After 4 years of working with the CDK I felt it was time to put together a course on it.
August 1, 2023
For: cdk
Here are the results of the 2022 CDK community survey.
July 20, 2022
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Rapid Step Function development with the Workflow Studio can be integrated easily with the AWS CDK to create an enjoyable experience while keeping your state definitions properly in your infrastructure as code.
February 19, 2022
For: cdk, step functions
CloudFormation allows you to import resources, but there are some steps you need to take to make it work with your CDK code.
August 30, 2021
For: cdk, constructs, import
Here are the results of the 2021 Q1 CDK community survey.
April 19, 2021
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I publish my CDK constructs for specific versions of the AWS CDK. Here's why and how I automated parts of the publishing process.
April 6, 2021
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Here are the results of the 2020Q4 CDK community survey.
January 18, 2021
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I bootstrapped a side project with AWS Amplify but then hit some walls, so I transitioned to using the CDK.
January 8, 2021
For: cdk, aws, amplify
Here are the results of the 2020Q3 CDK community survey.
October 8, 2020
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There's a few steps required to convert existing projects over to Projen, but it's worth it.
October 4, 2020
For: cdk, constructs, projen
Can the CDK help me put the right code in the right places when building Serverless apps?
September 3, 2020
For: aws, cdk, constructs, code-opinions
The AWS CDK has become very popular, and now it's usage is spreading outside of AWS. Let's discuss why.
August 18, 2020
For: aws, cdk, constructs, cdk8s, terraform-cdk
Deno is hot, but is it good enough to replace Node for your Lambdas?
July 5, 2020
For: aws, node, deno, lambda, dynamodb
Creating reusable CDK Constructs is easier than you may think. Thanks to Github actions you have build and distribute a custom CDK Construct in under an hour.
January 11, 2020
For: cdk, construct
2019 was probably the most active year I've had this decade.
December 30, 2019
For: 2019-in-review
I stumbled into a really wrong way to write CDK Constructs and would like to share how and why.
October 2, 2019
For: aws, cdk
Does it have the right stuff?
September 18, 2019
For: aws, cdk
I recently built a solution in AWS using the CDK and other resources. I was very happy how it turned out, but wonder if I got lucky.
September 14, 2019
For: aws, cdk
I wanted to build a simple Event Sourced-based AWS Serverless microservice for some time, and thanks to the AWS CDK I was able to build it the way I wanted.
July 27, 2019
For: aws, apigateway, awscdk, lambda, serverless, typescript
DymamoDB is a powerful yet simple database system from AWS. Like any database, there are certains tradeoffs you may need to make.
June 28, 2019
For: aws, dynamodb
Creating idempotent lambda handlers is not always trivial. Using DynamoDB as a short-circuit during message duplication is easier then you may think. This post covers a simple DynamoDB table setup you can use to ensure your lambda handlers are idempotent.
June 4, 2019
For: aws, lambda, dynamodb
What happens if you create a custom AWS Lambda runtime for a popular language that depends on compiling at runtime?
March 3, 2019
For: aws, lambda, serverless, typescript
Ionic 4 Websites (or any static website) can now be deployed very easily.
January 19, 2019
For: aws, cicd, ionic, s3
Can Redux be used on the server to provide an easy Event Sourced data model?
January 5, 2019
For: aws, lambda, serverless, redux
Isn't switching to an Event Sourced model difficult? Probably not if you're using a really common repository pattern.
November 9, 2018
For: eventsourced, software, development, architecture
For a recent project we setup a simple but strong CICD pipeline using CodeBuild and CodePipeline.
May 16, 2018
For: aws, lambda, serverless, cicd
Sometimes you need to respond to a verification email but don't want to setup a full blown email server for your domain. With this little trick you can leverage SNS to forward it along to another email address.
May 2, 2018
For: aws, sns, email