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Running DynamoDB Locally

Oct 31, 2016 · 2 min read · dynamodb local development systemd ·

I've been using traditional relational databases for far too many years, but as I've been exploring the Amazon Web Services (AWS), I came across their NoSQL offering DynamoDB.

I had a flight coming up and wanted to explore DynamoDB, but AWS expects you to run their services in the cloud, which needs an internet …

AWS CloudFormation – step away from the json, here comes yaml

Sep 21, 2016 · 3 min read · Cloudformation Infrastructure as Code json yaml ·

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AWS CloudFormation – step away from the json, here comes yaml

Anyone using Amazon Web Services will hopefully start using the CloudFormation service early on to start templating and automating the creation of their infrastructure. Until recently, these templates had to use the .json file format; however, this week (Sept. 2016), AWS announced that the templates could use .yaml. …