There is an issue with the sign-in flow in the v1.4 of the Amazon Q Developer extension release last night. This only impacts Code Server used in the workshop and does not impact the desktop version. To revert to v1.3, run the following script in the Code Server terminal. sudo rm -f /tmp/AmazonWebServices.amazon-q-vscode.vsix Q_URL=https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-vscode/releases/download/amazonq/v1.3.0/amazon-q-vscode-1.3.0.vsix curl -fsSL $Q_URL -o /tmp/AmazonWebServices.amazon-q-vscode.vsix sudo -u ubuntu --login code-server --install-extension /tmp/AmazonWebServices.amazon-q-vscode.vsix --force

After two years of little to no travel, it picked back up in a big way for 2022. My daughter, Emily, has become a huge fan Dr Martens shoes during the pandemic. She owns four pairs. So I have started taking detours to FaceTime her from Dr Martens stores in cities around the world. It turns out that these stores are in really interesting parts of town. These little detours have taken me to some cool places outside the tourist areas.

I have a few Raspberry Pis around the house doing various tasks and wanted to automate Docker image builds using AWS CodeBuild. I assumed I could build on the Graviton ARM instances and run on the Pi. It works with the raspbian/stretch base image, but the Raspbian images are not actively maintained. When I switched to alpine base image, I started getting this error on the Pi. standard_init_linux.go:207: exec user process caused “exec format error”

RSQL is a command-line client for Redshift. Unlike the psql command-line, RSQL has control flow commands (IF, ELSE, GOTO, etc.) that are useful for ETL jobs. I want to run RSQL in a Fargate container so I call it from Step Functions ETL workflow. Overall this was fairly straight forward, but I’ll document it anyway. Setup In my use case, I am converting hundreds of Teradata BTEQ scripts to RSQL using the Schema Conversion Tool (SCT).

AWS Amplify is a framework to accelerate web and mobile application development. I needed to build an API that would return a binary object. Specifically, it allows me to download a PDF file. I could not find an example so I am documenting it here. In the end it was crazy simple. You just need to add a single line "BinaryMediaTypes": ["application/pdf"] to the AWS::ApiGateway::RestApi resource in the CFN template created by Amplify.

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AWS Elevate Days for IBM - Unlocking the Power of Amazon Q Amazon Q is reshaping how people do everything from searching for information and exploring new ideas to writing and building applications. In this session, learn how Amazon Q Developer can accelerate development productivity throughout the entire developer lifecycle. link

Are you struggling with blue/green deployments? In this blog post, I will explore the relationship between microservices and blue/green deployments. Link to the post

The dust has settled after another re:Invent. I once again had the privilege of organizing the Front-end Web and Mobile (FWM) track along with Jessie VanderVeen, Anubhav Rao and countless others. For 2022, the FWM track included 28 sessions. If you weren’t able to attend, I have compiled a list of the on-demand sessions for you below. Link to the post

The dust has settled after another re:Invent. I once again had the privilege of organizing the Front-end Web and Mobile (FWM) track along with Jessie VanderVeen, Anubhav Rao and countless others. For 2022, the FWM track included 28 sessions. If you weren’t able to attend, I have compiled a list of the on-demand sessions for you below. Link to the post

As we kick off 2024, I wanted to take a moment to highlight the top posts from 2023. Without further ado, here are the top 10 AWS DevOps blog posts of 2023. Link to the post

As we kick off 2024, I wanted to take a moment to highlight the top posts from 2023. Without further ado, here are the top 10 front-end web and mobile blog posts of 2023. Link to the post