Wow, that title is a mouthful. Here's what it means: * You can use AWS SAM to easily construct at Serverless Application on AWS where the AWS Lambda code is written in Go * You can deploy your app to AWS from the CLI with sam deploy which is nice when you
A while back I created a repo on GitHub that was simply the output of doing sam init and choosing the AWS Quick Start Template for a Hello World Example. From there, I simplified the SAM template.yml file a little, restructured the folder where all my Go code lives,
While working on my chat-cli program, I realized that waiting for a response from Amazon Bedrock could take some time, depending on the nature of your prompt. To offer a better user experience, I looked into the InvokeModelWithResponseStream API method, which allows you to receive the response from Bedrock in
In yesterday's post I talked about building an Amazon Bedrock powered CLI that allowed for an interactive chat. Below is more or less the code I started with to create the command line chat. As you can see, there is an infinite loop nested within another infinite loop. One of
chat-cli is a project I've been working on for the past couple months. It started out as a way to kick the tires on the now publicly available Amazon Bedrock service, and also as a way for me to learn a bit more about Go, and the AWS SDK for
AWS App Runner was launched in 2021, and offers developers an incredibly easy way to deploy web applications.
I think Go has taken a really smart approach to package and dependency management by simplifying things, removing the need for a complex package manager, and creating a global namespace.
I've been getting going with Go for about a week now and I've already learned so much! I realized last weekend that I had two primary interests I want to focus on throughout my journey. The first is that I really want to learn the language itself, and get to
Even though I've got some experience with Go, I'm gonna set out on this journey as if I'd just learned of Go today.
So, now that the dust has settled, and I have some time to set up a more efficient method for backing up my Mastodon server, I figured I'd try simply dumping my PostgresSQL database and saving it to S3.
Yesterday I took a poll to find out what would be most interesting to write about. I will abide by this poll.
I worked this out a while back using TypeScript, but for some reason I decided I needed to redo this in Python. So, here it is. This is simply a CDK application that deploys an Amazon DynamoDB table called “Tickets” as well as a single AWS Lambda function with a
Mastodon appears to be a really good copy machine, and makes cache copies of all kinds of image files, videos, and avatars based on the accounts you follow.
In the end, I wound up with this nice looking custom dashboard in CloudWatch and a few alarms set up to monitor the metrics I decided were critical.
I’ve been pretty Mastodon-curious for a couple weeks now, and after spending some time tinkering with an account I set up back in 2018 on mastodon.social, I decided to explore setting up my own instance. These are my notes.
There are many, many excellent client applications available for connecting to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Bucket from macOS. Over the years, I’ve used plenty of them. But, I haven’t been able to find a good one that is also compatible with connecting via temporary credentials issued
TIL
Today I was studying for an upcoming AWS Certification and I had a chance to learn a handy method for calculating server capacity for high availability. It’s easy! First, you need to know how many Availability Zones are available in the region you are working in. And, within that
TIL
I recently decided to re-do my personal AWS accounts using AWS IAM Identity Center (SSO) and AWS Control Tower. For reasons mostly having to do with house keeping, I decided to start from scratch with a new parent account and migrate things in while cleaning up others. It’s pretty
TIL
I’m starting a new mini-series on here. It’s called “Today I Learned.” I was recently reading “What to blog about” by Simon Willison, where he talks about writing his own TIL posts, and it occurred to me that this is what I should also be doing. Like Simon,
Stories
On each visit, I’d get to see the museum’s construction advance, get delayed, advance some more, and on and on. I dreamed of arriving one day to a finished, opened, bustling cultural center, but COVID happened, and our stories diverged.
Career
AWS
I wanted my thing to be super simple, and cheap, and easy to use, but smart and opinionated.
Updates
It’s not just about making sure the tech works, it’s actually about designing the experience in a way that highlights the people on the phone in a way that replaces something they would ordinarily experience in person.
Updates
When I do the math, I realize that I have spent around half of my professional career as a freelancer, contractor, business owner or some other type of self-employed status.
Data
When we decided to move to the suburbs, we knew we’d need a car, and so in February of 2021, we purchased a 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid Touring!
Tech
This isn’t so much about coding or front-end web design, but really about experimentation and free thought, and maybe…words.
Research
When I speak of time, it is not yet
Tech
A little life advice for your files.
Research
I used my expired passport to retrace my travels beginning in 2002.
Stories
A short story of one of the many beautiful moments I've experienced in my life.
News
I've started a new website and newsletter project. I hope you'll play along.
Archives
There's some getting used to a new place. It takes time to adapt to new surroundings and a new routine. I've been thinking about this since I left the city back in March. I look down at the sink--it's not my sink, not just yet. I know my sink. I