I have meaning to update my profile pictures for a few years now. The old one was nearly 20 years old and look a lot different. At least my hair is a lot greyer. Of course, I am never happy with a picture of myself. So, I decided to try a few new GenAI options. I have a recent picture that I like, but it was a blurry. So, I set out to either fix this one or generate something totally new but convincing.

NOTE: This issue was resolved on May 17th 2024. 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.

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).

DOP217 Best practices for customizing Amazon Q Developer I presented a lightning talk twice this year. Here is a link to the recording With Amazon Q Developer, you can securely connect to your private repositories to generate even more relevant code recommendations based on your internal code repositories, ask questions about your company code, and understand your internal code bases faster. In this session, learn how to set up customizations and generate code based on your internal repos.

Amazon AI Conclave Indonesia 2024 I was a keynote presenter at AI Conclave at the Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Join us at the upcoming AWS AI Conclave Jakarta, for a transformative event focused on AI innovation, and its impact on business! This exclusive gathering brings together industry leaders, AI experts, and AWS specialists to explore the latest advancements in artificial intelligence.

S&P Global Dev# I presnted at S&P Global’s Dev# conference in GDansk Poland We would like to invite you to the premier technology event organized by S&P Global, the Dev# Conference, where innovation meets expertise. Join us for a day, on October 10th, filled with insightful sessions and engaging discussions led by distinguished speakers from Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), theBlue.ai and Niebezpiecznik.pl.

Amazon Q Roundtable Auckland, New Zealand Presented to custmomers and partners in Auckland, New Zealand.

Strengthen security throughout the SDLC with generative AI Amazon Q, powered by generative AI and trained on over 17 years of AWS experience, can be your expert assistant in strengthening security across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This session explores how Amazon Q can assist with threat modeling, secure coding practices, security scanning, remediation, and more. Get ready to delve into an interactive discussion on leveraging Amazon Q’s capabilities to fortify your security posture.

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