Prologue I want to share my story with you. A path I started with a Short-Term Development Agility attitude, realized its implications, and transitioned into a Long-Term Cost Optimization. After some time, I understood that focusing on the end goal without respecting the unique constraints of a given initiative harms the project on several levels. It might seem obvious in retrospect, but trust me - your perspective is very different when you’re fully occupied with a given engagement trying to get stuff done.

Seriously, why??? After all of those years, you trick me like that? What have I done to you, AWS IoT? I think that the AWS IoT Rule Engine is great. It enables serverless IoT backends. I recommend it to my customers. But it hates me in return. I implemented a solution that receives temperature readings and stores them in Amazon Timestream. I deployed it using my trusted AWS IoT Rule Engine.

In this conversation, we explore how IoT can improve living standards in Africa, fuel business growth, and address unique challenges in the continent. Discover the importance of data, cost considerations, the role of LPWAN, and the potential for local innovation in African IoT ecosystems. Packed with insights, this episode sheds light on the future of IoT in Africa and how it can drive economic and social development. 🎧 Key takeaways:

I am excited to share the very first ThingRex Audio Experience Episode, which explores the transformative world of the Internet of Things (IoT) leveraging the AWS Cloud. 🔹 Why should you listen? ✅ Learn practical insights without the jargon! ✅ Discover how IoT can revolutionize your business operations. ✅ Gain an “aha” moment with real-world applications. 📚 Topics covered: ✅ What is IoT? - Understanding the network of physical objects embedded with sensors, software, and technologies for smart connectivity.

🔐 The Certificate might seem like proof of identity, but there’s more beneath the surface. 🔑 The Private Key is the cornerstone of this trust; it must remain confidential as it corresponds to the Public Key embedded in the Certificate. ⛓This forms the Chain of Trust: The Private Key, securely stored on the device, links to the Public Key within the Certificate. The Certificate provides additional metadata describing the device represented by this key pair.

The beauty of using certificates - Strengthen Your IoT Security! While passwords might have served us in simpler times, the IoT era calls for something more secure and inherently reliable - the x.509 Certificates. Why the Shift to x.509 Certificates? ✅ Built-In Trust: Each certificate is issued by a trusted authority (like AWS). If you trust the issuer, you automatically trust the certificate and the device it represents. That reduces complexity and establishes a direct, verifiable chain of trust.