No Deploy Friday Blog

May 5, 2021

Can You Achieve Flow While Pair Programming?

by Ezra Bowman

Why pair programming is bad for introverts and how agile teams can induce flow.

#development

April 14, 2021

Better Static Website Hosting on S3: AWS Solutions Architect’s Guide

by Ezra Bowman

How to set up AWS S3 static website hosting with CloudFront and Route53. Handle SEO, HTTPS, logging, and more.

#aws

March 4, 2021

AWS Solutions Architect: Exam Question Deep Dive #3

by Ezra Bowman

Deep dive into a question from the AWS Solutions Architecture Professional Exam about cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) and static web hosting.

#aws#certifications

March 2, 2021

How Does Setting Up CORS Help Prevent Cyber Attacks?

by Ezra Bowman

Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is key to making websites work the way we want them to. How does it protect us from cyber attacks?

#security

September 7, 2020

How to Debounce Props With React Hooks

by Ezra Bowman

Debounce user input and props with useCallback, useEffect, & useState. Learn how to create your own useDebounce custom React hook.

#react

July 26, 2020

Build a Theme Switcher in React Using styled-components and Redux

by Ezra Bowman

Learn how to build the theme switcher web app in React using styled-components and Redux.

#react

June 28, 2020

Cost-Effective AWS Architectures for Wordpress (and other websites)

by Ezra Bowman

Cost-Effective Architectures on AWS for WordPress. Step through Amazon's reference architecture to see what solution is right for you.

#aws

May 25, 2020

AWS Solutions Architect: Exam Question Deep Dive #2

by Ezra Bowman

Deep dive into a question from the AWS Solutions Architecture Professional Exam about cost control options using AWS Organizations, IAM, CloudWatch, and AWS Cost Explorer.

#aws#certifications

May 13, 2020

AWS Solutions Architect: Exam Question Deep Dive

by Ezra Bowman

Deep dive into a question from the AWS Solutions Architecture Professional Exam about disaster recovery options using EC2, RDS, EBS, and AWS Storage Gateway.

#aws#certifications

April 20, 2020

The IPv6 Apocalypse is Here: 3 Reasons to Upgrade

by Ezra Bowman

IPv6 networking should be implemented now. IPv4 IP addresses have been depleted. IPv6 provides better security, better performance, and has a much larger address space.

#security

April 11, 2020

VPC Setup for Solutions Architects

by Ezra Bowman

Solutions Architect Series - Practical Exercises for Passing the AWS Solutions Architect Exam.

#aws#certifications

UPDATED April 20, 2021

Self Signed SSL/TLS Certificate with IP Address

by Ezra Bowman

Create a self signed certificate using only an IP address, not a hostname or domain name.

#security