Field Notes

Following are random thoughts from Jim Carnicelli about Aevocam.

#4: A practical use of AI

8/23/2026 - I built a small AI agent to help me manage the Aevocam.com website.

#3: Securing our CDN

7/20/2026 - How we use short-lived signed access policies and CloudFront edge functions to secure photo URLs while keeping CDN caching fast.

#2: Sprites and CDNs

7/18/2026 - How Aevocam's web player uses sprite sheets and AWS CloudFront/S3 to deliver instant, scrub-friendly playback that sharpens from low-res to full-res in seconds.

#1: 31 years

7/17/2026 - Musings about a viral YouTube video showing a camera running since 1994. Connects the fascination with long-term visual records to Aevocam’s mission to preserve everyday history.