It’s far from being the only one, here’s what you need to do. — There is a crazy amount of attention towards the Log4J vulnerability. Even non-technical people I know are aware of what “a Log4J” is! As an architect/developer this event also impacts me in multiple ways. After reading this article, you’ll be fully prepared against vulnerabilities, while understanding even one of their…

A look into AWS Snowmobile and AWS Snowball — A service to physically transfer data to or from AWS data centers? Yes, it exists! It’s called AWS snowball and AWS snowmobile, and it is impressive, to say the least. AWS Snowball The first service called snowball is a physical device that AWS ships to your location, for a specific fee. …

Affordable and faster than shared hosting solutions. — AWS Lightsail enables us to inexpensively host really performant websites. Add a good control panel along with backups, and you have a solid foundation for speedy hosting. This article is divided into the following chapters, feel free to skip the parts that you may already know about. 1. What is…

A step-by-step guide to setting up static websites on AWS — Static websites on AWS can be incredibly fast if set up correctly. Let’s go through each of the steps and explain which services you will need to set up a static site on AWS. This could be a Gatsby website or any other static HTML/CSS website that you would like…

A popular interview question unraveled. — How do you style a React component? Do you know any alternatives? Those are often asked interview questions for React developers. There are different ways to style React components, let’s discuss each alternative and see why or when you should be using them. We will discuss: Pure CSS Styling React…

A Step-By-Step React.JS How-To — One of my clients asked for a simple LightBox for their website. The website is made using React+Gatsby and is very nice to work with, however, the available LightBox solutions are often not so compatible. Why not use an existing LightBox? There are a lot of LightBox implementations available on NPM for React. The biggest issue…

Let’s go over the best resources we recommend for the CSAA exam. — There are many studying resources for the certified solutions architect associate exam. In this article, I will list the resources I personally recommend for the CSAA exam. I have used all of the below resources myself, and can truly recommend them. This article is not sponsored in any way. …

A NoSQL Comparison from a developer point of view. — During my career, I’ve mostly been using MongoDB, so I decided to go with DynamoDB for my current project. Here are my findings. Setup The setup of DynamoDB or MongoDB is relatively easy. DynamoDB Setup Setting up DynamoDB to work with other Amazon services such as EC2 is incredibly easy. No AWS keys…

Stay up to date — technology will not wait for you — When is the last time you: attended a conference? attended a course? read through documentation to stay up to date with new features? made your own project? solved an integral formula? It’s time for self-reflection! As developers, we always need to stay sharp and up to date. …