It feels like way too many blogs about serverless can't end without mentioning its ability to scale. By any measure I'm a serverless zealot, but even I don't think this is something that should
AWS IAM Access Analyzer Policy Validation Checks
While I found the recently announced list of checks that IAM Access Analyzer performs on your policies buried deep in the documentation, it wasn't as easy to navigate as I would've liked. Here's the
Learning VTL for AWS
Tips and links for working with VTL templates and AWS services like AppSync and API Gateway
AWS Accounts With Leading Zeros
AWS accounts with leading zeros can play havoc with your YAML, so use ARNs instead.
The CloudFormation Layer Cake
So I've had the idea of this post for a while. Like "3 years ago" a while: CFN Layer Cake FTW!I first came across the idea of the CloudFormation Layer Cake from this AWS Advent
CloudFormation Examples on GitHub
AWS documentation letting you down? Never fear, GitHub can help with that! Find CloudFormation examples quickly and easily.
Effective Actions for AWS IAM
TL;DR I made Effective IAM Actions [https://bigorange.cloud/actions/], a small tool to expand wildcards "*"in IAM Policy Actions [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_action.html] so that you can
Managing Secure String Parameters in CloudFormation
This was a nifty little trick I just learnt from my colleague James the other day that is definitely worth sharing more widely. While CloudFormation does not support SecureStrings for AWS::SSM::Parameters [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/