Majority of the time in my recent projects, I use Amazon Cognito for user authentication (sign in, sign up, login with identity providers etc) in front of an Amazon API Gateway. Usually the API endpoints control access using Amazon Cognito user pools as authorizer In these type of APIs, testing the API using Postman isContinue reading “Connecting Postman to Amazon Cognito User Pools for API Access Tokens”
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Lambda Result Package is Live!
I have been tinkering with this idea of releasing something open source for a while. Recently, I have started to use a pattern in my Lambda code that became so much handy and productive. Today, I’m happy to release it and hopefully it will be useful for you too! https://github.com/macromania/lambda-result
Living in London is playing Tetris
Whether you drive in narrow streets of North London or trying to find a parking spot at the edge of congestion charge zone, you are in constant challenge of squeezing into small pockets of space with your car. It is almost like playing Tetris… Find the spot, swiftly progress, fit in and wait for theContinue reading “Living in London is playing Tetris”
A Moment of Testing
Sometimes you may question “Why should I write tests? Why TDD is important?” I think this little moment of success can explain a lot of things… My tests here are run under 3seconds. This means, I’ll get an immediate feedback from my tests if I break anything…. What is the result of not writing tests?Continue reading “A Moment of Testing”
Refactoring or Retiring Can be a A Feature
A really good article from Nature lays out why the bias towards additive solutions might be further compounded by the fact that subtractive solutions are also less likely to be appreciated. In product development, friction points around refactoring and retiring features are widely popular in discussions among the engineers in any organisation. However, the biasContinue reading “Refactoring or Retiring Can be a A Feature”
Simple, very dumb system that constantly works
A great article from Amazon’s Builder Library. These patterns have three key features. One, they don’t scale up or slow down with load or stress. Two, they don’t have modes, which means they do the same operations in all conditions. Three, if they have any variation, it’s to do less work in times of stressContinue reading “Simple, very dumb system that constantly works”
Leading or managing?
It is a really short article but puts the definition of Leaders, Managers and Creators ver well. Leadership is different than management. Leaders are exploring, going to new places. Managers are enforcing, using authority to improve results. Leaders have to invent what is possible. I think there is too much to think, document, discuss andContinue reading “Leading or managing?”
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