My ChatGPT Reading List
There has been a lot of HYPE at the office around AI and ChatGPT. Organizational leaders and clients are looking for the AI angle.
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AWS Certified - Database Specialty
I got my AWS Database Specialty Certification! I already have 5 years of experience, my Solution Architect Pro, and Data Analytics certificates so this one wasn’t very difficult.
DDB Streams Event Source Mapping Already Exists Error
When updating a lambda with a DynamoDB Streams event source I got a mapping already exists error
Adding Assets to CDK Staging Bucket
Today I discovered that you can deploy arbitrary files to the CDK staging bucket with a human-readable file name! This feature is awesome if you are pre-synthing CDK apps to CloudFormation Templates.
My First Sky Dive
I am afraid of heights so I never thought I would do it. My wife never thought I would do it. Yet somehow I did it.
Speaking at Boca Code Bootcamp
I met Todd Albert, the founder of Boca Code at an AWS networking event hosted by CloudHesive. He got a kick out of the fact that I was a plumber before I got into IT, so he invited me to speak to the 9th cohort of the Boca Code Developer Bootcamp
CDK package.json Scripts
I found the following package.json scripts very convenient when managing a complex CDK app. The key is the -- operator, which allows us to append additional parameters.
Speed up CDK Pipelines Deployment
I recently converted a large CDK app to use CDK Pipelines. I LOVE how quickly it was to get working but it generated a UGLY and SLOW pipeline.
AWS Certified - Data Analytics Specialty
I got my AWS Data Analytics Specialty! I already had a lot of experience with Kinesis, Athena, and RedShift but there is A LOT of material in this exam. I highly recommend practice exams by Stephane M
Write config.json to S3 with AWS CDK
To make prebuilt SPA installers with CDK I like to keep environment configuration outside of the minified code via a config.json file. This allows me to build the app once and move it between environments and stages.