Testing AWS Lambda functions written in Java

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedTesting AWS Lambda functions written in Java Testing is an essential task when building software. Testing helps improve software quality by finding bugs before they reach production. The sooner we know there is a defect in code, the easier and cheaper it is to correct. Automated tests are a central piece in…

Discovering sensitive data in AWS CodeCommit with AWS Lambda

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedDiscovering sensitive data in AWS CodeCommit with AWS Lambda This post is courtesy of Markus Ziller, Solutions Architect. Today, git is a de facto standard for version control in modern software engineering. The workflows enabled by git’s branching capabilities are a major reason for this. However, with git’s distributed nature, it can…

Year in review, 2020

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedYear in review, 2020 As the curtain draws on a tough year, here’s my 2020 in numbers: 37 blog posts 34 conference talks started 1 book published 2 video courses 2,475 new students to my video courses produced 43 episodes of Real-World Serverless hosted 5 webinars 1236 contributions to 17 OSS projects…

Extracting buildings and roads from AWS Open Data using Amazon SageMaker

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedExtracting buildings and roads from AWS Open Data using Amazon SageMaker Sharing data and computing in the cloud allows data users to focus on data analysis rather than data access. Open Data on AWS helps you discover and share public open datasets in the cloud. The Registry of Open Data on AWS hosts a large…

AWS Control Tower console shows more detail about external AWS Config rules

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAWS Control Tower console shows more detail about external AWS Config rules AWS Control Tower now includes an organization-level aggregator, which assists in detecting external AWS Config rules. This will provide you with visibility in the AWS Control Tower console to see externally created AWS Config rules in addition to those AWS…