Integration tests are valuable, they are different than unit tests and much more difficult to get to approach the ideal state especially if you are using a real database (and not an InMemory one). Well, at least they were until you read this 😎 We’ll: get an example integration test…

Assim que eu ouvi falar de ETFs como estratégia de investimento passiva / complemento de reforma, questionei-me ao ponto de eu me sentir confortável em dar a minha primeira ordem de compra. São essas perguntas e respostas que agora partilho com a esperança de ajudar outros investidores portugueses. Se ainda…

In the last 2 years only, I successfully own/lead 4+ software product deliveries, mostly for the US health sector running in AWS. I also help to compile security & compliance reports. Software products in the US health sector, especially when Protected Health Information (PHI) is present, is frequently reviewed against…

One of my clients whose application runs on AWS had no Continuous Integration (CI). When we decide to use Continous Delivery (CD) for a new NET Core 3.x …

In case you’re using the AWS Amplify framework, you may want to proactively monitor your app especially if you’re doing something for being used by others. By proactively monitor, I mean: get notified when your function fails to execute due to errors in the function code (response code 4XX). This…

Intro — Data lake in AWS is more than just dumping data into S3 At some point in time, you might want to create a data lake and, like me, you might want/need to use AWS. As you may know, a data lake: facilitate data exploitation; open new business opportunities by easily provide business insights (using analytical and/or visualization tools for example); avoid hit…