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Game Development: 48 Hours to Make a Web-Based Game
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Claude and I create a playable game from my CV where you can collect technical skills and follow the road of my professional career. Here I document the 48-hour journey to create this game and what it says about the future of AI + Human interfacing.
Electron: A New Tool for Cross-Platform App Development
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Source code for an Electron Text-to-Speech app using AWS Polly is presented and discussed in detail. The Electron framework is discussed in detail in relation to cross-platform app development.
Running Stable Diffusion in AWS
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Describes a natural evolution when creating videos with Stable Diffusion Deforum whereby self-hosting and managing compute resources with robust graphics cards are explored as a cost saving mechanism to managed services.
AWS AppSync Explained
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A comprehensive dive into AWS AppSync with examples of different features and query designs. Learn how to use Lambda, DynamoDB, and HTTP data sources and chain them all together in pipelines.
Real World Observations on CI/CD
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Describes the transformation that happens in software development teams when CI/CD is embraced, developers own code through to production, and releasing frequently, failing fast, and lowering the blast radius of code changes are the driving principles.
How I Make Technical Diagrams
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Discusses how I collaborate on requirements, sketch out solutions, and produce beautiful technical diagrams.
Code Releases and Competitive Advantage
8,314 views
Explores the changes CI/CD brings to company with an economic lens, seeing how the frequency of code releases represents a competitive advantage for the companies who adopt it
A Startup Story: How Dev Teams Take Control
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How an engineering team takes control in a startup by controlling the speed and integrity of the release process.
Learning the Developer Mindset
7,760 views
Discusses how software developers must continually reinvent themselves and learn new tools to stay relevant.
Outsourcing Web Development to AI
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ChatGPT plays the role of teacher and junior developer to me as I build user interfaces and regain my sanity.
Implementing a Cross-Domain Email Forwarder with SES
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Using AWS SES to forward disposable cross-domain email addresses to a shared third-party mail server.
The Architecture of a Robust API
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A technical picture that shows how a large API product may look in the AWS ecosystem, its web of connections and the high-level concerns in each area as data flows.
A Dynamically Static Website
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Check out how this website works, the technology and tools that come together to make a static website come alive, and how it costs nothing to run.
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