engineering

Exploring a killer, yet unrealised, use case for mTLS in content delivery networks.

Some interesting use cases for Cloudfront's origin group failover feature.

Whether Redis or Memcached, AWS Elasticache is an essential component in a scalable architecture.

An important extension of MACH principles and a fun play on words - why we should strive for MACH0

A close call with a subdomain takeover highlights the importance of DNS hygiene

Adding CloudFront to AWS Outposts would broaden its appeal, make on-premises cloud solutions accessible to a wider audience and improve user experience.

Why you should still be using www. in your web address.

Combining multiple booleans into a single integer with bitwise flags

A few simple steps to take, if you're having unexpected issues with your DNS changes.

Exploring JWTs. What they are, where they're used, and what needs to be considered in their implementation.

How, why and whether to obfuscate your frontend code

A critical look at Tailwind, the pros, cons and alternatives.

Penetration test reports often highlight insecure responses. Let's have a look at how we can secure their responses, with HTTP Headers and more.

Absolutely essential for businesses of any size, AWS Organizations enhances and simplifies security, controls and observabilty for All AWS Users

A complete run down on Regular expressions

Manage your S3 data transfers efficiently; ways to copy and sync from various sources, using the AWS CLI and DataSync.

Getting visitors to the right content and products for their needs is a key concern for any platform and search plays a crucial, but complicated role.

Trying to use AWS Cloudwatch to implement a "kill switch" that automatically disables CloudFront distribution if the bandwidth cost exceeds a specified threshold.

Receiving form submissions with Netlify is so mind-numbingly simple, I just had to write about it.

Emojis are a fun way to express ourselves online, but they don't belong in code. Or why your rocket ship should steer clear of my IDE.