Nov 28, 2022
How I pick my web technology stack?
In this post, I explore how I make technology decisions based on use cases and what technologies I think are best suited towards solving the problem.
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Dustin's Blog
I write about problems I think are interesting, releases of personal or external projects that are important to me, and a variety of other topics that I hope interest readers. My goal is to provide valuable insight into web development, software engineering, or engineering management practices that I've learned over the years. This links to all my blog posts across the internet. I hope you find my posts valuable. đŸ¤“
Sept 26, 2022
GitHub Actions for Serverless Framework Deployments
In this article, I discuss deploying applications built with the Serverless Framework and Nx utilizing GitHub Actions and some of the reasons you may want to consider using this strategy.
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Sept 1, 2022
Git Strategies for Working on Teams
This is a write up on my thoughts relating to how teams should best utilize git for their needs to have an effective collaborative work environment.
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Apr 20, 2022
Debugging Node Serverless Functions on AWS Lambda
Writing and testing functions for serverless locally can be a breeze especially with the Serverless Framework and serverless-offline plugin. However, once you get to real infrastructure, sometimes debugging your functions can be really challenging. Let's talk about some debugging tips and tricks.
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Apr 14, 2022
Announcing a Serverless Microservices Template with GraphQL
I'm excited to announce a new project starter kit template that I've been developing for a while. Let me tour you through the repository and the decisions that have been made.
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Jan 29, 2022
Why you should upgrade to Serverless 3
Serverless 3 just released and it has some pretty amazing quality of life improvements. Let's check out these new features and how we should leverage them today.
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Jan 25, 2022
Announcing Angular GitHub Clone for starter.dev showcases
My team at This Dot Labs released a new project we're calling starter.dev GitHub showcases in collaboration with the Angular team. Learn more about what we did and how we did it.
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Jan 17, 2022
Migrating a classic Express.js to Serverless Framework
My team recently needed an easy deployment of a small Express.js server and we discovered that Serverless Framework helped us do this at a very low cost.
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Apr 8, 2021
Building a Multi Platform Community Engagement Tool
In a YouTube show, my team discussed how to build a multi-platform community engagement tool to accompany a theoretical e-commerce buisness, A Latte Java. In this post, I summarize the discussion from "Build IT Better Architecture: Roundtable with This Dot Labs Developers".
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Feb 15, 2021
Migrating from REST to GraphQL
With the rise of GraphQL, I wanted to share a brief overview of the problems with traditional API solutions, the benefits of migrating to GraphQL, and strategies for migrating to a GraphQL solution.
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Nov 27, 2020
Resolving Serverless Webpack Issues
Through debugging a critical issue for my team, I learned quite a few important lessons for those considering the Serverless Framework relating to project and file structure and other key optimizations that your team may want to consider. I'll discuss some techniques and tools I used and share some of the lessons I learned along the way.
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Nov 22, 2020
How I managed to encounter and recover from Computer Science’s Two Hardest Problems
Back in August 2019, I managed to encounter both of computer science’s hardest problems: (1) cache invalidation and (2) naming things, while trying to do something relatively simple. I wanted to share my experience and the lessons I learned from that situation.
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