The cost of scaling up.

In my time s working in the software realm I have worked on projects of various sizes. Local bands wanting a web presence, user generated…

Deleting an AWS API Gateway resource.

Because it is not well documented in the AWS docs herein is how you delete an AWS API Gateway resource. Click on the end point…

Parallel bash process execution.

Ever do something in bash and wish you could do it in parallel? Checkout this excellent article by Bash Prompt. One use case I can think…

First real foray into using Terraform to manage infrastructure as code (IAC)

Did this during the afternoon at work, since they use Terraform (TF) pretty heavily I am getting familiar with it as much as possible. Enjoy!…

`Investigating AWS Pricing over Time` by Thomas Vachon

Over at stayclassyinternet Thomas did a write up on the AWS pricing over time; specifically focused on S3 as it has been a consistent service available…

Continue of Practices as it relates to release cadence.

This image was shared in the Suncoast Developers Guild slack group yesterday. I found it an interesting visualization of the practices and operational patterns that…

How to shrink your Docker images.

Docker Images, everyone says smaller is better but how do you do this but still maintain functionality and debugging ability? Well, here is how I did…

Neat short Docker intro including making a JS application

Over at https://nrempel.com/ they did a nice write up on the basics of Docker Images, Compose and setting up a basic NodeJs app. Check it out at https://nrempel.com/guides/docker-development-environment/ .

And end of an era. My time with Sourcetoad is coming to a close.

My time is soon coming to an end with the Sourcetoad team. It has been an amazing four years. From scruffy startup to respectable dev…

Tutorial: Using Docker_Puppeteer_Jest to execute a headless Chrome End-to-End (user/acceptance) testing suites.

The problem: We know that unit testing is an essential part of software engineering (at least we should all know that). Integration testing assure us…