Alex Kates
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The stuff you buy has value beyond the point of purchase and Croissant's Guaranteed Buybacks ensure that your purchases retain their worth.
Croissant’s Guaranteed Buybacks are exactly what they sound like —
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this is why you use serverless
i did not anticipate this spike in traffic
not a single issue
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Junior devs, I'm not going to lie to you.
It's hard landing that first tech job.
Be patient and persistent.
You got this. 💪
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Been using DynamoDB pretty much exclusively for the past 3 years and I feel like I've left a whole class of problems behind.
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Building an event-driven, serverless platform in AWS using the CDK.
Cognito, AppSync, Single Table DDB, Event Bridge.
This is the best stack I’ve ever worked with.
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💡 AWS CLI Tip
🤔 Need to quickly look up the total size of an S3 bucket?
👇 Here's how with the AWS s3 ls command
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@t3dotgg
Typescript
Some of this magician shit y’all do with your types I swear
keyof(typeof<U extends V ? U | undefined : null as string>) & true
Yea sign me up
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I recently picked up a new MacBook Pro M1 and documented everything installed to be able to write code! 👇
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was quoted ~5k/month for vercel
sst here we come
if you were deciding today where to deploy your new Next.js app
which would you choose
sst or vercel
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The much-awaited JavaScript Swiss Army knife,
@bunjavascript
, has finally released its 1.0 version, and it's a game-changer.
@hashnode
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Good morning to all the career changers breaking into the tech space! ✌️
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⚡ AWS Serverless can be incredibly powerful!
🤔 But where should you start learning?
👇 Check out my blog series on common AWS CDK Serverless Patterns!
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Hello new friends!
👋 I'm Alex
👨🏭 Senior Software Engineer @
✏️ Blog at
I tweet about ...
🥞 Full-Stack TypeScript
🌩️ AWS Serverless
💸 Fintech Startup Life
👇 If any of this interests you, follow along, and let's talk shop!
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Ok tech twitter, I need to build docs.
What are ya'll using?
I want ...
- search
- main navbar on left
- page section navbar on right
- content in markdown (i think?)
Honestly any tips here are appreciated.
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It's crazy to think that 2 months ago I had < 100 followers.
Y'all are the best. 💙
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🚨 Huge announcement for me!
I was accepted to be a learning facilitator for a MERN boot camp starting in August!
I'm so excited to help people looking to step into software development!
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I’m convinced that reading oss is the best way to learn
I just read through a ton of
@unkeydev
and learned …
- pnpm workspaces
- drizzle and planetscale
- trpc and next 14
- multi tenant on clerk
- tailwind and radix-ui
And there’s still so much to read 👇
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Looking to understand DynamoDB Single Table design?
I've been watching from
@alexbdebrie
I've been normalizing data models for 10 years now, even with DDB (multi-table design). This stuff is mind-blowing.
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⚡ The AWS SDK is incredibly powerful.
🤔 But how can I use it when practicing test-driven development?
👇 Learn how to use Jest to fake out the AWS SDK and assert your way to cleaner code!
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@TheJackForge
sure are this m1 is still a work horse
my only regret is getting 16gb ram instead of 32gb
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@DThompsonDev
Not quite what you are asking but maybe helpful for others
I try to build new projects all the time to keep a relavent portfolio of work
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There are a lot of 🔥 takes out there about Test-Driven Development (
#TDD
)
Let's bust 5 of the most common myths! 🧵 👇
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Junior devs, landing that first job in tech is in part a numbers game.
Assume a 10% conversion rate ...
You need to apply to 100 positions to get 10 interviews!
Don't stress too much about the job spec.
The goal right now is to get as many interviews as possible.
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Something I'm realizing later in my career.
Thoroughly reading the docs is a superpower.
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@thdxr
i think a fifo queue with getOrCreate logic. i'm making some assumptions about the payloads.
i dunno i'm off today going outside
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🚨TWEEKLY 9/3/21 🚨
☀️Spotlight
@mcgillmd921
🧵Threads
Twitter Features
@heybereket
Figma Plugins
@hey_Ololade
Python Cheat Sheet
@AbzAaron
Twitter Asset
@aaditsh
Beginner Projects
@whoistamir
Open Source
@VittoStack
Side Projects
@htmleverything
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@lovelacecoding
Why wasn't the <div> able to get into the pub?
Because it had no id.
I'll show myself out.
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there is literally nothing more exciting than selling something online to someone you never met on launch day
#buildinpublic
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🚨TWEEKLY 2021-08-27🚨
This week...
🌞
@ewainy
in the spotlight
💡
@icycodes
tips for juniors
🔐
@AlexandriasTech
cyber security intro
☁️
@codingyuri
backend dev
🏫
@whoistamir
college tips
🧑💻
@oliverjumpertz
JS tips
🕯️
@SankarMeenakshi
burnout tips
And more👇
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My typical day 👇
4:30AM to 6AM➡️coffee, writing
6AM to 7AM➡️Running, weights, rock climb
7AM to 8AM➡️Shower, drive
8AM to 12PM➡️Work
12PM to 1PM➡️Lunch
1PM to 4PM➡️Work
4PM to 5PM➡️Drive
5PM to 7PM➡️Dinner w/ family
7PM to 9PM➡️Downtime
9PM to 4:30AM➡️Sleep
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🚨 Announcment 🚨
Introducing the TWEEKLY Newsletter!
The best Tech Twitter content curated each week.
Checkout Issue 1 👇
This week 👇
1️⃣ Being a Woman on Tech Twitter
2️⃣ Among Us, Tech Edition
3️⃣ How to Make $3mil+ on the Internet
4️⃣ And much more!
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If you are using AWS Amplify and aren't aware of this ...
The Amplify team holds weekly office hours.
Amplify Engineers come and answer all sorts of nuanced questions!
These sessions have been invaluable for us at
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🎉 600 Followers! 🎉
After
@TheJackForge
destroyed my inbox with what he does best!
Thank you everyone for connecting. I appreciate you so much. 🙏
For my new followers, here is what you can expect! 👇
Time to officially introduce myself 👇
👋 Hi, I'm Alex
Senior Software Engineer at
✍️ Blog at
I tweet about ...
🥞 Full-stack JavaScript
☁️ AWS Serverless
⚡ Extreme Programming
👉 Click that follow button and join my journey!
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Time to officially introduce myself 👇
👋 Hi, I'm Alex
Senior Software Engineer at
✍️ Blog at
I tweet about ...
🥞 Full-stack JavaScript
☁️ AWS Serverless
⚡ Extreme Programming
👉 Click that follow button and join my journey!
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⚡ TypeScript by Example ⚡
TypeScript will make your arrays type-safe. Here is how you can initialize and iterate over an array in TypeScript!
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Today was a day. I woke up thinking it'd be a normal Friday. Was I wrong ...
Danny asked me to join a Twitter Space, mind you my first one ever, to offer advice to aspiring junior developers.
When Danny asks, you answer 🤣
Thanks for the follow,
@DThompsonDev
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Ive been using DynamoDB for so long I forget what it’s like to build apps on top of a RDBMS.
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AWS Folks ...
For scheduling tasks in a Serverless, EDA where 100% punctuality is not needed.
Do you go with DDB TTL -> Lambda
Or Event Bridge Scheduler?
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@type__error
@monzo
Just gotta say, this is how interviewing should be done.
Kudos to you and your team for putting so much effort and empathy into this process!
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Today's a good day!
Thanks for the follow
@codingyuri
I hope you enjoy the JavaScript/AWS/Extreme Programming content!
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#fitdevs
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Have ya'll tried
@AWSAmplify
yet?
At
@CreditGenie_US
, we've been using it for 18+ months to build a SaaS platform that helps consumers get out of debt!
I've been talking about our journey a lot of the past year! 🧵👇
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🚨 TWEEKLY Issue 3 is out 🚨
This week 👇
1️⃣
@tweevtran
in the Spotlight
2️⃣
@DThompsonDev
100k follower
3️⃣
@VittoStack
free learning mega-thread
4️⃣
@AnnaJMcDougall
financial independence for women
5️⃣
@dabit3
Web3 revolution
And much more! 👇
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New company, new product.
Complex domain model.
1 DynamoDB table.
Let's gooo
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How do you store currency amounts in DynamoDB?
String or Number?
Asking for a friend 😅
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@ShawnAxsom
Boot camp instructor here.
Biggest piece of advice I give to help improve this.
Think T shaped. Career changers have real-world experience. Real estate, restaurant business, teacher? All are industries needing engineers. Use your past when building your future!
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🤔 Have you tried
@AWSAmplify
yet?
At
@CreditGenie_US
, we've been using it for two years to build products that help consumers get out of credit card debt!
I've been talking about our journey a lot over the past year! 🧵👇
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A conversation that just happened.
Developer: "I have this method that is hard to test. How would you test this?"
Me: "Delete it and write a failing test."
Developer: "Stop being a troll."
Deep breaths...
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tech i haven't learned yet
rsc
vue
rust
trpc
deno
astro
wasm
svelte
flutter
drizzle
prisma
supabase
app router
kubernetes
planetscale
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🎉 Huge Congrats to
@DThompsonDev
for 100k.
You are such a positive force in the industry.
Appreciate you and your work every day!
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🤔 Are you a junior engineer breaking into tech?
Do you have questions like ...
🛠️ What's it like to build software professionally?
💼 How can I stand out?
💻 Why isn't this code working?
I've opened up several FREE 1:1 sessions!
Grab a session 👇
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🚨 TWEEKLY 9/17/2021 🚨
☀️ TWEEKLY Spotlight ☀️
@TreciaKS
In this TWEEKLY Spotlight, I caught up with Trecia Kat. Trecia is an advocate for CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, NextJS, blogger, and a dog lover!
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🚨 TWEEKLY 9/10/21 🚨
Lou in the Spotlight, The Basics of Probability, Web3.0 Explained, Lessons from Small Accounts, Design Tips, and more! 👇
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@adamdotdev
i'm tellin ya people
a team all writing typescript
infra, mobile, web, lambda handlers
all moving in and out of parts of the stack
that's where the 10x really is
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@dabit3
It's so frustrating. I've had to leave jobs ~4 times in my 10-year career to get any significant increase. Each time I asked for the raise before putting in my notice. Each time was rejected. Each time was countered to stay.
The whole salary negotiation system is broken.
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Interested in event-driven infrastructure but struggling on where to start? 🤔
I have a blog series on using the
#aws
Cloud Development Kit (CDK) to build event-driven solutions using
✅ Lambda
✅ S3
✅ DynamoDB
✅ SNS
✅ SQS
Check it out 👇
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This
@nextjs
release is going to be 🔥
- New app root
- Folders define route segments
- layout.tsx defines a layout at any route segment and will nest
- page.tsx defines the page at any route segment
- react server components
Sharing an update on the
@nextjs
Layouts RFC this week.
Working on an early demo with all the good stuff: Nested layouts and routes, Server Components, and all the React 18 goodies like `startTransition`.
Most excited I’ve been about Next.js since I started using it tbh.
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Hi, I’m Alex.
I write typescript using inference.
I git rebase.
My solution window is on the left.
Semicolons always.
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I'll never understand the "I suffered, so you need to suffer also" crowd.
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i've been seeing a "guestbook" feature on personal sites and decided to implement it using Supabase for auth + db
here's a step-by-step blog on how to do this on your own Next.js app
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Here's something I've recently realized ... 🤔
Follows aren't a form of currency.
They are used to curate your personal feed.
Someone choosing not to follow you does not invalidate your message.
I'm thankful for the real connections I'm making with people 🙏
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Ok, for the last time ...
There ARE servers in Serverless.
The value is that they aren't customer-managed.
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Been spending some time learning DynamoDB single table design.
So many aha moments!
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Hi all. I know I've been a bit MIA.
Between work, boot camp teaching and vacation I just need to take a beat.
Will keep y'all posted.
Keep being awesome tech Twitter✌️
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@TheJackForge
Try to have a different Outlook here Jack. This move probably wasn't about Power. Point your energy towards more Access and help this person Excel! Keep spreading the Word brother.
Clippy.
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I don't know how I missed this...
But
@ASpittel
recently followed me!
Huge fan of Ali's work with AWS Amplify.
If you are using AWS, make sure you give Ali a follow.
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Serious props to
@hashnode
The new editor experience was simply delightful!
📣 Announcing
Tired of stale workout routines and meal plans?
FitGPT is a personal AI-powered fitness coach that creates unique meal plans and workout routines tailored to your fitness journey.
#fitdevs
#buildinpublic
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