# Sam Carr - Cloud Architect Notes

> Field notes on AWS, Azure, resilience patterns, FinOps and GenAI from Sam Carr, an AWS Solutions Architect in Glasgow. The site is dressed as a parody of the AWS Management Console ("SAM", Sam's Web Site); the writing is straight. Not affiliated with Amazon Web Services.

## Author
- Name: Sam Carr
- Role: AWS Solutions Architect
- Employer: CirrusHQ (since 1 September 2026; Brightsolid before that)
- Location: Glasgow, Scotland
- Experience: the better part of a decade making distributed systems behave
- Certifications: AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, AWS SysOps Administrator Associate, AWS Security Specialty, AWS AI Practitioner, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104), Microsoft Azure AI Engineer (AI-102)

## Site Information
- URL: https://blog.scarr.cloud
- Topics: AWS, Azure, cloud architecture, disaster recovery, FinOps, AI productivity
- Tone: Technical depth with dry British humour
- Audience: Cloud engineers, architects, IT professionals
- Feed: https://blog.scarr.cloud/feed.xml
- Sitemap: https://blog.scarr.cloud/sitemap.xml

## Sections
- /posts - every post, filterable by tag, level and status
- /series - multi-part series in reading order
- /about - profile and certifications
- /games - retro browser games (not content)

## Content Categories
- AWS architecture and Well-Architected Framework
- Azure Landing Zones and hybrid patterns
- Disaster recovery and cyber resilience
- FinOps and cloud cost optimisation
- AI tooling and developer productivity

## Key Posts
- /posts/claude-skills-context-is-king - AI productivity and Claude skills
- /posts/anthropic-bedrock-partner-blog - Cross-account Bedrock architecture
- /posts/cyber-recovery-resilient-by-design - DR planning and resilience
- /posts/cloud-value-not-just-spending - FinOps and cost visibility
- /posts/ai-memory-with-markdown-and-obsidian - Persistent AI memory with Markdown and Obsidian
- /posts/hello-world-literally - About the blog and AI-assisted writing

## Contact
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-carr-7034607a/
- GitHub: https://github.com/scarr05

## Licensing
Content is original work by Sam Carr. Please attribute when referencing.