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January 2026

📅 2026-01-23​

📚 Documentation Updates​

  • RNZ "New Gaza" Article Complaint: Added guide for submitting formal complaints about RNZ's coverage of the US "New Gaza" proposal
    • Step-by-step instructions for the RNZ complaint form
    • Ready-to-use complaint text addressing Principles 1, 4, 6, and 7
    • Challenges the article's lack of Palestinian perspectives and legal context
    • Link: Complaint: RNZ 'New Gaza' Article

📅 2026-01-22​

📚 Documentation Updates​

  • AWS Amplify SSR Debugging Guide: Added troubleshooting documentation for IAM role issues

    • Covers "Unable to assume specified IAM Role" errors with Next.js SSR apps
    • Documents CLI vs Console workarounds and trust policy configurations
    • Link: Amplify SSR IAM Debugging

  • NextAuth Session Caching Bug Guide: Added documentation for CloudFront session caching issue

    • Debugging critical bug where CloudFront cached authenticated responses
    • Covers cache-control headers, auth middleware, and Amplify fixes
    • Link: NextAuth Session Caching Bug

🛠️ Site Improvements​

  • AWS Documentation Cleanup: Renamed all AWS documentation files to follow kebab-case naming convention
    • Standardized 11 files in docs/engineer/AWS/ directory
    • Removed redundant aws- prefix (folder already provides context)
    • Updated internal links to match new filenames
    • Improves URL consistency and follows project style guidelines
    • Files renamed:
      • AWS-ECS-1Microservices.md → ecs-1-microservices.md
      • AWS-ECS-2Monitoring.md → ecs-2-monitoring.md
      • AWS-ECS-3CapacityProviders.md → ecs-3-capacity-providers.md
      • AWS-ECS-Cats-n-Dogs.md → ecs-cats-n-dogs.md
      • AWS-EKS-Create-Clusters.md → eks-create-clusters.md
      • AWS-EKS-Networking.md → eks-networking.md
      • AWS-EKS-Workshop.md → eks-workshop.md
      • AWS-Incident-Response.md → incident-response.md
      • CloudDemoNotes.md → cloud-demo-notes.md
      • CloudDemoCF.yaml → cloud-demo-cf.yaml
      • UPNG.md → upng.md

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