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Latest — Jul 13, 2022

How I built my ideal daily Python newsletter with AWS and Python

I'm a heavy Python user. I've basically used it to do my job every day for the last decade, so it's valuable for me to keep tabs on new developments in the Python ecosystem. Amazing programmers talk about new Python developments on Hacker News, Reddit, and Twitter all the time,

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Adding an existing custom Lambda Authorizer to API Gateway with CDK and Python

OK, this is an pretty niche one, but I had to write it up because it annoyed me so much figuring it out. I'm using the Python CDK library, aws_cdk, not the TypeScript interface (but the concepts are the same). If you have an existing custom Lambda Authorizer, and

My serverless Flask guide is now free

A little over a year ago I released a paid course on serverless Flask. I just pulled down the paywall, so now everyone can access it for free at compellingpython.com! Here is an excerpt from the introduction where I give my reasons for writing the guide: 1. I think

Some interesting AWS updates from 2020

For those of us who have been using AWS for many years, it's easy to forget that the platform is still fairly new. AWS Lambda was only released in 2016, a mere 6 years ago! The entire platform is only about 14 years old, and back when it was released

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