NoSQL search results in MICRO-seconds; via AWS’s new DynamoDB Accelerator.

If you have a noSQL data store and need the fast machine possible response time; check this out: Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) Regional Expansion “…Using…

Deleting an AWS API Gateway resource.

Because it is not well documented in the AWS docs herein is how you delete an AWS API Gateway resource. Click on the end point…

First real foray into using Terraform to manage infrastructure as code (IAC)

Did this during the afternoon at work, since they use Terraform (TF) pretty heavily I am getting familiar with it as much as possible. Enjoy!…

`Investigating AWS Pricing over Time` by Thomas Vachon

Over at stayclassyinternet Thomas did a write up on the AWS pricing over time; specifically focused on S3 as it has been a consistent service available…

Continue of Practices as it relates to release cadence.

This image was shared in the Suncoast Developers Guild slack group yesterday. I found it an interesting visualization of the practices and operational patterns that…

AWS Solution Architect Associate certification achieved!

I can finally relax a bit. Cleared both CP and SAA. Now to breath for a couple weeks. So happy right now. Oh man, so…

Today, today is a good day.

Yesterday I sat for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam. It’s been nearly 6 months of studying, little gaming, much less beer, and far fewer trips. But…

Some news from AWS…

…as of now(ish) all AWS accounts get a rolling 7 days of CloutTrail functionality as part of the free tier! While not helpful to business…

AWS Lambda and automated testing (pt2).

Opps; forgot to circle back to this… So we finally got it working. Local and Jenkins automated testing that couples with Lambda for media processing!…

Another month, another set of continuing education courses.

A corner stone of the IT/Dev career field is this: ‘never stop learning’. I like to expand on it and include ‘When you stop learning,…