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CDK Construct for Athena DynamoDB Connector

The AWS Athena connector for DynamoDB enables you to query data stored in Amazon DynamoDB using Amazon Athena, which is typically used to query structured data in S3 using standard SQL. Since DynamoDB

Initialize Terraform AWS State Resources

So, I have a funny story. I was testing a new app in Terraform, and thought it would be a good idea to define my Terraform State bucket and lock table in the Terraform code. Everything went well, all my infrastructure was defined as code, and for a while everything was perfect…

Dynamic AWS IAM Policies

We maintain a CloudFormation custom resource provider for Amazon Connect. The provider has grown organically, and as new features were added, the default role policy has become large. The provider can

My Blogging Tools

If you are looking for a low-cost blogging platform on AWS, look no further! I wanted something very easy to use, which has a lot of features and uses my core tools (AWS, Node, CDK, Markdown). For thi

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Achieved: 250lb Bench Press Goal

For my 2022 New Year’s resolution, I decided on: 250 lb for 1 rep on the bench press. Almost 2 years later, I finally got it.

TechHub Hackathon 2023

We pulled together a team on Friday night, built an app on Saturday, and presented on Sunday. Not a win, but what a great experience!

10x API Start-up Boost

I while ago I optimized my Screen Saver Gallery API by loading a flat data file into lambda memory. A nightly job selects a random subset of the database and stores it in S3, and the API uses that fil

FloridaJS: Amazon Connect and Lex

I will be presenting at FloridaJS on Amazon Connect and Lex. Sign up here DetailsThis is an IN-PERSON event AI from the big three providers can make it a snap to quickly create what you need before tr