I see a lot of questions being asked around the sticks about which AWS certification to get. It seems like even those who work with AWS regularly aren't sure about the various different certifications and which one they
Redirects in Serverless
Now that the Lambda Proxy Integration [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/integrating-api-with-aws-services-lambda.html] is a thing for API GW [https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/], performing redirects is a much simpler - and more sane - thing to
I'm Writing a Book about AWS!
A few months ago I was approached to write a book about AWS for Packt Publishing [https://www.packtpub.com]. I'm pleased to announce that the AWS Administration Cookbook [https://www.packtpub.com/virtualization-and-cloud/aws-administration-cookbook] is mostly written,
CloudFormation Stack Resources Summary
We were having a discussion over on the Serverless Forum [http://forum.serverless.com/t/hitting-cloudformation-max-resources/1098/3] about CloudFormation resources, and I came up with this AWS CLI command that I could see myself using later, so I'
Write Clean JavaScript
Over the weekend I discovered a cool repo on GitHub: ryanmcdermott/clean-code-javascript [https://github.com/ryanmcdermott/clean-code-javascript]. It's a great summary of Uncle Bob's timeless programming classic Clean Code [https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882]
The Serverless Compute Manifesto
While watching the Building Complex Serverless Applications [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCOgc3MRUrs] talk from re:Invent 2016 I discovered The Serverless Compute Manifesto. I couldn't find it reproduced in an easy to use format, so here
Hands On With Serverless v1 Screencast
I've just finished my first Serverless screencast. Check it out and let me know what you think: It's my first screencast, so there's lots of things that I'd like to fix in
Database Connections in Lambda
I hang out a lot in the Serverless forum [http://forum.serverless.com/] and Gitter [https://gitter.im/serverless/serverless] - I just like talking about this new-fangled FaaS (Functions-as-a-Service) thing. A common misconception that keeps coming up is that