AWS Speakers Directory - Adding AI Functionality
Background In June 2023, Johannes Koch, Matt Morgan, Julian Michel, and myself participated in the AI themed hackathon for the AWS Community Builders. The hackathon challenge was to create a tool using the Transformer Tools framework. The Project…
The Problem with "It Works on My Computer"
Disclaimer: This is an opinionated post based off of my own experience. Your experience and opinions may differ and that is okay. I welcome your respectful and engaged conversation. Most of my cloud experience is with Amazon Web Services, so this post will be AWS heavy. A lot of…
Serverless Weather Reporting with AWS Step Functions and CDK
Background I live in the Pacific Northwest. Approximately 1-2 times per year, it snows. When this happens, people act shocked because “it never happens here.”* Our local governments do not have many snow plows nor do they salt the roads much…
AWS Application Composer, the App Building Future We Need
At re:Invent 2022, Werner Vogels announced the preview of AWS Application Composer. I don’t want to write an overview or “getting started” guide, because you can read fantastic ones from people in the community. The focus of this post will be an overview of the problems that I…