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Lou — Cloud Engineer

Writing mostly about Cloud Engineering. AWS Community Builder. DEV moderator for #serverless and #devops. Also likes: 🚴🏻‍♂️ 🏍 🏋🏻‍♀️ 🎸

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Education

Loughborough University

Work

Developer Experience (Platform Engineer) at DAZN

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Do Cloud Engineers Code?
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Do Cloud Engineers Code?

#devops #cloud #aws
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Where (And How) to Start Learning AWS as a Beginner
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Where (And How) to Start Learning AWS as a Beginner

#cloud #devops #begineers #aws
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Can You Learn AWS On Your Own? How To Ensure Success 🤓.
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Can You Learn AWS On Your Own? How To Ensure Success 🤓.

#aws #cloud #beginners
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How To Debug AWS Lambda: A Detailed Overview

Ah! I'm yet to use that framework, I'll give it a go! Thank...

How Long Does It Take To Learn Terraform? And How To Speed Up Your Learning.

Amazing, great to hear Robert! It's definitely not as tricky ...

ACloudGuru: Is It Worth The Money? And Your Main Options For Learning Cloud

Awesome, let me know how it goes!

DX stands for developer experience

Quite a muddled term though, but glad to see it being used, i...

DX stands for developer experience

DX is quite literally, my job. 😂

2020 Summary: How I Grew My Blog to 25,000 Pageviews & Earned My First Income From The Blog.

Nice to hear from you again, Ricardo! :) Ah for sure, any q...

AWS Amplify, SAM, CDK ... What to choose for your Infrastructure as Code on AWS?!?

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Marketing to Tech

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How To Test AWS Lambda: Everything You Need To Get Started.
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How To Test AWS Lambda: Everything You Need To Get Started.

#devops #serverless #aws #cloud
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How To Debug AWS Lambda: A Detailed Overview
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How To Debug AWS Lambda: A Detailed Overview

#devops #cloud #serverless #aws
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2020 Summary: How I Grew My Blog to 25,000 Pageviews & Earned My First Income From The Blog.
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2020 Summary: How I Grew My Blog to 25,000 Pageviews & Earned My First Income From The Blog.

#showdev #writing #career #cloud
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11 min read
Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #18 (November 2020)
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Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #18 (November 2020)

#news #cloud #devops #serverless
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8 min read
What Is Terraform Used For? The 3 Main Use Cases.
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What Is Terraform Used For? The 3 Main Use Cases.

#devops #cloud #terraform
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Are Containers Serverless?
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Are Containers Serverless?

#devops #serverless #aws #cloud
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Help, my Lambda won't stop 😱 ! How To Stop An AWS Lambda Execution.
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Help, my Lambda won't stop 😱 ! How To Stop An AWS Lambda Execution.

#devops #serverless #cloud #aws
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Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #17 (October 2020)
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Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #17 (October 2020)

#news #devops #serverless #cloud
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Lambda Extensions: What Are They, And Should You Care?
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Lambda Extensions: What Are They, And Should You Care?

#cloud #aws #serverless #devops
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Supportive tech forums & online communities: Any recommendations?
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Supportive tech forums & online communities: Any recommendations?

#discuss
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What Are The Pre-Requisites To Learning AWS? 5 Topics You Probably Should Look Into First.
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What Are The Pre-Requisites To Learning AWS? 5 Topics You Probably Should Look Into First.

#aws #devops #cloud #beginners
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Does AWS Require Coding? Understanding When You Might Need To Code.
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Does AWS Require Coding? Understanding When You Might Need To Code.

#beginners #aws #cloud #devops
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8 min read
Can AWS Lambda Access A Database? And The Considerations You Should Be Taking.
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Can AWS Lambda Access A Database? And The Considerations You Should Be Taking.

#serverless #aws #cloud #devops
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4 min read
How Long Does It Take To Learn Terraform? And How To Speed Up Your Learning.
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How Long Does It Take To Learn Terraform? And How To Speed Up Your Learning.

#devops #cloud #beginners
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Is AWS Easy To Learn? (And How You Can Make It Easier)
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Is AWS Easy To Learn? (And How You Can Make It Easier)

#aws #cloud #devops #beginners
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Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #16 (September 2020)
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Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #16 (September 2020)

#news #devops #serverless #cloud
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7 min read
The Secret Of Web Development BootCamps And How To Use Cloud To Your Advantage
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The Secret Of Web Development BootCamps And How To Use Cloud To Your Advantage

#beginners #career #cloud #webdev
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Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #15 (August 2020)
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Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #15 (August 2020)

#news #devops #serverless #cloud
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9 min read
You’re Alerting Wrong: The Why & How Of Setting An AWS Lambda Alarm Using Error Rate Percentages.
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You’re Alerting Wrong: The Why & How Of Setting An AWS Lambda Alarm Using Error Rate Percentages.

#devops #serverless #aws #cloud
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Should You Use Typescript To Write Terraform? (The Terraform CDK)
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Should You Use Typescript To Write Terraform? (The Terraform CDK)

#cloud #devops #aws
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Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #14 (July 2020)
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Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #14 (July 2020)

#news #cloud #devops #serverless
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A Philosophy For Effective Error Handling (Using JavaScript Examples)
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A Philosophy For Effective Error Handling (Using JavaScript Examples)

#javascript #tutorial #node #webdev
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How To Setup Monitoring / Observability On Existing Software (e.g. A Web API): A Practical 5 Step Guide.
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How To Setup Monitoring / Observability On Existing Software (e.g. A Web API): A Practical 5 Step Guide.

#devops #cloud #serverless #tutorial
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Terraform: How To Rename (Instead Of Deleting) A Resource
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Terraform: How To Rename (Instead Of Deleting) A Resource

#infrastructure #cloud #terraform
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How I Gained Consistent Traffic To My Website Using SEO (And How You Can, Too)
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How I Gained Consistent Traffic To My Website Using SEO (And How You Can, Too)

#showdev #tutorial #startup #writing
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Reader Question: Which AWS Certificates Should You Start With If You’re A Junior?
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Reader Question: Which AWS Certificates Should You Start With If You’re A Junior?

#devops #cloud #aws #beginners
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The Simplest Possible EC2 Web Server Setup Using Terraform (On AWS)
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The Simplest Possible EC2 Web Server Setup Using Terraform (On AWS)

#aws #devops #terraform
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Containers: Benefits and Making a Business Case
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Containers: Benefits and Making a Business Case

#containers
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What is Terraform? A Simple Definition.
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What is Terraform? A Simple Definition.

#infrastructure #devops #cloud #aws
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10 Terraform Best Practices: For Secure & Fast Infrastructure.
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10 Terraform Best Practices: For Secure & Fast Infrastructure.

#devops #cloud #tips
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Serverless on AWS Lambda: A Comprehensive Comparison Of Approaches (Serverless Framework vs SAM vs Terraform vs CloudFormation)
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Serverless on AWS Lambda: A Comprehensive Comparison Of Approaches (Serverless Framework vs SAM vs Terraform vs CloudFormation)

#devops #cloud #aws #serverless
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3 Simple Serverless Beginner Project Ideas
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3 Simple Serverless Beginner Project Ideas

#aws #serverless #devops #cloud
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Misconceptions of Serverless: 5 Things You Thought AWS Lambda Did… But It Doesn’t.
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Misconceptions of Serverless: 5 Things You Thought AWS Lambda Did… But It Doesn’t.

#devops #cloud #aws #serverless
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How to Use AWS KMS in AWS Lambda
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How to Use AWS KMS in AWS Lambda

#aws #serverless #devops #cloud
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Should You Commit the Terraform .tfstate File to Git?
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Should You Commit the Terraform .tfstate File to Git?

#devops #cloud #terraform
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The Ultimate Terraform Workflow: Setup Terraform (And Remote State) With Github Actions
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The Ultimate Terraform Workflow: Setup Terraform (And Remote State) With Github Actions

#aws #cloud #devops
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12 min read
Master the AWS Lambda Console: A Comprehensive Walkthrough.
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Master the AWS Lambda Console: A Comprehensive Walkthrough.

#aws #serverless #cloud #devops
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AWS Queues And Lambda Processing: A Simple, Quick Walkthrough.
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AWS Queues And Lambda Processing: A Simple, Quick Walkthrough.

#devops #cloud #serverless #aws
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How To Setup AWS Lambda Scheduled Events with Terraform
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How To Setup AWS Lambda Scheduled Events with Terraform

#aws #cloud #serverless #devops
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ACloudGuru: Is It Worth The Money? And Your Main Options For Learning Cloud
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ACloudGuru: Is It Worth The Money? And Your Main Options For Learning Cloud

#devops #cloud #aws #beginners
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What Is the Best Way to Learn Terraform?
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What Is the Best Way to Learn Terraform?

#devops #cloud #aws
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Create An AWS S3 Based Website Using Terraform And Github Actions
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Create An AWS S3 Based Website Using Terraform And Github Actions

#aws #devops #cloud
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2019 Summary: Up & Running With Serverless and Regaining Blogging Motivation
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2019 Summary: Up & Running With Serverless and Regaining Blogging Motivation

#serverless #writing #motivation #career
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You’re Logging Wrong: What One-Per-Service (“Phat Event”) Logs Are and Why You Need Them.
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You’re Logging Wrong: What One-Per-Service (“Phat Event”) Logs Are and Why You Need Them.

#devops #aws
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How To Get AWS Lambda Logs Into CloudWatch
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How To Get AWS Lambda Logs Into CloudWatch

#aws #devops #cloud #sre
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6 min read
What is Immutable Infrastructure?
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What is Immutable Infrastructure?

#devops #cloud
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Set Up AWS Lambda With An ALB (Load Balancer)
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Set Up AWS Lambda With An ALB (Load Balancer)

#aws #devops #cloud
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3 Steps To Migrate Manually Created Infrastructure To Terraform
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3 Steps To Migrate Manually Created Infrastructure To Terraform

#devops #cloud #terraform #infrastructure
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AWS Lambda on Github Actions: How To Send Zipped Artifacts to AWS S3
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AWS Lambda on Github Actions: How To Send Zipped Artifacts to AWS S3

#cloud #devops #aws
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5 Important Reasons To Learn Terraform Before Cloud Computing.
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5 Important Reasons To Learn Terraform Before Cloud Computing.

#cloud #devops #aws
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Learning Cloud? (Serverless, Kubernetes, Microservices, etc) — What's your biggest frustration?
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Learning Cloud? (Serverless, Kubernetes, Microservices, etc) — What's your biggest frustration?

#discuss #devops #cloud
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Yarn and the dark future of third party NPM clients
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Yarn and the dark future of third party NPM clients

#node #javascript #npm #webdev
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Declarative vs. Imperative Infrastructure As Code
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Declarative vs. Imperative Infrastructure As Code

#devops #cloud #infrastructure
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My first ever tutorial video: What do you think?
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My first ever tutorial video: What do you think?

#tutorial #cloud #devops
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AWS access keys — 5 Tips To Safely Use Them.
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AWS access keys — 5 Tips To Safely Use Them.

#tutorial #security #aws #cloud
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Learn The 6 Fundamentals Of Terraform — In Less Than 20 Minutes
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Learn The 6 Fundamentals Of Terraform — In Less Than 20 Minutes

#tutorial #devops #aws #cloud
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AWS networking fundamentals: A simple guide for software engineers.
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AWS networking fundamentals: A simple guide for software engineers.

#devops #cloudnative #aws #networking
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3 Terraform features to help you refactor your infrastructure effortlessly
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3 Terraform features to help you refactor your infrastructure effortlessly

#devops #aws #tutorial #cloud
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4 signs you should break your app into Microservices
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4 signs you should break your app into Microservices

#containers #serverless #microservices #architecture
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