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Three Great Features of the Insomnia REST Client

I was drawn to Insomnia by its clean UI and ease of use. I keep using it because it allows my team to be more productive when messing around with new APIs.

Web Apps

Using Developer Authenticated Identities with Cognito Identity Pools In TypeScript

Cognito identity pools can give users limited access to your AWS backend with Developer Authenticated Identities. Here's how to set it up with TypeScript.

Development Practices

Commit Your “One-Time-Use” Scripts to Version Control

If you’ve written a script that was intended to be used once, don’t throw it away into the digital trash abyss. Instead, track it in version control.

React Native

Front End to Back End: Communicating With a React Native WebView

Communicating with a WebView in React Native is made simple using the custom postMessage API provided by React Native

React Native

Running a Static HTTP Server in React Native

React Native Static Server provides an easy way to serve static assets over HTTP in your cross-platform React Native application.

Android Development

Embedding YouTube Videos in Android Applications

Include Youtube videos in your Android application using Youtube's official API — starting with an empty activity template, Kotlin, and API level 6.0+

Developer Tools

Importing AWS Infrastructure to Terraform

Moving your existing AWS infrastructure to Terraform may seem tricky. Luckily, terraform import makes it easy.

Developer Tools

Remote Pairing with Visual Studio Live Share

4 tips for using Visual Studio Live Share to make remote pair programming easier on your next project. It's a great tool for the job.

DevOps & System Admin.

Creating Amplify Email Campaigns in JavaScript

The process for setting up Pinpoint endpoints with Amplify isn’t ideal since you have to use the Pinpoint SDK, but it is possible. I'll walk you through it.

DevOps & System Admin.

Creating Custom CloudWatch Alarms for AWS Lambdas

Setting up alarms based on AWS Lambda events isn’t straightforward. CloudWatch logs can create alarms to notify you when unexpected behavior occurs.

Web Apps

Getting Started with WebSockets

WebSockets are a simple but powerful tool. Learn the basics by making a (very) simple chat application using Express, HTML, and vanilla JavaScript.

Developer Tools

VS Code vs Spacemacs for TypeScript Development

Most of the features that made me transition to VS Code for Typescript are now implemented in Spacemacs!

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