Helping customers with @awscloud. Less code is more. My opinions are my own.

Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Joined October 2009
As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.
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Hello Cogent. What is all this junk. Why is my workspace trying to reach out on port 80 to Azure DNS via HTTPS and footprint <dot> net on Level 3? And Google. More curious traffic. Intrigued.
A history lesson for people who think that history doesn't matter: What's the big deal about railroad tracks? The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Well, because that's the way
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HTTP/3 is being deployed in production for all of us, and that could be important for you and me and the Internet. (Short) thread ahead
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Announcing PartiQL, one query language for your relational and non-relational data: amzn.to/2YAz4Jt
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The infamous stage stage bug in SAM is now fixed!
and nothing like a great Friday release - Open API 3.0 and Request Model support in AWS SAM github.com/awslabs/serverles…
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I was looking for some new inspiration of tech-related podcasts to listen to and found this pretty complete list if anybody else is interested! Also, if you're listening to one that's not on there, feel free to do add it! 😃 github.com/rShetty/awesome-p…
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If you were to create a website with an easy-to-use-for-non-devs CMS in 2019, what stack would you choose?
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Get ready to become a professional. Learn Java by building small apps step by step with Hyperskill.

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"It's like people who work on an assembly line but don't have a driver’s license. I want to get you, the engineer, in that car. I want you to understand what it feels like when you hit a bump so you know how to work on that suspension." @kelseyhightower gun.io/frontier/2018/fall/ep…"
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Program the cloud: ⚙️ Infra as code ☁️ AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes 🔄 Loops and conditionals 🔥 Abstractions, functions, and classes 📦 Package managers 👥 Team collaboration 🔑 Easy secrets management Open source and free to use: blog.pulumi.com/from-terrafo…
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FaaS Antipatterns #1: FaaS is not a replacement for web application frameworks.
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Try to reason with #BlackWomenInTech, get blocked. Well, good luck succeeding with that attitude. I hope others will not get discouraged by this behaviour because we actually need more WOMEN in tech.
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How to set up multi-account AWS SAM deployments with GitLab CI, by @forrestbrazeal ⚙ bit.ly/2TwnAF0
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Just a reminder I’m available for #golang contract work. Please RT – at Melrose, MA
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To prove a point: Please RT if you don't have a CS degree and you have a job in tech.
👏 You don't need a formal degree to succeed in tech. 👏 You don't need a CS degree to be a great product manager. 👏 Degrees are not magic! Hard work, intellectual curiosity, and good teamwork win every time. Sincerely, someone with a fancy degree. 💫
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