Fargate, Application Load Balancer, API Gateway, Docker — AWS Nomads #7: Using Docker and Fargate instead of Lambda for serverless services. I’m not going to lie, using AWS Lambda for serverless APIs is an easy and enjoyable process. But it’s not always the right solution. …

AWS Nomads #6: This is a very quick assist for setting up secure server access to your static web content. If any part of your website needs to be secure, all of it probably should be secure. This is the rule that Google is beginning to impose. …

AWS Nomads #5: It is now possible to build sophisticated web sites and applications from your IPad. — I first had the dream of using a tablet as my main computer device somewhere around 2002 when some of the first laptops started to appear with touch-sensitive screens that opened 360°. But they were expensive, cumbersome, Windows-based; neither good laptops nor good tablets. …

A recipe for fully dynamic browser apps — AWS Nomads #4: How to provide dynamic content and functionality to your web app. Everything here can be done from a mobile browser, and will cost less than a cup of coffee per month. So, you are sitting down to build an API. If you are an old-timer like me…

AWS Nomads #3: A quick win — a script to keep your Cloud9 / EC2 working directory in sync with your public S3 bucket. First of all, do not use this while working directly on a website that has traffic. You are going to save files, possibly accidentally, and they…

Cloud9 + S3 - Route 53 = Rapid Static Web Site AWS Nomads #2: The scrappy internet app developer will always need a quick way to get static content flowing. Everything here can be done with a mobile web browser. Ingredients for this recipe: 1 web browser, mobile or otherwise. 1 S3 bucket 1 Cloud9 instance (which creates 1 EC2 instance) …

AWS Nomads #1. This is the first article in an ongoing series on AWS development for scrappy developers. AWS can be a maze of services and options. This is a simple guide to developing securely on AWS. …

I quickly came to realize my problem was more like a porn problem than a tech problem. I was traveling abroad, and one of my domains was due to expire. …

Previously, I demonstrated how easy it is to drop Vue.js into an existing application in order to quickly add dynamic in-page functionality. But the true beauty of the Vue framework comes with the addition of Vuex, an extension that elegantly encapsulates both data and in-page server access. For this demo…