PinnedSimplifying internal AWS Lambda APIsLambda APIs appear to be a really awesome feature of AWS lambda that go quietly under the radar. If I am being honest, it is probably because the execution is really confusing combined with the fact that the APIs…AWS9 min readAWS9 min read
Mar 6You won’t believe how I paid back my student loansYes that title was clickbait… kind of. This is a story about how I paid back and continue to pay back my student loans. …Money6 min readMoney6 min read
Feb 25Improve your Github releases 10x with this one simple actionWhat if I told you you could keep track of changes that are staged for production just by looking at the description of a PR? What if I told you that you could do this while only managing a single git branch? (trunk based development)Github Actions5 min readGithub Actions5 min read
Feb 18OpenAI? How about HuggingFace.co?AI appears to be reaching peak hype much like Crypto/NFTs were a year ago I thought I would share a really great resource I have been using for learning/building/training AI models. This article builds the AI Writer medium account and also posts the same articles to its own website if…AWS Lambda6 min readAWS Lambda6 min read
Feb 13The Last of Us: a better TV series or Lets Play?TL;DR, So far this show is really great. The writers did a great job of trimming the story down for television. But for those of you that haven’t gotten into YouTube you should totally check out a Lets Play where someone plays the game from start to finish. TV Series (Episodes 1–5) The show…HBO2 min readHBO2 min read
Feb 5Extension Review: Funky Async ExtensionDo you ever find your self needing to build an API endpoint on lambda that executes some code after your lambda handler has finished running? Maybe you have done this where your API lambda function just immediately invokes another lambda function. Maybe you hook up a step function directly to…AWS Lambda3 min readAWS Lambda3 min read
Jan 29Extension Review: AWS SSM LambdaAfter writing my most recent article about how AWS Lambda APIs work I thought it would be cool to do a deep dive into some interesting lambda extensions I have found. So first up I wanted to take a look at an extension published by AWS that allows you you…AWS Lambda3 min readAWS Lambda3 min read
Jan 15Movie Review: MeganThis movie was fun. It wasn’t mind blowing, it wasn’t super unique, it was just fun. Also shout out to Allison Williams for becoming the new queen of horror. The plot was really similar to most killer doll movies out there but I couldn’t help but feel like I was…Megan2 min readMegan2 min read
Jan 5🤠 2022 horror movie round up2022 was a great year for horror movies. We had it all from sick indy(ish) hits like Terrifier 2, X, and Pearl to blockbuster hits like Barbarian, Nope, and The Menu even the streaming services jumped in on the action with Fresh and The good nurse. I will go over…Movies8 min readMovies8 min read
Dec 31, 2022The State of Skateboarding 2022The SOTY race this year was awesome. It felt like an interesting microcosm of what is happening to skating right now. Skateboardings popularity is creating this strange blend of art and sport that I don’t think we have seen before. …Skateboarding3 min readSkateboarding3 min read
