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Our latest HackDay explored agent skills, local LLM workflows, new AWS capabilities and practical ways to extend AI tools beyond their default capabilities
Jared Brook
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5 Minute Read
base2's Hack Day put agentic IDEs to the test - Google Antigravity, Cursor, and Claude Code. Practical lessons on AI-assisted development and its limits.
Jared Brook
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4 Minute Read
Secure deep health checks with HMAC signing in Guardian, an open-source AWS monitoring tool. Get full diagnostic detail without exposing internals.
Jared Brook
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6 Minute Read
Discover how to build synchronous IoT APIs using AWS Durable Lambda. See how base2 achieved sub-second latency without polling workarounds in this HackDay
Jared Brook
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3 Minute Read
Explore advanced AWS Backup features and modern backup strategies for disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BCP) from our latest HackDay.
Jared Brook
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3 Minute Read
Explore how a Hack Day challenge revealed weaknesses in AI agents and how we fixed them to build stronger, more resilient AI agents for clients.
Jared Brook
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3 Minute Read
Discover how base2Services’ hack day experiments with AI-first IDEs, Strands Agents SDK, Ollama local LLM hosting, and custom MCP servers unlocked best practices for building reliable, self-directed AI agents.
Jared Brook
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5 Minute Read
Discover how our global HackDay team built an XGBoost NBA game predictor with 80% accuracy. Explore sports analytics AI solutions at base2Services.
Jared Brook
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3 Minute Read
Discover how base2Services used Amazon Kendra and AI to enhance data accessibility, streamline search, and improve productivity across platforms.
Jared Brook
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4 Minute Read
Want to automate your pipeline? We cover the important questions you should ask to determine what level and types of automation make sense for your business.
Jared Brook
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4 Minute Read
How to quickly achieve and maintain PCI compliance on AWS. Find out the steps to get started and which 71/296 PCI requirements are covered out-of-the-box, saving time and headaches.
Jared Brook
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12 Minute Read
