Introducing UCL Max AltPlay, a turn-by-turn real-time Football simulation
At this year's MonstarHacks, our goal was to elevate the sports experience to the next level with cutting-edge AI and machine learning technologies. With that in mind, we designed a unique solution for football fans that will open up new dimensions for wa...
Agorametrics: Data democratisation from Sports Science for the benefit of all
As part of Monstarlab's 4th edition of the internal hackathon, MonstarHacks, the theme was to leverage cutting-edge technologies to innovate within the sports industry by developing solutions that enhance fan engagement, optimise athletic performance, and...
Bridging the Gap: Revolutionizing the Sports Enjoyment for the Sensory-Disabled Individuals with AWS-Powered SportsBuddy
The excitement of a game highly depends on the commentary that describes the in-game events. However, for individuals with sensory disabilities, especially visual or hearing impairments, enjoying sports events can be challenging. Our solution was develope...
Implementing Amazon Connect to deliver an optimised Patient Transport Advice Service
A major UK Healthcare provider commissioned Monstarlab to elevate the Contact Centre experience for an NHS-funded Patient Transport Advice Centre (PTAC), acknowledging the critical need for a digitally-enabled transformation to modernise and broaden servi...
Revolutionizing Fan Engagement: Introducing Talos from Team Argonauts
In the dynamic world of sports, the connection between fans and their favorite teams is more than just fandom. It’s an emotional roller-coaster, a shared journey of success and failure. Because we saw such commitment was often overlooked by sports organiz...
How to setup CI/CD pipeline for WordPress with GitHub Actions and AWS (Part 2)
In the previous article, we discussed how to set up a "GitHub hosted runner" with WordPress. Now, in this part, we will explore how to achieve the same deployment process using a "Self-hosted runner" GitHub Branches and Web Servers Architecture Recap: Bef...
Streamlining Infrastructure as Code Testing: Harnessing Terratest, Terraform, and AWS Go SDKs for Automation
When cloud infrastructure is created using IaC with Terraform, how can you know it’s working as intended? I can recall many times when I deployed services with Terraform only to find out it didn’t work as intended. I would then sometimes spend hours p...
Exploring the Power of AWS Amplify - Simplifying Web and Mobile App Development
In today's fast-paced world, businesses need to quickly develop and deploy web and mobile applications to stay competitive. AWS Amplify, a powerful development framework provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), enables developers to build scalable and secur...
How to setup CI/CD pipeline for WordPress with GitHub Actions and AWS (Part 1)
GitHub Actions can be used to automate almost any type of project, but in this article, I will cover how can we automate deployment (CI/CD) for WordPress. I personally chose WordPress as an example as is the world’s most popular CMS, with over 455 million...
Handling bounced emails by SES with Rails (ActiveMailer)
If you are thinking of implementing a mailing system for your application, you would surely need to find a way to know if the sent emails are successfully delivered or not. With AWS SES (Simple Email Service), it is possible to set up bounce webhook notif...
Accessing AWS RDS databases remotely with no exposed ports
Ok, I admit it. The title might sounds weird because, how it is supposed to connect to an SQL service without a port, right? Well the catch is that there IS a port, but it is not an inbound port, therefore nothing is exposed. And it is fully managed by AW...
