by Chad Michel | May 25, 2022 | Software Development Tips & Tricks
API Gateway is an Amazon product that sits in front of APIs we create (which are probably hosted in AWS Lambda). Sometimes we want to limit who can access certain APIs. There are a variety of ways we can accomplish this. The first and most obvious is with API keys.... 
by Chad Michel | May 17, 2022 | Software Development Tips & Tricks
Building modern software often involves a Single Page Application (SPA) calling to a backend service. This is pretty straightforward, but there are more steps than you would expect. In this blog post, we will walk through creating an Angular application that calls a... 
by Chad Michel | May 10, 2022 | Software Development Tips & Tricks
After creating an ASP.NET Beanstalk application, you might be wondering, “Where are my logs?” Without configuring CloudWatch, my logs do show within the Beanstalk UI. Note: The below image assumes no CloudWatch. After clicking Logs, you need to click Request Logs and... 
by Chad Michel | May 3, 2022 | Tools
Years ago, I worked at a CDN company, so I am always interested in what is going on in the content delivery space. Where is the industry headed? Last week, a major shake-up in the space occurred. Google is now enabling people to deliver videos with the same platform... 
by Chad Michel | Apr 26, 2022 | Software Development Tips & Tricks
Automated testing is an integral part of any software development project. Developers should be building these tests while they work on the actual code. A significant value of automated tests is that they can be run on every pull request. This can ensure that the...