Abstract GraphQL offers a very compelling solution to a common microservice problem. By implementing an API-Gateway using GraphQL, we can significantly improve the transactions between the consumer and API as well as ease the growing pains as the API and consumer requirements evolve over time. However implementing a GraphQL gateway presents…

In this blog post I will go over how to interact with S3 objects via the AWS-CLI. In this case I will follow methods I took to move objects into a different organizational structure to support a Cloudfront distribution standard. Check your credentials and policy The first step to dealing with the aws-cli is to…

A redemption piece on Coding Schools I was recently quote mined by a strongly worded opinion piece on Bloomberg. I felt a degree of guilt for being a part of a message that pushed people away from a potentially life changing opportunity. …

Uploading files and varying types of media can always be a headache. I was recently tasked with building out a media service; a dedicated Go service that would handle uploads to an s3 bucket. …

This is the third and final installment of my blog trilogy on ES6 based on the information presented by Aaron Frost on Pluralsight. If you haven’t seen the talk, check it out! In this episode, we are going to take a glance at promises, generators, and modules! Promises Promises are one…

For the second edition of my ES6 blog trilogy, we are going to take a quick peek at some really cool features such as, symbols, maps, collections, default parameters, and classes! Again, if you haven’t seen it yet, check out Aaron Frost’s ES6 talk on Pluralsight. Classes Classes provide a new…