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Jun 3, 2022 • 25min
Episode 040 - AWS CloudFormation Hooks with Matteo Rinaudo
In this episode, Dave chats with Matteo Rinaudo, a Senior Developer Advocate for
AWS CloudFormation (CFN). Matteo walks through his career start, the beginnings of
Infrastructure as Code (IaC), why CloudFormation is useful for developers, and the recent
launch of CloudFormation Hooks. CloudFormation Hooks is a new way to create executable
custom logic that will automatically inspect your cloud resources before provisioning.
Matteo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrinaudo
Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev
AWS CloudFormation: https://go.aws/3zgjyZ7
AWS CloudFormation CLI: https://go.aws/3Mi7Ujw
AWS CloudFormation Quotas: https://go.aws/3ayBa8l
AWS CloudFormation Hooks User Guide: https://go.aws/3NTZeRo
CloudFormation Hooks Examples: https://bit.ly/3Q2s6Zy
Additional CloudFormation Hooks Java and Python Examples: https://bit.ly/3MgI4fC
Flake8 for Python Style Guide Enforcement: https://flake8.pycqa.org/
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May 27, 2022 • 25min
Episode 039 - Event Driven Architecture with Talia Nassi
In this episode, Emily and Dave chat with Talia Nassi, a Senior Developer
Advocate for AWS Serverless. Talia covers her cloud career, Q&A, and the oddly effective
method of testing in production. One of Talia’s passions is EDA, or Event Driven
Architecture. In this chat, Talia walks through the different event driven AWS services
developers can utilize, when to choose one over the other, and how best to get started.
Talia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talia_nassi
Emily on Twitter: twitter.com/editingemily
Dave on Twitter: twitter.com/thedavedev
Talia at AWS re:Invent 2021 - What’s New in Serverless: https://bit.ly/3sXv1cc
Talia on the Benefits of Migrating to an Event Driven Architecture: https://go.aws/3LVU0Dr
AWS Serverless Land – News for Developers on All the Serverless Things:
https://serverlessland.com/
Amazon Event Bridge: https://aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
AWS Compute Blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/
Serverless Espresso Workshop: https://bit.ly/3PHKfMp
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May 20, 2022 • 22min
Episode 038 - Coding from the Command Line with Darko Mesaros - Part 2
In this episode, Emily and Dave continue their chat with Darko Mesaros, Senior
Developer Advocate at Amazon Web Services. In part two of this two-part series, Darko talks
about his command line setup, some of the tools he uses, and tips for a productive developer
environment. Part 1 is available as Episode 037.
Darko on Twitter: twitter.com/darkosubotica
Emily on Twitter: twitter.com/editingemily
Dave on Twitter: twitter.com/thedavedev
Darko on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darko-mesaro%C5%A1-02b66622/
Darko’s Website: https://www.rup12.net/
Darko on GitHub: https://github.com/darko-mesaros
Darko on Getting Started with AWS CLI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gg0AyLhEHM
Darko on Getting and restoring a Sun Ultra 1 Workstation:
https://www.rup12.net/posts/2021/adventures-with-sun-ultra-1-workstation/
Lolcats – rainbow output in terminal:
https://www.tecmint.com/lolcat-command-to-output-rainbow-of-colors-in-linux-terminal/
Simple PlainText Presentation Tool: https://tools.suckless.org/sent/
Arch Linux: https://archlinux.org/
Zshell: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/
VIM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)
Atari 2600: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600
Commodore C64c: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64#Commodore_64C
Hayes Command Sets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_command_set
Hayes Smart Modem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_Microcomputer_Products#The_Smartmodem
AWS CLI: https://aws.amazon.com/cli/
AWS Cloud Development Kit: https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/
AWS Cloud Formation: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/
AWS SDK - Multiple Programming Languages: https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/tools-sdks/
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May 13, 2022 • 24min
Episode 037 - Coding from the Command Line with Darko Mesaros
In this episode, Emily and Dave chat with Darko Mesaros, Senior Developer
Advocate at Amazon Web Services. In part one of this two-part series, Darko talks about
growing up in Serbia, his journey to the cloud, his love of vintage computers, and the power
of coding within limited hardware constraints.
Darko on Twitter: twitter.com/darkosubotica
Emily on Twitter: twitter.com/editingemily
Dave on Twitter: twitter.com/thedavedev
Darko on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darko-mesaro%C5%A1-02b66622/
Darko’s Website: https://www.rup12.net/
Darko on GitHub: https://github.com/darko-mesaros
Darko on Getting Started with AWS CLI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gg0AyLhEHM
Darko on Getting and restoring a Sun Ultra 1 Workstation:
https://www.rup12.net/posts/2021/adventures-with-sun-ultra-1-workstation/
Lolcats – rainbow output in terminal:
https://www.tecmint.com/lolcat-command-to-output-rainbow-of-colors-in-linux-terminal/
Simple PlainText Presentation Tool: https://tools.suckless.org/sent/
Arch Linux: https://archlinux.org/
Zshell: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/
VIM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)
Atari 2600: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600
Commodore C64c: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64#Commodore_64C
Hayes Command Sets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_command_set
Hayes Smart Modem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_Microcomputer_Products#The_Smartmodem
AWS CLI: https://aws.amazon.com/cli/
AWS Cloud Development Kit: https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/
AWS Cloud Formation: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/
AWS SDK - Multiple Programming Languages: https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/tools-sdks/
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Apr 22, 2022 • 18min
Episode 036 - Machine Learning and Serverless with Luca Bianchi - Part 2
In this episode, Dave continues his chat with Luca Bianchi, Chief Technology
Officer at Neosperience and WizKey. Luca covers his career in Machine Learning, an overview
of Machine Learning on AWS, Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Comprehend, Amazon Sagemaker, and AWS
Glue. Luca also discusses current 2022 ML trends including Transformers, and Edge Computing.
Luca on Twitter: twitter.com/bianchiluca
Dave on Twitter: twitter.com/thedavedev
Luca on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lucabianchipavia/
Luca on Medium: medium.com/@aletheia
Amazon Rekognition: aws.amazon.com/rekognition/
Amazon Comprehend: aws.amazon.com/comprehend/
Amazon Sagemaker: aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/
AWS Glue: aws.amazon.com/glue
Towards Data Science: towardsdatascience.com/
Clean or Dirty HVAC? Using Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels to Automate
Detection: bit.ly/3rvpNDJ
Building a Neural Network on Amazon SageMaker with PyTorch Lightning: bit.ly/3xAmxLc
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Apr 15, 2022 • 28min
Episode 035 - Machine Learning and Serverless with Luca Bianchi
In this episode, Dave chats with Luca Bianchi, Chief Technology Officer at
Neosperience and WizKey. Luca covers his career in Machine Learning, an overview of Machine
Learning on AWS, Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Comprehend, Amazon Sagemaker, and AWS Glue. Luca
also discusses Edge ML and what can be achieved using commodity hardware.
Luca on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bianchiluca
Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev
Luca on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucabianchipavia/
Luca on Medium: https://medium.com/@aletheia
Amazon Rekognition: https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/
Amazon Comprehend: https://aws.amazon.com/comprehend/
Amazon Sagemaker: https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/
AWS Glue: https://aws.amazon.com/glue
Towards Data Science: https://towardsdatascience.com/
Clean or Dirty HVAC? Using Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels to Automate
Detection: https://bit.ly/3rvpNDJ
Building a Neural Network on Amazon SageMaker with PyTorch Lightning: https://bit.ly/3xAmxLc
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Apr 1, 2022 • 26min
Episode 034 - CDK for Terraform with Sebastian Korfmann
In this episode, Dave chats with Sebastian Korfmann, Tech Lead for CDK for
Terraform at Hashicorp. Sebastian gives an overview of what CDK for Terraform (CDKTF) is,
how developers can get started, what unit testing looks like, success stories of customers
using CDKTF today, and the CDKTF team’s future plans.
Sebastian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skorfmann
Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev
CDK for Terraform project on git: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk
CDK Weekly Newsletter: https://www.cdkweekly.com/
Introduction to CDK for Terraform: https://terraform.io/cdktf
Build AWS Infrastructure with CDK for Terraform:
https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/cdktf-build
CDK for Terraform in Production: Learning from Pocket:
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/cdk-for-terraform-in-production-learning-from-pocket
CDK for Terraform with Python and its Operational Experience at ShopStyle:
https://www.hashicorp.com/resources/cdk-for-terraform-with-python-and-its-operational-experience-at-shopstyle
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Mar 25, 2022 • 29min
Episode 033 - What Every Developer Should Know about Web3 with Nader Dabit - Part 2
In this episode, Dave chats with Nader Dabit, Developer Relations Engineer at
Edge & Node. In his career, Nader has worn the hats of a web developer, mobile
developer, AWS cloud developer, and now Web3 developer. Nader is the author behind many of
the popular, free, developer guides for the Web3 space including: The Complete Guide to Full
Stack Web3 Development, The Complete Guide to Full Stack Ethereum Development, and The
Complete Guide to Full Stack Solana Development. In part two of this two-part conversation,
Nader explains the developer lessons he has learned moving from Web2 vs Web3, some of the
misconceptions about Web3, and what Web3 can bring to people around the world.
Note: This episode is an attempt to cover the developer benefits of Web3. It does not
represent financial advice, or any specific Amazon endorsement of Bitcoin and Crypto
Currencies.
Nader on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dabit3
Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev
Nader’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naderdabit/
Nader’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/naderdabit
Nader on Dev.to: https://dev.to/dabit3
Nader’s Git: https://github.com/dabit3
Developer DAO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/developer_dao
The Complete Guide to Full Stack Web3 Development:
https://dev.to/dabit3/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-web3-development-4g74
The Complete Guide to Full Stack Solana Development with React, Anchor, Rust, and Phantom:
https://dev.to/edge-and-node/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-solana-development-with-react-anchor-rust-and-phantom-3291
The Complete Guide to Full Stack Ethereum Development:
https://dev.to/dabit3/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-ethereum-development-3j13
Building GraphQL APIs on Ethereum:
https://dev.to/edge-and-node/building-graphql-apis-on-ethereum-4poa
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Mar 18, 2022 • 24min
Episode 032 - What Every Developer Should Know about Web3 with Nader Dabit
In this episode, Dave chats with Nader Dabit, Developer Relations Engineer at
Edge & Node. In his career, Nader has worn the hats of a web developer, mobile
developer, AWS cloud developer, and now Web3 developer. Nader is the author behind many of
the popular, free, developer guides for the Web3 space including: The Complete Guide to Full
Stack Web3 Development, The Complete Guide to Full Stack Ethereum Development, and The
Complete Guide to Full Stack Solana Development. In part one of this two-part conversation,
Nader shares getting started with a full-time career as a developer coming from almost no
technical background. He then covers the vision of what Web3 is, and regardless of your
exposure to blockchain, how Web3 will ultimately benefit everyone.
Note: This episode is an attempt to cover the developer benefits of Web3. It does not
represent financial advice, or any specific Amazon endorsement of Bitcoin and Crypto
Currencies.
Nader on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dabit3
Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev
Nader’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naderdabit/
Nader’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/naderdabit
Nader on Dev.to: https://dev.to/dabit3
Nader’s Git: https://github.com/dabit3
Developer DAO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/developer_dao
The Complete Guide to Full Stack Web3 Development:
https://dev.to/dabit3/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-web3-development-4g74
The Complete Guide to Full Stack Solana Development:
https://dev.to/edge-and-node/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-solana-development-with-react-anchor-rust-and-phantom-3291
The Complete Guide to Full Stack Ethereum Development:
https://dev.to/dabit3/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-ethereum-development-3j13
Building GraphQL APIs on Ethereum:
https://dev.to/edge-and-node/building-graphql-apis-on-ethereum-4poa
Graph Day Keynote by Yaniv Tal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZcbWkrTMtg
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Mar 11, 2022 • 25min
Episode 031 - CDK and Step Functions with Matthew Bonig
In this episode, Dave and Emily chat with Matthew Bonig, Senior Cloud Architect
at Defiance Digital. Matthew is an AWS DevTools Hero, one of the authors of the CDK Book,
and a contributing member of the developer community. Matthew chats about his journey to the
cloud, and shares his insights into building your own automated workflow orchestration using
AWS Step Functions, Workflow Studio, and the CDK.
Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattbonig
Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/editingemily
Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev
Matthew on Github: https://github.com/mbonig
Matthew’s Website: https://matthewbonig.com/
CDK.dev Slack Channel: https://cdk.dev/
The Open Construct Foundation: https://www.openconstructfoundation.org/
The CDK Book: https://thecdkbook.com/
Developing Step Functions with the AWS CDK:
https://matthewbonig.com/2022/02/19/step-functions-and-the-cdk/
AWS Step Functions Workflow Studio: https://go.aws/3vUXpOx
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