From Cover to Code

In this Season 4 finale of From Cover to Code, Angela Andrews and Michael Jenkins close the loop on their journey through *AWS Certified AI Practitioner Study Guide* and finally reveal whether they passed the AWS AIF-C01 exam. They look back at how well the book aligned to the official AWS exam guide, share what actually helped during their final days of prep, compare testing-center experiences, a...

In this episode of From Cover to Code, Angela Andrews and Michael Jenkins shift from chapter review to exam strategy, focusing entirely on how to prepare for and pass the AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) exam. They break down practical tactics for handling 65 questions in 90 minutes, including when to mark questions for review, why you should never leave an answer blank, and how to use keyw...

In this episode of From Cover to Code, Angela and Michael continue their discussion of the AWS Certified AI Practitioner Study Guide by diving into Chapter 9: Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions. What starts with travel reflections and exam prep quickly turns into a practical conversation about what it actually takes to secure AI systems in the real world. The hosts walk through...

In this episode of From Cover to Code, Angela Andrews and Michael Jenkins dig into two essential topics for modern AI practitioners and AWS certification candidates alike: prompt engineering and responsible AI. They break down what makes a well-designed prompt, why techniques like zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought matter, and how better prompting leads to better outputs. The conversation t...

In this episode of From Cover to Code, Angela and Michael continue their walk through the AWS Certified AI Practitioner Study Guide with a discussion of Chapters 5 and 6, focused on real-world AWS AI services plus getting started with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q. They break down where services like Rekognition, Comprehend, Kendra, Lex, Polly, Textract, and Fraud Detector fit in real scenarios, the...

In this episode of "From Cover to Code", Angela and Michael dive deep into Chapters 3 and 4 of "AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) Study Guide" by Tom Taulli. What starts as a foundational discussion of AI quickly accelerates into machine learning lifecycles, generative model architectures, transformer mechanics, and the real-world implications of foundation models. If you’ve ever used ChatGP...

The Journey to Certification: AWS AI Practitioner We’re back for a brand-new season of From Cover to Code 📘💻 — and this time, we’re diving into AI on AWS. In this Season 4 premiere, Michael Jenkins and Angela Andrews kick off their review of the "AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) Study Guide" by Tom Taulli. This episode sets the foundation for the entire season, focusing on *why* the AWS A...

From Cover to Code — S3E6: Next-Level DevOps with Python In this Season 3 finale, Angela and Michael close out "Hands-On Python for DevOps" with an in-depth conversation about Chapter 13 — "The Tools to Take Your DevOps to the Next Level". They explore advanced automation techniques, real-world monitoring strategies, and modern troubleshooting workflows that help teams scale their DevOps practices...

Angela Andrews and Michael Jenkins continue their journey through *Hands-On Python for DevOps* with a deep dive into Chapters 11 and 12 — exploring how Python bridges the gap between data science, operations, and infrastructure management. This episode connects the dots between MLOps, DataOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) — showing how Python’s simplicity and versatility make it an essential t...

Angela and Michael are back with another deep dive into Hands-On Python for DevOps! In this episode, they explore Chapters 9 and 10 — Using Python for CI/CD Pipelines and Common DevOps Use Cases in Big Companies. They unpack how Python streamlines continuous integration and delivery, making pipelines faster, more reliable, and easier to maintain. Then, they look at how major organizations apply De...

In this episode of From Cover to Code, Angela and Michael continue their exploration of Hands-On Python for DevOps, diving into Chapters 7 and 8 — where Python meets automation and event-driven architecture. They unpack what happens when Python steps into the world of automating DevOps workflows and connecting systems that respond in real time. From automating routine server maintenance to buildin...

Angela Andrews and Michael Jenkins continue Season 3 of From Cover to Code, exploring “Hands-On Python for DevOps”:  📘 Chapter 5: Manipulating Resources    🔐 Chapter 6: Security and DevSecOps with Python They explore how Python fits into modern DevOps workflows—from data handling and multiprocessing to securing secrets and automating incident response. Michael even demos a Jupyter notebook visua...

In this FCTC episode, Angela and Michael kick off Season 3 with "Hands-On Python for DevOps". After a short summer break, they’re diving back into tech book discussions—this time exploring how Python and DevOps work hand-in-hand. Covering the first four chapters of the book, the hosts dig into DevOps principles, Python fundamentals, automation practices, and real-world cloud provisioning strategie...

In this FCTC episode, Angela and Michael go into serverless architecture and wrap up the book "Programming AWS Lambda". Topics of discussion include serverless architecture “gotchas” as well as new patterns of architecture enabled by serverless thinking. Content covered:  🔹 Chapter 9: Advanced Serverless Architecture  🔹 Chapter 10: Conclusion  Expect 🔥 insights, lively discussion, and practical...

In this episode of "From Cover to Code", Michael & Angela take AWS Lambda to the next level with live demos, opinionated advice, and a few laughs along the way. This discussion covers: * Error-handling tactics – synchronous vs. asynchronous invocations, DLQs, and why API Gateway sometimes hides your 500s. * Tracing, logging & metrics – setting up AWS X-Ray and reading traces that flag cold...

In this episode, we’re cracking open chapters 6 and 7 of “Programming AWS Lambda” to explore development concepts that can make or break real-world serverless apps: 🛠️ Testing – unit, integration, and end-to-end tests and how they fit into shipping quality applications  📈 Observability – logging, metrics, and tracing so you can see exactly what just happened (and why) inside your functions. Join...

Join us as we dig into what it really takes to build full applications using AWS Lambda. This season we’re working our way through the book "Programming AWS Lambda”.   We’ve covered the basics. Now it’s time to put it all together! In this week’s episode, we’re diving into Chapter 5: Building Serverless Applications, where we go beyond isolated functions and explore how to stitch them into real-wo...

This week, From Cover to Code is digging into chapter 4 of  Programming with AWS Lambda. We rolled up our sleeves and got into the real stuff: 📦 Built and packaged Lambda functions + dependencies in a clean, reproducible way ⚙️ Used AWS SAM to define infrastructure as code (hello, YAML!) 🔐 Broke down IAM for Lambda: execution roles and resource policies 🛡️ Applied least privilege with minimal co...

We’re continuing our journey through “Programming AWS Lambda” by John Chapin and Mike Roberts, and this week we’re diving into Chapter 3: Programming AWS Lambda Functions. In this episode, we’ll explore: ✅ The Lambda Execution Environment ✅ Input, Output, and Configuring Handlers ✅ Managing Environment Variables, and more Whether you’re just getting started with Lambda or already a serverless p...

Season 2 of From Cover to Code is rolling on! Join us for Episode 2 as we crack open Programming AWS Lambda by John Chapin and Mike Roberts. In this episode we dive into the fundamentals:  📘 Chapter 1: Introduction to Serverless, Amazon Web Services, and AWS Lambda ⚙️ Chapter 2: Getting Started with AWS Lambda Whether you're new to serverless or looking to sharpen your Lambda game, this episode i...

New Season, New Adventures – And Our First Guest! 🥳 We’re back and kicking off a brand-new season of our book club live stream! Fresh off the heels of our pilot season, we’re keeping the momentum going—this time with something special. For the very first time, we’ll be joined by an incredible guest: the one and only Angie Jones! 🌟 About Angie Jones 🌟  Angie is the Global VP of Developer Relatio...

On the this episode of From Cover to Code live stream we dive into Part 6 of The DevOps Handbook and exploring how to integrate Information Security, Change Management, and Compliance into our workflows without slowing things down. - How do we keep security teams happy and keep deployments on schedule? - Can compliance actually be...streamlined? - Is change management just another word for bureauc...

What happens when DevOps teams embrace risk, failure, and relentless practice? They build systems that actually get better over time! Join us as we explore Part 5 of The DevOps Handbook: The Third Way: The Technical Practices of Continual Learning and Experimentation. In this session, wel break down:  - Why great teams make time to improve daily work  - How rewarding risk-taking fuels innovation  ...

We're diving into Part 4: "The Second Way: The Technical Practices of Feedback" from The DevOps Handbook—because what’s DevOps without a solid feedback loop? We discuss case studies from the book that demonstrate how top teams use real-time metrics to improve software delivery and operations.   Let’s talk about how feedback fuels innovation!   Find us online at  covertocode.com . Hosted by: Angela...

Ever wonder how elite DevOps teams keep work moving like a well-oiled machine? How do they eliminate bottlenecks, make deployments seem effortless, and adopt practices like continuous integration? We unpack these and other topics in this episode! In this live stream, we’re diving into Part 3 of The DevOps Handbook: "The First Way – The Technical Practices of Flow." Expect lively discussions, real-...