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Serverless visual programming with the AWS Application Composer

Alex de Boutray7 min read

AWS Serverless Composer: A Review A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend re:Invent 2022, Amazon Web Services' annual conference. It was an exciting (if tiring!) event with a lot of new announcements and updates, but one that particularly…

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Serverless Is More Than a Trend, Best Companies Adopt It

Alex de Boutray6 min read

Servers

A recent article by the WSJ highlighting the benefits of serverless for organizations points at a building awareness by thought leaders about the impact this new trend can have for companies. It resonates with our own experience, celebrating successful serverless…

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How to convert an imperative library to a declarative React component: the Sketchfab Viewer

Alex de Boutray6 min read

Man designing a 3d model

I love using React for multiple reasons. I like the writing style, I like the tooling, I like the ecosystem. But sometimes you run into a library that doesn't have a React adapter. It can either be pretty old, kind of…

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As A Developer, I know how to talk to my PO about existing code

Alex de Boutray9 min read

Women discussing in front of a whiteboard

Cover photo by You X Ventures on Unsplash -- Monday, 10am. You're around a table with a new team, looking at a product owner presenting the project you'll be working on for the next few months. While this project wouldn't be the core…

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