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My new course, Web Scraping on AWS: Build a Serverless Real-Time Inventory Notifier, has wrapped up filming and is currently in the editing phase. Modules have now been finalized and the good news is there's a lot more content than I originally anticipated. It's initially looking like there will be 5+ hours of content in total not including challenge exercises. The modules to be included are: Course Intro Problem Overview & Requirements Design Infrastructure Setup Web Scraper Implementation...
Be a Better Dev February 18, 2024 In a recent video, I expressed my frustration with AWS's definition of "Serverless". The video seems to have resonated with the community, particularly folks' frustration with how AWS is throwing the term Serverless around all willy nilly. The recent announcements of "Serverless OpenSearch" and "Serverless Aurora" come to mind as not-so-serverless serverless offerrings. What are your thoughts? Separately, my recent course - AWS Step Functions Masterclass -...
Be a Better Dev October 21st, 2023 AWS is stepping up their security game by making Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) mandatory for users signing in to root accounts. The new feature is expected to be rolled out by mid 2024 with affected users being notified via e-mail channels. This is a welcome change that probably should have been implemented since day 1. As I've mentioned in previous newsletters and YouTube videos, the amount of users that suffer from inexplicable "hacks" to their AWS...