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Andrew Brown 🇨🇦

I make free cloud certification courses

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Post-Hackathon Advice: Turning Lemons 🍋 into Lemonade 🍹

Post-Hackathon Advice: Turning Lemons 🍋 into Lemonade 🍹

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Cruddur - The not so great twitter clone using Ruby Sinatra + React + GCP CloudRun + MongoDB Atlas + Terraform

Cruddur - The not so great twitter clone using Ruby Sinatra + React + GCP CloudRun + MongoDB Atlas + Terraform

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You're running an online conference but get called out for having an all-male speaker lineup 2 days prior. Yo, What do you do?

You're running an online conference but get called out for having an all-male speaker lineup 2 days prior. Yo, What do you do?

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What if DEV became the new Twitter-like platform for developers?

What if DEV became the new Twitter-like platform for developers?

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Twitter <> Andrew

Twitter <> Andrew

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Will you consider your carbon footprint when configuring your compute workloads?

Will you consider your carbon footprint when configuring your compute workloads?

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This is what gatekeeping looks like in the cloud industry (or how to not be a reply guy)

This is what gatekeeping looks like in the cloud industry (or how to not be a reply guy)

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Is PolyWork the new LinkedIn for Developers?

Is PolyWork the new LinkedIn for Developers?

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If you were the new CEO of Amazon Web Services what would be your first executive order?

If you were the new CEO of Amazon Web Services what would be your first executive order?

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AWS Heroes React to AWS re:Invent 2020 Announcements 🤯

AWS Heroes React to AWS re:Invent 2020 Announcements 🤯

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AWS Community Builders Program 09:50

AWS Community Builders Program

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Rich Draft

Rich Draft

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Free Youtube Channels I Recommend To Help You Pass AWS / Azure Certification ☁️

Free Youtube Channels I Recommend To Help You Pass AWS / Azure Certification ☁️

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FREE AWS Developer Associate Certification Course (250+ Videos) 😱 00:39

FREE AWS Developer Associate Certification Course (250+ Videos) 😱

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FREE 3 Hour Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Certification Course (100+ Videos!) 😱 00:32

FREE 3 Hour Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Certification Course (100+ Videos!) 😱

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CloudJourney - Want to be on my live-stream?

CloudJourney - Want to be on my live-stream?

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I am being cyberbullied and it's affecting my mental health. This is my personal cure.

I am being cyberbullied and it's affecting my mental health. This is my personal cure.

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WTF? Google Cloud Platform has a Cloud Service that Uses ML to help you find a job. How more meta can you get? 03:20

WTF? Google Cloud Platform has a Cloud Service that Uses ML to help you find a job. How more meta can you get?

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DynamoDB Cheatsheet – Everything you need to know about Dynamo DB for the 2020 AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification

DynamoDB Cheatsheet – Everything you need to know about Dynamo DB for the 2020 AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification

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Pulling your DEV Organization Stats into a Spreadsheet

Pulling your DEV Organization Stats into a Spreadsheet

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Upcoming Change to the AWS Solutions Architect Associate Exam SAA-C01 to SAA-C02 04:55

Upcoming Change to the AWS Solutions Architect Associate Exam SAA-C01 to SAA-C02

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I had to build my own Markdown Editor because no tool was fast enough for me. 01:19

I had to build my own Markdown Editor because no tool was fast enough for me.

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AWS for Startups (FREE 4hrs Video Course)

AWS for Startups (FREE 4hrs Video Course)

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Gotta Learn Em' All - Amázons (Web Services) 01:23

Gotta Learn Em' All - Amázons (Web Services)

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The FREE AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Study Course (275+ Videos!) 😱 00:24

The FREE AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Study Course (275+ Videos!) 😱

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Delta-Eos (ASCII Detective Sci-fi game) - Starting to Play Like a Game 07:41

Delta-Eos (ASCII Detective Sci-fi game) - Starting to Play Like a Game

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Delta-Eos - Starting to look like a game

Delta-Eos - Starting to look like a game

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I am AWS Obsessed but I can't get hired at AWS. Have you ever faced such repeated rejection?

I am AWS Obsessed but I can't get hired at AWS. Have you ever faced such repeated rejection?

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Delta-Eos - ASCII Text-Heavy Murder Mystery Game

Delta-Eos - ASCII Text-Heavy Murder Mystery Game

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TL;DR Headless CMS

TL;DR Headless CMS

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The Free AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Course (85+ Videos!) 01:08

The Free AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Course (85+ Videos!)

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The fast track to microservices on AWS 24:58

The fast track to microservices on AWS

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Who/what should I follow on Instagram for web-dev?

Who/what should I follow on Instagram for web-dev?

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I just did my first guest podcast and I'm giving away a free study course for AWS Certification! 00:30

I just did my first guest podcast and I'm giving away a free study course for AWS Certification!

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Event Tracking and Analytics via Ruby on Rails, DynamoDB (with Streams), Kinesis Firehose and Athena and CloudWatch Dashboard! 21:24

Event Tracking and Analytics via Ruby on Rails, DynamoDB (with Streams), Kinesis Firehose and Athena and CloudWatch Dashboard!

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You're not worth hiring unless...

You're not worth hiring unless...

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Just moved our online IDE from Cloud9 to VSCode what extensions should we use?

Just moved our online IDE from Cloud9 to VSCode what extensions should we use?

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Live-Stream July 30th 12:30PM-1:30PM EDT - Hacks to Improve your LinkedIn Profile for Devs

Live-Stream July 30th 12:30PM-1:30PM EDT - Hacks to Improve your LinkedIn Profile for Devs

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How do you like your rice pudding?

How do you like your rice pudding?

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Toronto Meetup June 22nd. Any DEV.to users in the GTA? 01:58

Toronto Meetup June 22nd. Any DEV.to users in the GTA?

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TV while coding? Distraction or Motivation?

TV while coding? Distraction or Motivation?

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Its Sunday, are you coding?

Its Sunday, are you coding?

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What gives you the most anxiety when freelancing?

What gives you the most anxiety when freelancing?

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RSpec - Writing Test Code In Ruby (3/3)

RSpec - Writing Test Code In Ruby (3/3)

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MiniTest - Writing Test Code In Ruby (2/3)

MiniTest - Writing Test Code In Ruby (2/3)

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TestUnit - Writing Test Code In Ruby (1/3)

TestUnit - Writing Test Code In Ruby (1/3)

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700+ Web Developers Asked Me To Give Them LinkedIn Profile Feedback And These Are My 🖐️ 5 Top Tips.

700+ Web Developers Asked Me To Give Them LinkedIn Profile Feedback And These Are My 🖐️ 5 Top Tips.

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LinkedIn is for Losers? Think Again. From 💰 100k+ to 200K+ job opportunities. 🛠 Hacks Included.

LinkedIn is for Losers? Think Again. From 💰 100k+ to 200K+ job opportunities. 🛠 Hacks Included.

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👶 New Baby! 👕New Shirt! 📙New AWS Course! Let's Celebrate with a Special Deal!

👶 New Baby! 👕New Shirt! 📙New AWS Course! Let's Celebrate with a Special Deal!

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SNS vs SQS? AWS Messaging Services - Know the difference 04:19

SNS vs SQS? AWS Messaging Services - Know the difference

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How To Put On F*cking Stunning Tech Talks. Hacks Included 🛠

How To Put On F*cking Stunning Tech Talks. Hacks Included 🛠

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How To Run A Modded Minecraft Server on AWS 20:58

How To Run A Modded Minecraft Server on AWS

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The Fast Track to Serverless Security on AWS 22:25

The Fast Track to Serverless Security on AWS

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I Made It To 💯 Youtube Subscribers! Lets Celebrate 🎉

I Made It To 💯 Youtube Subscribers! Lets Celebrate 🎉

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How to Serve On-Demand Streaming Videos from AWS (Build Your Own Netflix) 27:31

How to Serve On-Demand Streaming Videos from AWS (Build Your Own Netflix)

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Ten AWS Services If They Were Pokémon (Amázmons?)

Ten AWS Services If They Were Pokémon (Amázmons?)

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🎉 Published My First AWS Udemy Course And I Want You To Have It For Free! 01:48

🎉 Published My First AWS Udemy Course And I Want You To Have It For Free!

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5 things I wish I knew before using CloudFormation to build a CodePipeline for Lambda Functions

5 things I wish I knew before using CloudFormation to build a CodePipeline for Lambda Functions

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14 Practice Question Walkthrough Videos for AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

14 Practice Question Walkthrough Videos for AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

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New Feature - Short Video on Advanced Request Routing for AWS ALB 03:04

New Feature - Short Video on Advanced Request Routing for AWS ALB

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