Susannah McCloskey

AWS

3 AWS Cognito Gotchas (and How My Software Development Team Worked Around Them)

On a recent project, we used AWS Cognito for authentication, and these are the issues we ran into and how we solved them.

Developer Tools

Kysely is a compelling choice for query building with type safety and SQL-shaped expressiveness without adopting a full ORM.

Extracurricular Activities

I built a command-line Python tool to quickly create custom Slack emojis, making it easier—and more fun—to express yourself at work

Growing as Makers

It’s easy to leave a tech conference struggling to remember what you learned. I find handwritten notes help me retain what matters most.

Developer Tools

Adding Zod schemas to your react-hook-form will simplify complex form validation by leveraging TypeScript for well-typed form data.

Culture

The value of "owning it" has shaped my first year as a software developer in ways I didn't expect, both professionally and personally.

Development Practices

Test-driven development is a tool that can help new developers to methodically break down problems and create more reliable code.

Business Practices

Embracing "intelligent failure" as an opportunity for learning, innovation, and team improvement is an important tool for developer teams.

Business Practices

Feedback sessions are a useful tool for building healthy teams and open communication, and new developers can especially benefit from them.