writing aws lambdas in typescript using sam

2020-10-29

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~2 min read

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342 words

I recently discovered AWS’s cli for managing serverless applications. On the face, this feels like a fantastic way to manage new…

aws sam in 30 seconds

2020-10-28

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~2 min read

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371 words

Preamble: I am exploring different areas of AWS and am finding the jargon overwhelming. To help myself, I’ll be writing up summaries of some…

the stories we tell ourselves

2020-10-27

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~2 min read

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344 words

The stories we still ourselves about ourselves are important and powerful. They set our definition of what’s possible and in that way they…

git: pretty one line logs

2020-10-26

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~3 min read

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588 words

Back when I was first learning git, one of the tricks I found was a fantastic alias for information dense git log, which I added to my…

notes on why good developers write bad tests

2020-10-25

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~4 min read

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614 words

In 2019, Michael Lynch gave a talk at PyTexas titled “Why Good Developers Write Bad Tests”. https://youtu.be/hM_ex4-xu4E I was watching it…

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