Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Re-thinking developer experience • Product @Gitpod 🍊 Helping folks get their start in cloud • @openupthecloud ☁️ AWS Community Builder 🛠 Replies in GIFS 😃

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Loughborough University

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Product @ Gitpod

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Jan 18 '20

Do Cloud Engineers Code?

#devops #cloud #aws

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Nov 18 '19

Where (And How) to Start Learning AWS as a Beginner

#cloud #devops #begineers #aws

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Mar 3

Open Up The Cloud Newsletter #30 (January Recap 2022)

#news #devops #serverless #cloud

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First Look at Lambda Powertools TypeScript

Really nice write-up, Matt!

Feb 3

State of my Cloud Journey: Nov 9, 2021

"I just have to find someone who will give me that first oppo...

Nov 10 '21

State of my Cloud Journey: Oct 26, 2021

I've seen other career changers land similar entry-level job...

Nov 3 '21

State of my Cloud Journey: Nov 2, 2021

These are really awesome notes, Alex! It's really nice to fol...

Nov 3 '21

Learn How to Code, Get Started in Tech, and Enter the Matrix — Welcome to the Tech Stack Playbook

Awesome work, @brianhhough ! Heads up though that the disco...

Sep 24 '21

Recommend a Dev.To-er!

Oooof, mentioned alongside some big names here! Thanks for th...

Aug 23 '21

The What, Why, and When of Mono-Lambda vs Single Function APIs

Mono-Lambda vs Single-Function isn't a hard-and-fast choice,...

Aug 7 '21

Which AWS Region Is Cheapest? A Costing Report

Hey Vinay! a. yep, definitely could see some increased late...

Jul 20 '21

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Feb 21

24 Days To Pass The AWS Dev Exam: Exactly How I Did It 🚀

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Jan 20

Open Up The Cloud Newsletter #29 (November Recap 2021)

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Jan 20

Open Up The Cloud Newsletter #28 (October Recap 2021)

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Jan 20

2021 Summary: A Rebrand To “Open Up The Cloud” & The Start Of Video Content

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Dec 28 '21

Open Up The Cloud Monthly Income Report – Dec 2021

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Nov 15 '21

Open Up The Cloud Newsletter #27 (August and September Recap 2021)

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Nov 9 '21

What Are The Different Roles In The Cloud? A Beginners Guide.

#cloud #career

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Aug 24 '21

Open Up The Cloud Newsletter #26 (July Recap 2021)

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Aug 9 '21

Cloud Beginner? Don't Learn DevOps: Here's Why.

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Jul 19 '21

Which AWS Region Is Cheapest? A Costing Report

#aws #cloud #devops

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Jul 19 '21

How To Find Which AWS Region Is Closest To You?

#aws #devops #cloud

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Jul 14 '21

Where To Start With Cloud Computing? 5 Quick Tips To Get Hands-On Today.

#cloud #devops

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Jul 12 '21

Open Up The Cloud Newsletter #25 (June Recap 2021)

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Jun 10 '21

Unit Testing In Github Actions With Go - The Cloud Resume Challenge Series (Part 16)

#devops #cloud #aws #serverless

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Jun 10 '21

Deploying AWS SAM with GitHub Actions - The Cloud Resume Challenge Series (Part 17)

#devops #cloud #aws #serverless

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Jun 1 '21

Get Data From DynamoDB Using AWS SDK (Go) - The Cloud Resume Challenge Series (Part 15)

#devops #cloud #aws #serverless

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

May 11 '21

The Cloud Resume Challenge (series): Part 13 - Monolithic vs Single Purposed Functions

#devops #cloud #aws #serverless

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

May 6 '21

Open Up The Cloud Newsletter #23 (April Recap 2021)

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Apr 26 '21

The Cloud Resume Challenge (series): Part 11 - JavaScript

#devops #cloud #aws #serverless

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Apr 13 '21

Which AWS Certification Should You Take First?

#devops #cloud #aws #serverless

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Apr 12 '21

The Cloud Resume Challenge (series): Part 9 - CloudFront Custom Domain

#devops #serverless #cloud #aws

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Apr 8 '21

The Cloud Resume Challenge (series): Part 8 - HTTPS & ACM

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Apr 7 '21

Cloud Software Engineering Newsletter #22 (March Recap 2021)

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Mar 30 '21

The Cloud Resume Challenge (series): Part 7 - Deploying & Configuring CloudFront

#devops #serverless #cloud #aws

1 min read

Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Mar 22 '21

The Cloud Resume Challenge (series): Part 6 - Deploying & Configuring CloudFront

#devops #cloud #serverless #aws

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Mar 21 '21

Can You Learn AWS (And Get Certified) With No Experience? e.g. No IT background or degree

#aws #devops #cloud #beginners

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Mar 10 '21

Cloud Software Engineering Newsletter #21 (February Recap 2021)

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Feb 24 '21

How Long Will It Take To Learn AWS? And How To Speed The Process Up!

#aws #devops #cloud #career

11 min read

Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Feb 23 '21

Best Resources For AWS Certifications: An Extensive & Opinionated Guide (So You Pass The First Time!)

#aws #career #devops #beginners

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Feb 3 '21

How Much Do AWS Certifications Cost? 💸 Including All The Extras

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Feb 2 '21

Cloud Software Engineering Newsletter #20 (January Re-Cap 2021)

#news #cloud #devops #serverless

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Jan 25 '21

Okay, so I finally played with the ACloudGuru Playground and it's... awesome.

#devops #serverless #cloud #aws

2 min read

Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️) for AWS Community Builders

Jan 20 '21

Serverless: Who Sets Up Your Environment? 🤔 Diving Into How The Serverless Environment Setup Works.

#serverless #cloud #aws #devops

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Jan 14 '21

Can You Learn AWS On Your Own? How To Ensure Success 🤓.

#aws #cloud #beginners

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Jan 13 '21

How To Test AWS Lambda: Everything You Need To Get Started.

#devops #serverless #aws #cloud

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Jan 12 '21

How To Debug AWS Lambda: A Detailed Overview

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Feb 23 '21

Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #19 (December re-cap 2020)

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Jan 4 '21

2020 Summary: How I Grew My Blog to 25,000 Pageviews & Earned My First Income From The Blog.

#showdev #writing #career #cloud

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Jan 4 '21

Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #18 (November 2020)

#news #cloud #devops #serverless

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Nov 27 '20

What Is Terraform Used For? The 3 Main Use Cases.

#devops #cloud #terraform

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Nov 25 '20

Are Containers Serverless?

#devops #serverless #aws #cloud

4 min read

Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Nov 6 '20

Help, my Lambda won't stop 😱 ! How To Stop An AWS Lambda Execution.

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Nov 3 '20

Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #17 (October 2020)

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Oct 26 '20

Lambda Extensions: What Are They, And Should You Care?

#cloud #aws #serverless #devops

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Oct 20 '20

Supportive tech forums & online communities: Any recommendations?

#discuss

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Oct 20 '20

What Are The Pre-Requisites To Learning AWS? 5 Topics You Probably Should Look Into First.

#aws #devops #cloud #beginners

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Oct 16 '20

Does AWS Require Coding? Understanding When You Might Need To Code.

#beginners #aws #cloud #devops

8 min read

Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Oct 14 '20

Can AWS Lambda Access A Database? And The Considerations You Should Be Taking.

#serverless #aws #cloud #devops

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Oct 13 '20

How Long Does It Take To Learn Terraform? And How To Speed Up Your Learning.

#devops #cloud #beginners

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Oct 12 '20

Is AWS Easy To Learn? (And How You Can Make It Easier)

#aws #cloud #devops #beginners

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Oct 2 '20

Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #16 (September 2020)

#news #devops #serverless #cloud

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Sep 9 '20

The Secret Of Web Development BootCamps And How To Use Cloud To Your Advantage

#beginners #career #cloud #webdev

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Aug 19 '20

Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #15 (August 2020)

#news #devops #serverless #cloud

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Aug 5 '20

You’re Alerting Wrong: The Why & How Of Setting An AWS Lambda Alarm Using Error Rate Percentages.

#devops #serverless #aws #cloud

8 min read

Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Jul 24 '20

Should You Use Typescript To Write Terraform? (The Terraform CDK)

#cloud #devops #aws

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Jul 19 '20

Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter #14 (July 2020)

#news #cloud #devops #serverless

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Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Jul 10 '20

A Philosophy For Effective Error Handling (Using JavaScript Examples)

#javascript #tutorial #node #webdev

7 min read

Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

Jun 16 '20

How To Setup Monitoring / Observability On Existing Software (e.g. A Web API): A Practical 5 Step Guide.

#devops #cloud #serverless #tutorial

8 min read

Lou (🚀 Open Up The Cloud ☁️)

May 26 '20

Terraform: How To Rename (Instead Of Deleting) A Resource

#infrastructure #cloud #terraform

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