Jason Porritt on Atomic Spin

Answering the Question, “What’s Your Professional Opinion?”

Do you freeze when someone asks for your "professional opinion?" With a little preparation, you can form and share a strong, valuable professional opinion.

AWS

AWS Lambda: Trap or Treasure for API Backends?

Is it a good idea to use AWS Lambda as the compute behind an API? Or do the vast array of Lambda-based API examples lay a scaling trap for developers?

TypeScript

TypeScript Types for Federated Modules and Microfrontends

Microfrontends aren’t the only thing you can use module federation for, but it’s certainly where a majority of the interest seems to be right now.

Developer Tools

Create Easy GraphQL API Documentation with SpectaQL and GitLab Pages

Easily generate a GraphQL API documentation site based on your annotated GraphQL Schema using GraphQL docstrings, SpectaQL, and GitLab Pages.

AWS

Speed Up Your Local Development Cycle with the AWS AppSync Simulator

The AWS AppSync simulator can speed up your local development cycle. I'll explain how my team set it up and a few rough edges to watch out for.

Effective communication

Client Team Feedback: Part 2 – How

Is your client asking for feedback on their team? Part 2: Let's set some goals to make the conversation productive and positive.

Effective communication

Client Team Feedback: Part 1 – Who, What, Why

Is your client asking for feedback on their team? With some context and preparation, these conversations can be productive and positive.

Effective communication

I Don’t Want Your Brain Dump

Organizing your thoughts matters — don't brain dump! Know when, why, and how to synthesize information into something useful to your audience.

TypeScript

The Importance of Deriving Types in TypeScript

Make type relationships explicit in your TypeScript code by deriving types and get more value out of the type system when refactoring.

Development Practices

Prepare Your Software for Growth: Create Boundaries

You can be prepared for system and team growth with preparation and a smart application of boundaries in your software project.

DevOps & System Admin.

Getting Out of Tricky Terraform Situations

Terraform works most of the time, but sometimes it goes wrong. Here are a few situations we've seen in our AWS deployment and how we made it through.

Platforms & Languages

Improve Performance Using SQL Functions in Postgres

Here two ways to use functions in Postgres to improve the performance of your application — applying predicates and computing derivative values.

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