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WordPress (Lightsail) on Amazon Lightsail for Newbies

WordPress (Lightsail) on Amazon Lightsail for Newbies

Posted on May 8, 2026May 8, 2026Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Learning in Public, Tech, TutorialsLeave a Reply

Are you looking for a quick and simple way of setting up a WordPress website on AWS? This tutorial will help you set up a WordPress website on Amazon Lightsail, no prior AWS experience required! You will need a domain name registered at Amazon Route 53 and an AWS account to get started! For this…

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OpenClaw on Amazon Lightsail for Newbies

OpenClaw on Amazon Lightsail for Newbies

Posted on May 5, 2026May 5, 2026Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Learning in Public, Tech, TutorialsLeave a Reply

Want to work with Amazon Lightsail from zero? Let’s create an OpenClaw instance on Amazon Lightsail together!

Transferring a domain to Amazon Route 53

Transferring a domain to Amazon Route 53

Posted on May 3, 2026May 3, 2026Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Learning in Public, Tech, TutorialsLeave a Reply

Learn how to transfer a registered domain to Amazon Route 53 in few steps! No prior AWS experience required!

WordPress (Bitnami) on Amazon Lightsail for Newbies

WordPress (Bitnami) on Amazon Lightsail for Newbies

Posted on March 2, 2026May 1, 2026Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Learning in Public, Tech, Top Posts, TutorialsLeave a Reply

Want to work with Amazon Lightsail from zero? Let’s try to create a Wordpress website on Lightsail together!

2025 Recap with Hiroko Nishimura

2025 Recap with Hiroko Nishimura

Posted on December 28, 2025February 26, 2026Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Learning in Public, Lifestyle, Parenting, Photography, Self-Employment, Tech, Writing3 Replies

Recapping 2025 with Hiroko Nishimura, perpetually tired a toddler mom of 2, AWS Community Hero, a writer, and a hobby photographer.

AWS Hero’s First Tech Talk: AWS DMV Community Day 2025

AWS Hero’s First Tech Talk: AWS DMV Community Day 2025

Posted on November 15, 2025December 28, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Learning in Public, Tech1 Reply

AWS Hero Hiroko Nishimura gave her first ever tech talk at DMV Community Day 2025, and lived to write about it!

Summary of ADHD and Dyslexia(CHADD)

Summary of ADHD and Dyslexia(CHADD)

Posted on April 5, 2025April 5, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in ADHD, Learning in PublicLeave a Reply

Dyslexia is a language-based learning disorder affecting word processing, spelling, and reading comprehension that often co-occurs with ADHD.

Summary of ADHD and Learning Disorders (CHADD)

Summary of ADHD and Learning Disorders (CHADD)

Posted on April 4, 2025April 5, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in ADHD, Learning in PublicLeave a Reply

~20% of children with ADHD have another learning disorder, called “specific learning disorder” in clinical and “learning disability” in education/legal systems.

Summary of Occurrence of ADHD in Adulthood (CHADD)

Summary of Occurrence of ADHD in Adulthood (CHADD)

Posted on March 29, 2025April 5, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in ADHD, Learning in PublicLeave a Reply

Prevalence of ADHD in adulthood is 4%. While adults experience many similar symptoms as children, there are many unique characteristics and co-occurrences.

Summary of Recognition & Diagnosis of ADHD (CHADD)

Summary of Recognition & Diagnosis of ADHD (CHADD)

Posted on March 27, 2025April 5, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in ADHD, Learning in PublicLeave a Reply

Summarizing CHADD’s “Recognition & Diagnosis of ADHD” lesson from Pocket MD podcast.

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Hiroko Nishimura

Hiroko Nishimura is an AWS Community Hero, technical instructor at LinkedIn Learning, and author of AWS for Non-Engineers.

She writes about her jarring transition to motherhood on Substack. Many posts are reposted on this blog as well under Tag: Substack. Looking for my Japanese posts?

She is a brain injury and brain surgery survivor, writing about dealing with adult Executive Dysfunction/ADHD.

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