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Breaking Apart AWS CodePipeline and assembling enterprise pipelines
In this post we will discuss the key parts of a well architected aws codepipeline, and what that looks like. We will break apart an...
Jacob Baloul
Jun 19, 20231 min read
Understanding The AWS CodeBuild buildspec.yml File
In this post, we will focus on some of the important layers of the buildspec.yml file, in order to assemble our stack and it's layers the...
Jacob Baloul
Jun 19, 20231 min read


The Anatomy of a Well Architected AWS CodeStar Project.
In this chapter, we will review the anatomy of an AWS CodeStar project and all the plumbing that comes with it, including the structure of t
Jacob Baloul
Jun 12, 20234 min read


Series: The Anatomy of a Well Architected AWS Project
In the following series, we will explore how to setup a well architected cloud software project in the AWS cloud, from beginner to advanced,
Jacob Baloul
Apr 25, 20231 min read
What Great Looks Like? Building Enterprise Level AWS Full Stacks
Screenshots & code examples of monster horizontal codepipeline.
Jacob Baloul
Apr 17, 20231 min read


An Intro to AWS CodeStar, The Most Important AWS service you never heard of
In this article, we will learn about AWS CodeStar - arguably one of the most important aws cloud developer tools that most Cloud DevOps...
Jacob Baloul
Apr 17, 20234 min read


What Good Looks Like? Starting a Well Architected AWS Project
The problem is, you don’t know what good looks like - till you either a) see good with your own eyes and/or b) make all the mistakes...
Jacob Baloul
Apr 17, 20235 min read


Real Agile Git Strategy on AWS
Branching / Tagging Strategy and Git Flow from an AWS DevOps perspective using native AWS CI/CD AWS CodePipelin
Jacob Baloul
Apr 14, 20239 min read
Why AWS Cloud9 IDE?
Because browser based IDEs are the best ;-) ok, seriously, let's elaborate....why do i prefer AWS Cloud9 IDE over local IDE? a few...
Jacob Baloul
Mar 1, 20231 min read


buzzwords.news v3.0
Introducing the new shiny :: * https://buzzwords.news New Features: * More Speed! * More Precision! * Visualization! Motivation: * To...
Jacob Baloul
Jan 3, 20202 min read


How SEO ruined the world...
SEO has caused de-innovation...why? cause we wasted time building web apps to serve the robots, and the crawlers, and "the google", and...
Jacob Baloul
May 24, 20192 min read


ServerLess Single Page Application Pure HTML5+JavaScript +CSS3 on Static Hosted S3 Bucket CloudFront
Introducing, ServerLessJS.io , a simple, open source framework for developing serverless decoupled applications based on pure html,...
Jacob Baloul
May 1, 20191 min read
High Performance Drupal, the cost of scaling D8
* beanstalk * aurora
Jacob Baloul
May 1, 20191 min read
React vs Angular vs Pure Javascript JS SPA
the essentials of a javascript framework: * code organization * templating / theming - seperation of code logic & render * routing - path...
Jacob Baloul
May 1, 20191 min read


The Coupling Point: How I saved $2K/m by Progressively Decoupling Drupal!
Today is an exciting day for me....after years of hard work, i have reached a milestone... ...i have finally reached "The Coupling Point"...
Jacob Baloul
May 1, 20193 min read
KIS: Progressively Decoupled Drupal, The EASY Way
#TODO: this post is still being composed.... I am a big believer in Keeping It Simple...life as a Tech Entrepreneur has taught me that...
Jacob Baloul
May 1, 20192 min read
Decoupled Wix
Super App: * WixUI * pureJS fe libs with Serverless backend * d8 rest api or json api
Jacob Baloul
May 1, 20191 min read
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