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

An understanding of psychology—specifically the psychology behind how users behave and interact with digital interfaces—is perhaps the single most valuable non-design skill a designer can have. The most elegant design can fail if it forces users to conform to the design rather than working within the “blueprint” of how humans perceive and process the world around them. Join Jon as he talks about this book Laws of UX, a guide that explains how you can apply key principles in psychology to build products and experiences that are more intuitive and human-centered.

Onboard to the Cloud with AWS Cloud9 and Python

AWS Lambda functions are the building blocks for creating serverless applications on AWS. In this online training, you use Python to develop Lambda functions that communicate with essential AWS services: API Gateway, SQS, SNS, Step Functions, and Cloudwatch functions.