When working with AWS CDK and using SSM Parameters to store information in between stacks there are multiple ways to retrieve the value, with both advantages and disadvantages. In this post, I’ll go over the different ways to retrieve SSM parameters in AWS CDK and when to use them.
Recently I’ve been using AWS Secrets to retrieve API keys which are needed to access external API’s, however, this turned out to be a more expensive service than we initially thought when starting.
It’s been almost a year since I’ve started using my YubiKey, even though I only recently bought a backup key (yes, you can shame me) I decided it is time to have big write up on why you should be using a hardware key with Fido2(WebAuthn) support too.
Besides the AWS Certification program, there are also the newer AWS Learning skill badges. A new-ish way of learning the skills necessary to work on the aws platform and illustrate your knowledge. These are like the certifications except they are not certifications of some kind and you can take …
Almost a year ago I visited an AWS User Group (Amsterdam) meetup where someone gave a presentation on using Microsoft Dev Containers in your projects. Even though I tried it before, this gave me the momentum to actually commit to it and have never looked back. And I want you to do the same.
About a year ago I asked the question on Reddit what people thought of the default Lambda role called “AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole” and why I thought it was way too open to be a default.
To this day I still think this role shouldn’t be used at all, but rather be deleted by Amazon …
Update 18/01/2023: Let’s assume this is not gonna happen anymore
As the title suggests I’m planning on building a Serverless Kanban Board to improve my personal Typescript skills in both the front and back end. Furthermore, the whole project will be set up while using Amazon Web Services …
Unique as I am I decided to start writing short blog posts about recent discoveries that suddenly clicked inside my head. For the first one; I have been working a lot with AWS CDK recently and decided that I wanted to contribute back to the AWS-CDK source code.
This has been quite the struggle, for the last 6 years, I’ve been working on a Macbook Pro/Air (m1) and right now I’m not able to do so. Due to a recent job change, I’m working on a Windows laptop until the new Macbook is in. At first, I was really curious to work on Windows again! …
Authenticate GitHub with OpenID Connect to deploy your CDK project to your AWS Organization
After making an AWS CDK project one of the first thing you will realize is that you don’t want to keep running cdk deploy to update your production environment. This is a fine way of working when you …
