5 reasons why you might use AWS Lambda for your next project
Before we start If you don't feel like reading and prefer to watch a bunch of quick (less than 3 minutes) videos - this blog series is based on a 💰free 💰 egghead.io video collection I've published recently, check it out here: Learn AWS Lambda from scratch . Why do I need that? This is the kind…
Read Article →AWS Made Simple: Create an AWS Lambda function from scratch
How do I create an AWS Lambda function? First up, you'll need to log in to your AWS account. If you don't have an AWS account, feel free to use my credentials: Once you're in, navigate to Lambda (you'll find it under Compute section in Services menu) and click on Create function , you should…
Read Article →AWS Made Simple: WTF is AWS Lambda?
Before we start If you don't feel like reading and prefer to watch a bunch of quick (less than 3 minutes) videos - this blog series is based on a 💰free 💰 egghead.io video collection I've published recently, check it out here: Learn AWS Lambda from scratch . WTF is AWS Lambda? When someone says…
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Architecting for the Cloud - AWS Best Practices (part 1)
This series is my attempt to summarise the AWS "Architecting for the Cloud - AWS Best Practices" whitepaper in a slightly more digestable form because not everyone feels like reading a 50 page PDF file. Differences Between Traditional and Cloud Computing Environments In a traditional computing…
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Tomasz, how did you learn to code?
My first program ever was typed character by character from a BASIC book into a Commodore 64 which my parents bought when I was ~7 years old. I wasn't exactly hooked from the start - I remember spending AGES to type a program with my dad helping me and the result was a screen blinking with…
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So, what does it mean to be a senior developer?
Disclaimer: this whole article is my personal opinion, your mileage may vary. Defining roles is tricky . After all, assigning a junior/regular/senior level to somebody is a bit like trying to compose the entirety of their skills in a single 'label'. I'm interviewing quite a lot of folks for…
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10 rules of a successful meeting in a tech company
I've been a part of 5 different (non-remote) companies over the last couple of years and those are the things I've personally seen to work really well. There's an agenda, emailed to everyone days in advance. Preferably with a desired outcome of the meeting. Everyone attending should be able to…
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