Deploy AWS Lambda with Terraform without storing the Zip archive
Terraform is a great tool but managing AWS Lambda is arguably not one of its strength. In this post I'll describe one approach that I follow to work around this limitation.
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Automate database backups with AWS Fargate, S3 and CDK
I love how Serverless enables simple solutions to common DevOps tasks: in this article I describe one simple way to automate MongoDB database backups using AWS Fargate, S3, and CDK.
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Setup free WHOIS monitoring to avoid unwanted domain expirations with Serverless on AWS
A few days ago I forgot to renew one of my registered Internet domains which I believed was set to auto-renew and received a few alerts when affected services started to fail. I hence took the chance to setup a simple and free monitoring solution to avoid incurring again in this same problem once and for all. Powered by AWS CDK, Python and WhoisXML
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Add free performance monitoring to your websites with Lighthouse and AWS CDK
Google's Lighthouse is a powerful free resource that helps developers build performant, accessible and SEO friendly websites. Here I show one way to make use of Lighthouse to add performance monitoring for web pages using Serverless components on AWS.
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Setup Atom/RSS feed as event source for AWS Lambda invocation with CDK
In a previous article I described how to develop a serverless event-driven application to automate social media updates. Now I show how to make use of RSS/Atom Feed and AWS Lambda + CDK to add the missing bit and make it 100% automated.
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Setup AWS Lambda-to-Lambda invocations between CDK Stacks
With CDK is easy to organize AWS resources and share them between Stacks when needed. In this article I show you how I split an `api` Lambda in two, one for handling the API Gateway requests and the other for sending messages to an external notifications service.
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Automate social media status updates with AWS Lambda, SNS and CDK
In the previous article I introduced AWS Cloud Developer Kit and wondered if and how to make use of code abstractions when designing IaC. Today I show you one way to extend the previous codebase and deploy a typical event driven (pub-sub) serverless application built with Lambda and SNS.
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Introducing AWS CDK with a real life Lambda and API gateway example
After successfully replacing Terraform with CDK in a real life project I take the chance to wrap up the new knowledge along with some Terraform vs. CDK kind of considerations. I also synthesize the acquired know-how in a mini tutorial based on the actual code used in the production scenario.
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Remaking my curriculum vitæ with modern web technologies
For a while I wanted to manage my CV in a more flexible way. I stumbled upon a great article on CSS-Tricks that made me think I had no more excuses to procrastinate. In this article I present my solution along with some considerations.
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My quest for identity in Software Engineering
A wrap up of my last 20 years as a professional in IT, along with some considerations about the current state of the art.
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sslnotify.me - yet another OpenSource Serverless MVP
sslnotify.me - yet another OpenSource Serverless MVP
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Lastversion: a Go serverless proof of concept developed on OpenWhisk
Lastversion: a Go serverless proof of concept developed on OpenWhisk