Deep Dive on AWS CloudFormation Macros to transform your templates

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedDeep Dive on AWS CloudFormation Macros to transform your templates AWS CloudFormation macros add custom operations to your templates, including iterations, string manipulations, and math operations. Macros allow these language extensions without sacrificing the declarative benefits enjoyed by our customers, whether they are novice developers or experienced system admins. CloudFormation macros are ideal for…

Building a serverless Jenkins environment on AWS Fargate

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedBuilding a serverless Jenkins environment on AWS Fargate Jenkins is a popular open-source automation server that enables developers around the world to reliably build, test, and deploy their software. Jenkins uses a controller-agent architecture in which the controller is responsible for serving the web UI, stores the configurations and related data on disk, and…

Field Notes: Fleet Tracking Using Amazon Location Service with AWS IoT

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedField Notes: Fleet Tracking Using Amazon Location Service with AWS IoT Location-based intelligence is vital in today’s applications, enabling capabilities ranging from fleet tracking to hyperlocal marketing. However, developers face significant barriers when integrating location data into their applications. These include cost, privacy and security compromises, and tedious and slow integration work. With Amazon…

AWS ML Community showcase: March 2021 edition

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedAWS ML Community showcase: March 2021 edition In our Community Showcase, Amazon Web Services (AWS) highlights projects created by AWS Heroes and AWS Community Builders.  Each month AWS ML Heroes and AWS ML Community Builders bring to life projects and use cases for the full range of machine learning skills from beginner to expert…