Joining Squawk Squad as a volunteer to help with cloud platforms

In this post we take a look at how I helped save cost by moving a NestJS API running in k8s to a task definition in AWS Fargate

Making snaps faster

In this post we update our previous SQL snapshot solution to take advantage of the new Fast Snapshot Restore feature

SQL in a snap

Using AWS Systems Manager Automation to snap a SQL database, mount on another server and run an import task

Streaming data using AWS Database Migration Service and Kinesis

In this post we look at streaming data from MySQL all the way to S3, using DMS, Kinesis Streams and Kinesis Firehose

Using AWS Amplify to build a QR scanner

In this post we look at a rapid prototype to build a simple app that can run on a smart phone and scan QR codes to improve data entry

Streaming data to ElasticSeach using Amazon Managed Services for Kafka

In this post we look at building a solution that sources data from Kafka and persists it to ElasticSeach so we can visualise using Grafana

Automating secure payments with Amazon Connect and Stripe

In this post we look at using Amazon Connect cloud contact centre to take credit card details and send them to Stripe

Using webhooks with Step Functions

Automating my Github backup solution using Step Functions

How to clone Github repos to CodeCommit using Lambda

Regular backup of my Github repos to CodeCommit using Lambda, Lambda Layers and SAM

Using custom events with AWS Event Bridge

A quick walkthrough of using AWS Event Bridge to publish custom events and get them in S3

Using the new .NET Core 3 (Preview) JSON Serialization with Lambda Custom Runtime

Here we take a look at the new builtin serialization capabilities of .NET Core 3, using Lambda Custom Runtime we remove the Newtonsoft library and add a shim for the existing function handler.

Using AWS IAM with AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS)

In this post we walk through using an IAM Role for and ECS Task Definition

AWS from A to Z ... ok maybe A to X

A shopping list of AWS features and how much I have yet to learn

Orchestrating custom code with AWS Batch

In this post we take a look at running a batch process across a fleet of EC2 Spot instances using custom code in a container.

Improving application response times with Amazon AppStream

In this post we look at using Amazon AppStream to provide better response times to remote users for sensitive internal apps

Athena Amplify'd

In this post we take a look at the Amplfiy framework as a quick and secure way to build a front end for AWS services

Getting API Gateway to post direct to SQS

In this post we refactor our CDK app to have API Gateway post directly to SQS and remove the need for Lambda to do this.

Infrastructure with actual code - AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)

In the post we build a CI/CD pipeline for Lambda using AWS CodePipeline and the CDK

Trying to use Span to save money...and falling short

In this post we dive into a new(ish) feature in .NET Core Span, which could allow us to reduce our serverless application footprint but didn't quite work out

Functions testing Functions

This time we work through building an API load test using Azure Durable Functions and Application Insights

Templates for .NET Console App

A quick guide on how to create a template project for .NET applications, focusing on .NET Console App and Generic Host service

Azure Front Door for geographic availability

A quick walk though of getting Azure Front Door up and running to provide a global scale upload service

Using Durable Functions to bulk load data into Cosmos

A quick practical walk through bulk loading data into Cosmos DB using Durable Functions

Partitioning with Cosmos DB

A quick practical walk through of creating a scalable partition strategy for Cosmos DB

Working with Azure Functions and Log Analytics

Log Analytics is a great platform for getting insight out of applications and this explains how to get it working with multiple Azure Functions

Cross Partition queries with Cosmos DB

A quick practical walk through of cross partition queries and how to do it right

Prototype with PowerApps

Using PowerApps and Customer Vision to create a mobile image classifier for what to recycle

Blazor - it's not yet another web framework (YAWF)

Building client side apps running WebAssembly, using Blazor and .NET

When events fail - monitoring Event Grid

Exploring the new "dead letter" feature of Azure Event Grid which allows us build resilient event driven workflows

Machine Learning Marathon

A quick "run" through on Azure ML Workbench and using it to predict my running ability. This post shows how I took data from my fitness tracker and wrangled it using ML Workbench and build a prediction algorithm using Python and Scikit Learn.

Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure Functions

In this post I look at the Azure Functions runtime Docker feature, which allows us to package up this Serverless runtime and execute it anywhere

Azure Media Services v3 with Event Grid

Walk through of using Azure Media Services and its recent support for Event Grid to create a event driven workflow from uploading a blob to encoding a video