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Allen Helton

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Dad | AWS serverless hero | farmer | web dev | enterprise architect | product @momentohq

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re:Invent was absolutely incredible but beyond all things, it was unexpected. I shared my thoughts on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/posts/allenhelโ€ฆ

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When building APIs, success messages are just as important as error messages. This morning I said "๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข, ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ" and the response I got was simply "๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต." ๐Ÿ˜‘ Was my rating saved? Was any action performed at all? When you're interacting with a

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Workflow building took a MAJOR leap forward recently ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ When Step Functions released JSONata and variable support, I thought "๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด." But it's SO MUCH MORE than that!! I finally had

Workflow building took a MAJOR leap forward recently ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

When Step Functions released JSONata and variable support, I thought "๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด." But it's SO MUCH MORE than that!! 

I finally had
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I love using Hugo for static site generation, but it's gotten more and more difficult to share embedded content from social media because it only natively supports Twitter through the use of a shortcode. But everyone is leaving Twitter, LinkedIn is booming, and nobody has

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WebSockets are hard. Fortunately, AppSync events made them easy... kinda. There's a lot to real-time communication, and I'm all for higher and higher levels of abstraction. But as good as AppSync events is, I think we could have used a bit more ๐ŸŒฑ readysetcloud.io/blog/allen.helโ€ฆ

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Of all the things that are surprisingly difficult, getting a tiny piece of shell out of a bowl of raw eggs reigns supreme ๐Ÿ˜ 

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Serverless Picks of the Week #143! Our serverless๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธis Danny Thompson, Director of Technology at This Dot. Danny is an incredible community advocate - enabling, inspiring, and educating countless devs. Thank you so much for everything, Danny๐Ÿ’™! readysetcloud.io/newsletter/143