Thomas Step

I learned how to code at university, so I've been at it since 2014. I've dabbled in open source contributions but would like to get into it more. Other than 1's and 0's, I love to travel.

Houston, TX Joined on Apr 12, 2019 https://thomasstep.com

Education

Texas A&M University

Work

Software Engineer

aws-cloudformation-reference

Opinionated AWS CloudFormation Templates to reference and use as a starting point.

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I like web development and cloud engineering. I mainly code in Javascript and Python.

Javascript, GraphQL, AWS, Serverless

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Anything. Open source, startup ideas, consulting, tutoring. Just ask!

71 posts published

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Thomas Step

Jan 27 '22

How I Implement Hexagonal Architecture in AWS Lambda

#beginners #javascript #node #architecture

7 min read

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Thomas Step

Jan 27 '22

How to Create a Custom Error Class in Javascript

#beginners #javascript #node

1 min read

Thomas Step

Jan 22 '22

How To Write AWS CDK Tests

#javascript #aws #testing

5 min read

Thomas Step

Jan 20 '22

How To Use The DynamoDB Document Client

#javascript #aws #serverless

6 min read

Thomas Step

Jan 19 '22

API Gateway Models

#aws #devops #serverless

3 min read

Thomas Step

Jan 17 '22

AWS CDK Example For API Gateway And SNS Integration

#aws #typescript #devops #serverless

4 min read

Thomas Step

Sep 27 '21

I Wrote a Guide to Serverless AWS

#showdev #aws #devops #beginners

2 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 20 '21

Destructuring Objects in Javascript

#javascript #webdev #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 19 '21

Writing Asynchronous Lambda Function with Node

#aws #devops #javascript #node

2 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 18 '21

Centering a Div With Tailwind CSS

#webdev #css #html

1 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 17 '21

A Guide To Using JWT In Javascript

#webdev #javascript #tutorial #beginners

10 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 16 '21

Three New Things I Tested To Improve My SEO

#webdev #beginners

4 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 15 '21

Why My SQS Free Tier Disappeared

#aws #devops

4 min read

Thomas Step

Jul 7 '21

Introducing Crow Authentication

#showdev #webdev #security

3 min read

Thomas Step

Jul 6 '21

Quick Script to Deploy to a Lambda Function

#aws #devops

2 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 13 '21

Upload Files in a Web Application with AWS S3

#aws #react #javascript #webdev

2 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 11 '21

Stripe Webhook Integration with AWS Lambda

#aws #webdev #javascript #node

2 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 10 '21

Whoever Does Stripe's Technical Writing Deserves an Award

#webdev #startup #beginners

2 min read

Thomas Step

Jun 28 '21

How to Make a Form With HTML, React, and Tailwind CSS

#webdev #react #javascript #css

3 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 9 '21

Determining DynamoDB Primary and Secondary Keys

#aws #database #devops

4 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 2 '21

I Made an AWS CDK Construct

#showdev #aws #javascript

3 min read

Thomas Step

Jul 26 '21

I Published My First npm Package

#node #javascript #aws

2 min read

Thomas Step

Jul 19 '21

Example for Using the Single Responsibility Principle

#programming #beginners

1 min read

Thomas Step

Jul 12 '21

CloudFormation Example For CodeBuild With A Webhook

#aws #devops #git

3 min read

Thomas Step

Jun 21 '21

CloudFormation Example for Kinesis Data Firehose and Lambda

#aws #devops #tutorial #serverless

4 min read

Thomas Step

Jun 14 '21

Creating a Whitelist for a Secrets Manager Secret

#aws #devops #security

4 min read

Thomas Step

Jun 7 '21

Making a Pop-Up Window With Tailwind CSS

#webdev #beginners #html #css

4 min read

Thomas Step

May 10 '21

Regular Expression Vulnerability

#security #webdev

5 min read

Thomas Step

Jun 1 '21

CloudFormation Example for Auto Scaling Fargate Service

#aws #devops

4 min read

Thomas Step

May 3 '21

CloudFormation Example for an IAM User with Rotating Credentials

#aws #security #cloud #devops

2 min read

Thomas Step

May 24 '21

Vim Keystrokes That Helped Me Transition From VS Code

#productivity #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

Thomas Step

May 17 '21

CloudFormation Example for DynamoDB

#aws #database #devops

3 min read

Thomas Step

Apr 26 '21

Installing the MySQL CLI on an EC2 Instance

#aws #devops #sql

1 min read

Thomas Step

Apr 19 '21

Find API Calls Made By an IAM User Using CloudTrail and Athena

#aws #cloud #devops

3 min read

Thomas Step

Apr 14 '21

Reading and Writing JSON in JavaScript

#dev #javascript #beginners

2 min read

Thomas Step

Mar 29 '21

My Git Workflow

#showdev #beginners #git

7 min read

Thomas Step

Mar 22 '21

I Published an API Through RapidAPI

#showdev #webdev #cloud

2 min read

Thomas Step

Apr 8 '21

Make React Perform An Action Whenever The Enter Key Is Pressed

#javascript #react #webdev

1 min read

Thomas Step

Mar 15 '21

Hiding a Keyboard in Swift

#ios #mobile #swift

2 min read

Thomas Step

Mar 2 '21

Code For a Number Pad in Swift

#ios #mobile #swift

2 min read

Thomas Step

Feb 22 '21

CloudFormation Example for Simple Fargate App

#aws #devops

3 min read

Thomas Step

Feb 22 '21

I Built and Published an iPhone App

#showdev #ios #swift

2 min read

Thomas Step

Feb 11 '21

What are some of your favorite blogs?

#discuss #askdev #watercooler

1 min read

Thomas Step

Feb 8 '21

Beginner Python Topics I Ran Into When I Switched Languages

#python #beginners

3 min read

Thomas Step

Feb 1 '21

CloudFormation Example for a VPC

#aws #devops

4 min read

Thomas Step

Jan 25 '21

Elsewhere Diary

#showdev #javascript #react #nextjs

22 min read

Thomas Step

Jan 11 '21

Dynamically Generate a Sitemap With Next.js

#javascript #nextjs

2 min read

Thomas Step

Jan 7 '21

CloudFormation Example for Serverless RDS

#devops #aws #database

3 min read

Thomas Step

Dec 17 '20

Why You Should Use a CICD Pipeline

#devops

4 min read

Thomas Step

Dec 2 '20

My Understanding of Serverless

#aws #serverless #devops

3 min read

Thomas Step

Oct 28 '20

Why Developers Should Learn Operations

#career #devops #aws

7 min read

Thomas Step

Oct 22 '20

Why I Focus So Much On CloudFormation

#aws #devops

3 min read

Thomas Step

Sep 24 '20

CloudWatch Logs to Elasticsearch Through Firehose

#devops #aws

5 min read

Thomas Step

Sep 1 '20

One Year Dev Anniversary

#career #beginners

9 min read

Thomas Step

Aug 11 '20

Creating an Authorization Plugin for Apollo Server

#javascript #node #graphql #security

6 min read

Thomas Step

Jul 22 '20

Is it okay to expose MongoDB ObjectIds?

#security

1 min read

Thomas Step

Jul 13 '20

Making a Form in Material UI with TextField and Button

#dev #javascript

2 min read

Thomas Step

Jul 6 '20

Free Hobby Level Infrastructure for Side Projects

#cloud

2 min read

Thomas Step

Jun 29 '20

Parameter Store and CloudFormation

#aws

3 min read

Thomas Step

Jun 22 '20

My Introduction To Nextjs and Vercel

#javascript #react

3 min read

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