I have recently been looking into AWS Step Functions. For those not familiar with them, Step Functions are Amazon’s way of providing a state machine as a service. If you have used AWS you have probably used Lambda functions. Lambda functions allow yo...
Read MoreI use docker every day. All the applications I write at work or at home end up in docker containers. Most of the time though, I am only running docker-compose up so when I need to do something more complicated I have to look it up. So this post is a ...
Read MoreAs you might have seen from my last few posts I have quite a lot running on my Raspberry Pi. I am currently using a Raspberry Pi 2 B which is a great device but only has 1GB of RAM and 900 MHz CPU. So I am a little worried sometimes that I am going t...
Read MoreI wanted to put together my home build server using my Raspberry Pi. After looking at the options I picked Drone CI, it has a nice interface, simple to use and has loads of plugins available. In my last post, I showed you how to set up Traefik as a r...
Read MoreI use my Raspberry Pi as my own personal home server. Up until recently, I have been using nginx as a reverse proxy for my docker containers. However, recently I have switched to Traefik and I have found it is much easier to maintain. I am going to g...
Read MoreBy the time you finish reading this article, you will know how to get your static websites up and running securely on AWS using Terraform. This can be a very cost-effective way of hosting a website. I have 3 websites set up on AWS and in total, they ...
Read MoreI have been getting into Instagram a bit more recently and as many other users have discovered, one of the big limitations is not being able to have more than one link in your profile. Links in posts don’t work either unless it is a promoted post. To...
Read MoreAs I mentioned in my previous posts there are quite a few ways to create components in React.js. As it happens there are also quite a few ways to style components as well. The great thing about React is you can create components in isolation. However...
Read MoreAs they say, there is more than one way to skin a cat. As it happens there is also more than one way to create a React component, which is much more animal friendly! I keep coming back to React for my projects, especially now I am using Gatsby for my...
Read MoreAt the start of 2018, I made the bold (or stupid) move to quit my job and try my hand at building a startup. Before making this somewhat reckless move, I did my best to minimise risk. I cut my expenses as much as possible and did a lot of market rese...
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