Technology
When an iFrame Needs to Call Mom
January 12, 2020
So, when I need to call my mom, it's usually never because I need to make myself disappear. Yet, that's exactly the situation I found myself in the other day. Well, maybe not exactly. We needed a "splash page" for…
Curious about CCPA, the California Consumer Protection Act? We got you!
January 1, 2020
Curious about the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) that went into effect on January 1, 2020? We were too, so we went through and compiled some of the biggest take-aways and need-to-knows about the CCPA for you. The first question…
Tech Talk: Decoding the secret language for humans
December 12, 2019
Every field has their own language that takes time and effort to master, and the tech world is no exception. Our clients, especially new ones, often tell us about past challenges caused by a lack of fluency in “tech speak.”…
Swift-y Javascript with Static Initializers
July 25, 2019
One language feature I love in Swift, and in Objective-C before it, is how its function signatures include the name of the function and its arguments. In Swift, the functions Image(named: ‘my.image’) and Image(systemName: "multiply.circle.fill") are not the same function…
InvalidClientTokenId Error Due to Client/Region Signature Version Mismatch
July 23, 2019
If you ever see this message from an AWS client call: Type: Sender, Code: InvalidClientTokenId, Message: The security token included in the request is invalid you want to check for any and all access issues (googling told me so). Confirm…
The State of Open-Source, Server-less Content Management Systems
July 19, 2019
For our most recent hackfest, I did some research on a topic that had been on my list for a year. I wanted to learn more about open source server-less content management systems. This had intrigued me for years (I…
Bottom Align an Element with Flexbox
June 28, 2019
Pushing elements to the bottom of a container. This used to be a bit of a hassle before flexbox came along. You had to position the element absolutely, use negative placement, extra padding, and even after all that it all…
Use the Data Lifecycle Manager for Your EBS Snapshots
June 27, 2019
Last year, a cool new feature was introduced called Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) which can be used to snapshot your EBS disks. This was previously possible using a Lambda function or cron job, but if you can use the…
Benefits of Separate AWS Accounts for Clients
June 20, 2019
We have a number of clients that have infrastructure we manage on AWS. Sometimes it is servers and databases. Sometimes it is a cloudfront distribution and s3 buckets. Sometimes it is something totally different. We've moved from having everything intermixed…
How To Get All The Domain Records For Your Account From Route 53
June 4, 2019
Sometimes you just want to get all the records for all the domains you have hosted at Amazon Route 53. You might want to look through them for some setting or anomaly. But clicking around the AWS console is tedious.…
