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The Price of Having Men Dominate Software DevelopmentHow masculinity shapes software development, why should we care, and why is everyone a bit better off if we give this a moment of thought.Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020
A Basic Solution to Shutting Down AWS Infrastructure on a ScheduleAdopt cost savings by shutting down your test environments on a schedule — start here with the basicsMay 14, 2020May 14, 2020
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What I Learned About my Depression by Programmatically Analysing my Social BehaviourTurning your mental health into numbers can be a journey of discovery, a resource in understanding yourself, but also a trap to avoid.Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
Avoiding Stack Drift when Restoring AWS DynamoDB BackupsRestoring DynamoDB backups causes table name changes, which can mess with your infra-code if you’re not careful.Jan 21, 2020Jan 21, 2020
Tracing Requests in Serverless Architectures with AWS CloudWatch ServiceLensThe next step of AWS on the path towards cloud native monitoring on serverless systemsJan 7, 2020Jan 7, 2020
Generating PDFs with AWS Lambda NodeJS 10+ Runtimes — The Hard and Easy WayPDF generation with Serverless technologies is both easier and more complicated than you might think.Dec 18, 20192Dec 18, 20192
The Nifty AWS DynamoDB Features You Should Probably Be UsingRefresh your memory on these simple but powerful DynamoDB features to make managing your data easierDec 9, 2019Dec 9, 2019
NFL Penalties for Offsides, Neutral Zone Infraction and Encroachment ExplainedThe flavors and differences of the various defensive Offsides penalties explained.Nov 25, 2019Nov 25, 2019
Published inThe StartupHow to Actually Develop, Test and Publish your First Plugin for the Serverless FrameworkStep by step basics on how to go about developing a Serverless Framework pluginNov 22, 2019Nov 22, 2019
AWS Serverless WebSockets — Introduction Around the PitfallsWhat you need to take into account when taking real world AWS Lambda -powered applications to real time.Nov 15, 20191Nov 15, 20191
So You Want to Try Roller Derby RefereeingAfter reading this, you’ll be ready to ref your first scrimmage. Yes, you. Because the referees have a well kept secret: it’s not that…Nov 14, 2019Nov 14, 2019
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