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How to configure environment specific parameters with Vue.js and Amplify

When you start a new Vue.js project that needs to interface with APIs running in AWS, there’s a good chance you will have these lines of code: import Amplify from ‘aws-amplify’ Amplify.configure({ Auth: { region: ‘us-east-1’, userPoolId: ‘xxx’, userPoolWebClientId: ‘xxx’, mandatorySignIn: true } }) These few lines of code let you use the aws-amplify library …

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Weekly update 49

Me, Weekly Update

Hi, welcome to another weekly update! Real-World Serverless podcast Since the last update, we have had quite a few new episodes, covering a wide range of topics: #41: The future of JVM on Lambda with Vadym Kazulkin #42: Real-World Serverless with Ant Stanley (part 1) #43: Real-World Serverless with Ant Stanley (part 2) #44: Real-World …

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Year in review, 2020

As the curtain draws on a tough year, here’s my 2020 in numbers: 37 blog posts 34 conference talks started 1 book published 2 video courses 2,475 new students to my video courses produced 43 episodes of Real-World Serverless hosted 5 webinars 1236 contributions to 17 OSS projects helped 17 clients adopt serverless ran 10 …

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My top picks from re:Invent 2020 week 1

AWS, Serverless

All the sessions during week 1 are available to watch on-demand now. You can access them via the official reinvent portal here. Here are my top picks for sessions to watch, in no particular order. “Building technology standards at Amazon scale” by Marc Brooker You can watch the session here, and here‘s my notes for the session. “Monitoring …

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What you need to know about Aurora Serverless v2, so far.

AWS, Serverless

I’ve gotten a few questions about Aurora Serverless v2 preview, so here is what you need to know about Aurora Serverless v2 during preview. Q: Does it replace the existing Aurora Serverless offering? A: No, it lives side-by-side with the existing Aurora Serverless, which will still be available to you as “v1”. Q: …

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Serverless at re:Invent 2020 – hot takes #1

AWS, Serverless

During this re:Invent, I’m sharing with you the biggest serverless-related announcements and what they mean for you in a series of hot-takes. Starting with, the biggest announcements from today’s keynote, plus a bunch of other important announcements just before r:Invent. 1. Lambda changes billing to per ms Lambda now bills you by the ms as …

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How I built a social network in 4 weeks with GraphQL and serverless

AppSync, AWS, GraphQL, Programming, Serverless

I have been involved with a client project to help the client launch a new social network for university students to engage with each other to do sports. Amongst other things, users can: Arrange activities and ask to join others’ activities (like a basketball match or to run in the park). There’s private messaging. Users …

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“Even simple serverless applications have complex architecture diagrams”, so what?

AWS, Serverless

I often hear people complain that even simple serverless architectures look complex on paper.

Let me tell you why this misses the point.

AppSync Masterclass is open for early access!

AppSync, AppSync Masterclass, AWS, Serverless

I have some exciting news to share with you. That after some initial delays, the AppSync Masterclass is now open for Early Access with 40% launch discount. First of all, thank you so much for your patience, it’s taken us a bit longer than we expected but we’re here, at last. You can purchase the …

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Weekly update 48

Me, Weekly Update

Hi, welcome to another weekly update! Real-World Serverless podcast Since the last update, we have had quite a few new episodes, covering a wide range of topics: #25: Well-Architected Serverless with Heitor Lessa #26: Serverless chatbots with Gillian Armstrong #27: Serverless at A Cloud Guru with Dale Salter #28: Serverless Machine Learning with Carl Osipov …

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