@thomasj

current: software consultant previous: serverless devrel lead & open-source dev @IBMCloud. @openwhisk committer. @serverlessldn organiser.

 Manchester
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Finally wrote up how I built an AI-powered virtual speed camera: jamesthom.as/2022/05/ai-powe… I did this about 12 months ago now - it was actually successful in helping persuade the council to install traffic calming measures on the road.
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James Thomas retweeted
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The Safer Streets trial is well under way in Withington 🚸 🚶🚴 @crispeater @beenetwork @becky_cham
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Why shouldn't I use @awscloud Cognito UserPool Group Roles to provide Lambda access to backend services via AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity using the JWT? I know Cognito Identity Pools is the "proper" solution - but seems like overkill for simple use-cases.
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Adding HTTP Auth to @awscloud S3 Bucket Websites with CloudFront Functions: jamesthom.as/2022/10/passwor…
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I've got loads of small content like this I want to share from recent serverless projects I've been working on. First of many blog posts hopefully...
Still buzzing off yesterday. Ended up sat about 10 foot from the 🐐. Almost close enough to touch 😂. UTFR 🔴🔴🔴.
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AWS Client VPN seemed like a nice way to access VPC services locally without having to run a proxy EC2 instance. Works fine until my billing alerts started coming through... *hmm* didn't read the pricing well enough....
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Turns out you're charged an hourly fee for each client endpoint (regardless of usage) = $73 dollars a month. No thanks - back to ssh -i /key-pair.pem username@instance-id -L localport:targethost:destport for me.
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More details here: twingate.com/blog/aws-vpn-pr… tldr; always read pricing fine-print and always have billing alerts set up.
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A resident of Manchester built an artificial intelligent powered speed camera, and used the evidence to persuade his local council to install traffic calming jamesthom.as/2022/05/ai-powe…

AI-Powered Speed Camera

Building an AI-powered virtual speed camera using Google Cloud Vision APIS and FFMPEG. Turns any video device into a virtual speed camera.

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Repo is here: github.com/jthomas/ai-speed-…

GitHub - jthomas/ai-speed-camera: Detect and record speeds for cars in video.

Detect and record speeds for cars in video. Contribute to jthomas/ai-speed-camera development by creating an account on GitHub.

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@peterwalker99 @helenpidd @ManchesterMill @WalkRideGM
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Bouldering outdoors in the Peak District last weekend. First problem... finding a route down once you've topped out.
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I've been a @ManchesterMill subscriber since it started and absolutely love it. I'd be gutted if it wasn't around in future. Go subscribe!
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@ManchesterMill7 Mar 2022
An editor's note from @joshi about Reach Plc, Google and why we need your help now more than ever. manchestermill.co.uk/p/a-sur…

A surreal headline - and why we need your help

An editor's note

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🎶Bruno, Bruno, Bruno 🎶 🔴🇵🇹
Rest in peace Mark Fisher.
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James Thomas retweeted
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@ManchesterMill15 Aug 2021
Manchester embraced China. Then things started to get sticky. 🇨🇳A fascinating, deeply-reported long read by @kwan_jacklin. manchestermill.co.uk/p/manch…

Manchester embraced China. Then things started to get sticky

The inside story of a city region’s delicate diplomacy

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Still buzzing off Saturday. What a match. Up the reds! 🔴🔴🔴
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Me thinking this morning... "I haven't had a bike crash in a long time...". Me (four hours later): Didn't see a tram line and got thrown off balance - lost contact with the handlebars and went crashing into the tarmac at 12 MPH. Ouch. Covered in road rash now...
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