Alan WilliamsLearning, the journey of fascinationLearning is fascinating. Lately, I’ve been reflecting on my career path and precisely the various skills I’ve had over the years and how…Sep 6, 2023Sep 6, 2023
Alan WilliamsinSimple Thoughts AmplifiedAge of ConvenienceMy car is 12 years old with almost 200K miles and I’ve been thinking that soon it will be time to replace it once it starts breaking down…Feb 26, 2017Feb 26, 2017
Alan WilliamsinSimple Thoughts AmplifiedAPI Gateway, the API gateway for everyoneAWS API Gateway ended 2016 with the addition of documentation support. I recently started playing around with it trying to put the service…Jan 15, 2017Jan 15, 2017
Alan WilliamsinSimple Thoughts AmplifiedWorking with asynchronous APIsHave you ever made a POST request to an API, followed immediately by a GET for the same resource only to receive a “resource not found”…Dec 22, 2016Dec 22, 2016
Alan WilliamsinSimple Thoughts AmplifiedLeader in CloudOn the heels of a really dense yet hugely productive AWS re:invent week it’s clear why these guys are the leader. I don’t think it’s the…Dec 8, 2016Dec 8, 2016
Alan WilliamsinSimple Thoughts AmplifiedAutomation Isn’t for the Faint of HeartYou hear about automation all the time, making things faster and more autonomous and the benefits are everything from plain cool to…Nov 3, 2016Nov 3, 2016
Alan WilliamsinSimple Thoughts AmplifiedGitHub Universe: Conference ReportLast week I attended GitHub Universe for the second year and once again it was time well spent. It continues to blow my mind the…Sep 21, 2016Sep 21, 2016
Alan WilliamsinSimple Thoughts AmplifiedGithub Universe Day 0I’m at Github Universe this week. After being so impressed by the high quality sessions last year I was really looking forward to going…Sep 14, 2016Sep 14, 2016
Alan WilliamsinSimple Thoughts AmplifiedDeleting Multiple Rows in DynamoDBHad to do this today and after struggling with it for a bit, I finally got it working. Here’s how…Aug 21, 20162Aug 21, 20162