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Platform Engineers hate these 5 simple patterns for packaging AWS Lambda functions

There are many ways to manage cloud infrastructure and code we cram on it. In working with projects from the scale of one person’s hobby project to a service supporting millions of daily users there are considerations on how to deploy and deliver stuff in the cloud. When looking particularly at cloudy Serverless deployments here are some 5-ish patterns I like for handling the delivery, why, and the considerations involved.

My obligatory GPT post

Seemingly everyone must now have a blog post about using ChatGPT, lets get on that band waggon.

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A janky python alternative to Timeular using an Aqara cube from AliExpress

This little project stemmed from me seeing what looked like a fun idea but being a tight-arsed Yorkshireman. I’m not paying £70 for a bit of plastic and £10 a month to use it, but I would find some of the features useful, namely, a way of tracking which project I’m currently working on. and for it to be historically referable.