How to build and deploy NestJS Lambda functions with the AWS SAM CLI
Build and deploy AWS Lambda functions using NestJS and the AWS Serverless Application Model CLI.
Ahead of its time: The Commodore Amiga
Looking back 30 years, I feel quite lucky that I was a part of a slice of computing history that many missed.
The Crown, the Palace, and other homes
Netflix‘s The Crown has given me a renewed (read: new) interest in the Royal Family. I never really paid much attention my whole life. They were always there although I could never name many of its members. The show has reminded me of the Queen’s husband’
On the Edge of Open Source Software
There is of course, a certain irony to Microsoft’s January 15th, 2020 release of Microsoft Edge. Specifically its loudly-beating, freshly-transplanted heart. Microsoft once proudly rode Internet Explorer into the field of browser battle but I expect no-one at the company would’ve expected quite the controversy it caused over
SQL/JSON in PostgreSQL 12 – the best of both worlds?
PostgreSQL 12, released October 3rd 2019, offers the SQL/JSON Path Language – a way to query and filter data in JSON objects not too dissimilar to how XPath queries XML. PostgreSQL users have enjoyed native JSON support since version 9.2, released in September 2017. Without a native type,
The Day Everyone Turned Into Michael Johnson.
Michael Johnson has no idea, but I just remembered something hilarious that happened many years ago. I think it was 2002 and I’d joined a small company in the UK as a software developer. (This was before new companies were called startups and before joining new companies was cool)
Custom Validators for Angular Reactive Forms
Angular… ugh, I know. But Reactive Forms are actually pretty cool and once you get the hang of them, you can appreciate all of the form dynamics that Angular handles for you. At the end of the day we want to supply an object to a form, allow the user
JavaScript’s Import/Export Business
JavaScript really stepped into the import and export business with ES Modules. With ES6, the language introduced the import and export keywords allowing easier modularization and organization of code. The import keyword supports a number of different syntaxes and is often confusing when first
