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๐Ÿ“˜The AWS CDK Express Pipeline library helps you create simple and fast deployment pipelines using the AWS CDK. This new tutorial shows you how to set up and manage deployments with cdk-express-pipeline on GitHub. rehanvdm.com/blog/cdk-exp...

FEATURE REQUEST - I actually want something AI `@slack what have I been up to last week and what still needs attention`

Check it out, this time I am in front of the camera not behind it ๐Ÿ™‚ talking about CDK Express Pipelines an alternative to CDK Pipelines. Spoiler alert Express is faster, less opinionated and runs anywhere, even locally!

Have you seen the AWS Data Landing Zone CDK Construct? It creates the groundwork/platform enabling the rest of your teams https://datalandingzone.com/ Do you see the value in using a Landing Zone? If so what are you using today?

If everything is a priority, then nothing is. - Me after this week ๐Ÿฅฒ

I need to get back to blogging this year, I have been having too much fun in builder land. First post, is about two new CDK Constructs I published to help connect Lambdas to the Tailscale network. Blogging about building is still considered blogging right? ๐Ÿ˜… https://rehanvdm.com/blog/cdk-lambda-tโ€ฆ

We get it already!

Astro had a big 2024! "Astro started life as a static site generator, but in recent years it has actively expanded its server-side functionality, now capable of building sites with dynamic content like e-commerce sites without sacrificing UX."

> If you donโ€™t remove the resources, enrollment into the new OU will fail, somewhat spectacularly. ๐Ÿ˜‚ "somewhat spectacularly" The docs calling out that you really screwed up, pitty you only get to read it after the screw-up

๐Ÿš€ New Features in the Data Landing Zone (DLZ) CDK Construct: ๐Ÿ” IAM Management: Manage Users, Groups, Roles, and Policies effortlessly. ๐Ÿ“ฆ Account Suspension: Move accounts to the Suspended OU with ease. ๐Ÿงน Resource Cleanup: Account resource cleanup with AWS Nuke.

โœ… If I was starting out from day 1 in the industry again, these are some of the core rules I would live by personally (๐Ÿงต):

And now we wait

I mean ๐Ÿ˜

๐ŸŒŸ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž #16 ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ! This week our Serverless expert is AWS Hero @rehanvdm.bsky.social, and the spotlight falls on AWS Hero @zachjonesnoel.bsky.social! serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/16-oss-fra... Please subscribe & share! ๐Ÿ”” #AWS #ListenToTheHeroes

Ever wanted to use AWS CDK Pipelines but found it too opinionated, yet still wanted the power of Waves and Stages? Now you can, with โœจ CDK Express Pipeline โœจ, you get the flexibility of building your pipeline with no restrictions. โญ Check it out:

Have you seen CloudGlance? It's a free desktop app I built to help consultants manage multiple AWS accounts, streamline logins, simplify Bastion host port forwarding, automate security group IP whitelisting, and view CloudFormation stacks across regions. Check it out here: https://cloudglance.dev/

๐Ÿ” Looking for a Google Analytics alternative? Have you seen Serverless Website Analytics, I built it to be a serverless, cost-efficient, and privacy-focused solution for website analytics. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Try the live demo: https://demo.serverless-website-analytics.com/ โœ… CDK Construct allows easy deploying

This is the most CDK I have written in a very long time!

โœจ INTRODUCING โœจ AWS Data Landing Zone (DLZ). The DLZ is a CDK construct designed to accelerate AI and data-related projects. It provides an opinionated Landing Zone, laying the foundation for a multi-account AWS strategy, so you can focus on delivering applications. ๐Ÿงต https://datalandingzone.com/

"Simplicity requires discipline." - Dr. Werner Vogels. This is now one of my favorite quotes It perfectly captures the mindset needed to tackle complex systems. Here are some other key takeaways: ๐Ÿงต

I forgot what an absolute drag CodePipeline can be ๐Ÿ˜ฉ