Tag: Cloud Computing

AWS vs Vercel for hosting Next.js apps

November 29, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Tamagui: A UI Kit Unifying React Native and Web — A complete UI solution for cross-platform React apps (web and native) using highly platform-optimized output by way of a smart compiler. It might give you Tailwind CSS vibes, but goes well beyond that. Nate Weinert How Web…

Introducing Amazon CodeWhisperer for command line

November 22, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

The command line is used by over thirty million engineers to write, build, run, debug, and deploy software. However, despite how critical it is to the software development process, the command line is notoriously hard to use. Its output is terse, its interface is from…

AWS Amplify loves Next.js too

November 22, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Building Fast Next.js Apps using TypeScript and AWS Amplify JavaScript V6 — If you’ve been wondering if you can deploy modern Next.js apps anywhere other than Vercel, AWS Amplify is keen to enter the chat. Amplify is essentially a packaging up of AWS services into a…

AWS CodeBuild adds support for AWS Lambda compute mode

November 9, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

AWS CodeBuild recently announced that it supports running projects on AWS Lambda. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration (CI) service that allows you to build and test your code without having to manage build servers. This new compute mode enables you to execute…

Next.js 14 and Docusaurus 3.0

November 1, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Next.js 14 Released — Unveiled at last week’s Next.js Conf, Next 14 caused a disproportionate amount of discussion on social media over relatively small changes, mostly surrounding Server Actions being declared stable and the style of development they make possible. The Turbopack bundler is now…

Taking Node to the JVM

October 24, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Yarn 4.0 Released — Yarn began life as an npm alternative that resolved several major pain points with npm at the time, particularly around performance. It remains a popular option and v4 introduces a new ‘hardened mode’ to protect you from certain security issues and…

Blue/Green deployments using AWS CDK Pipelines and AWS CodeDeploy

October 12, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Customers often ask for help with implementing Blue/Green deployments to Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) using AWS CodeDeploy. Their use cases usually involve cross-Region and cross-account deployment scenarios. These requirements are challenging enough on their own, but in addition to those, there are specific…