cloud

How to test step functions locally

A guide on how to test AWS Step Functions as a part of the deployment pipeline.

26 April 2023

Zero to Serverless car insurance - part 3

Part 3 on our series of building a car insurance platform from scratch using serverless technology on AWS.

18 April 2023

Zero to Serverless car insurance - part 2

Part 2 on our series of building a car insurance platform from scratch using serverless technology on AWS.

11 April 2023

Zero to Serverless car insurance - part 1

At the start of 2021 we began an ambitious project, building a car insurance platform from scratch using serverless technology on AWS.

03 April 2023

How to avoid unnecessary NAT usage and reduce your AWS costs

How to reduce your AWS costs by avoiding unnecessary NAT Gateway usage.

15 September 2022

How to pause a Step Function while waiting on a response from a third party API

In this post we explore how you can pause a Step Function, using Task Tokens, while waiting on an external process to be completed

03 August 2022

4 essential tips to apply when using AppSync & DynamoDB to build Serverless apps

4 lessons learned from using AppSync and DynamoDB to build a Serverless platform

30 June 2022

How to deploy an AWS AppSync API behind WAF using CDK

Tutorial on how to deploy an AWS AppSync API behind AWS WAF using CDK v2

25 May 2022

How to virus scan S3 files with ClamAV and CDK

A guide on how to scan S3 Files for viruses using ClamAV and CDK

07 March 2022

Improving the CDK development cycle

Using the hotswap functionality of AWS CDK to improve the development cycle

25 February 2022

5 things you need to know when using AWS CDK

If you are working with Amazon's Cloud Development Kit (CDK), here are five essential lessons that to help make your life easier.

24 January 2022

Building an OpenSearch Index from DynamoDB

How to build an OpenSearch Index from DynamoDB source

11 November 2021