Will Dady
@willdady.com
Cloud engineering leader and AWS certified professional
https://willdady.com
https://willdady.com
Love this hilarious, unhinged 'Sesame Street for adults' style video by Ashley Birch.
youtu.be/h5SavjMFRLg?...
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I'm Happy You're Here: Anxiety!
YouTube video by I'm Happy You're Here
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June 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Love this hilarious, unhinged 'Sesame Street for adults' style video by Ashley Birch.
youtu.be/h5SavjMFRLg?...
youtu.be/h5SavjMFRLg?...
How dare Disney make Star Wars for adults.
June 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How dare Disney make Star Wars for adults.
Just found out I have been accepted into the AWS Community Builders program under the AI Engineering category! 🤖
Looking forward to rubbing shoulders with fellow AWS Builders 🤩
Thanks @jasondunn.bsky.social and team!
#AWS #AWScommunity
Looking forward to rubbing shoulders with fellow AWS Builders 🤩
Thanks @jasondunn.bsky.social and team!
#AWS #AWScommunity
March 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Just found out I have been accepted into the AWS Community Builders program under the AI Engineering category! 🤖
Looking forward to rubbing shoulders with fellow AWS Builders 🤩
Thanks @jasondunn.bsky.social and team!
#AWS #AWScommunity
Looking forward to rubbing shoulders with fellow AWS Builders 🤩
Thanks @jasondunn.bsky.social and team!
#AWS #AWScommunity
My latest blog post breaks down the Saga pattern – a powerful way to maintain data consistency across services without relying on complex distributed transactions. Learn about choreography vs. orchestration, and how to implement both on AWS.
#aws #architecture
willdady.com/coordinating...
#aws #architecture
willdady.com/coordinating...
Coordinating distributed systems with the Saga Pattern on AWS | willdady.com
This post dives into the Saga pattern, a crucial design pattern for data consistency in microservices. I compare choreography (EventBridge) and orchestration (Step Functions) approaches, detailing the...
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February 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
My latest blog post breaks down the Saga pattern – a powerful way to maintain data consistency across services without relying on complex distributed transactions. Learn about choreography vs. orchestration, and how to implement both on AWS.
#aws #architecture
willdady.com/coordinating...
#aws #architecture
willdady.com/coordinating...
As a long-time Chrome user I recently made the switch to Firefox (on Mac). My main motivation for switching was the more "open" nature of the project.
I think I am going to switch back. I've had issues where video calls simply don't work and I often get choppy video playback. Disappointing 😔
I think I am going to switch back. I've had issues where video calls simply don't work and I often get choppy video playback. Disappointing 😔
February 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
As a long-time Chrome user I recently made the switch to Firefox (on Mac). My main motivation for switching was the more "open" nature of the project.
I think I am going to switch back. I've had issues where video calls simply don't work and I often get choppy video playback. Disappointing 😔
I think I am going to switch back. I've had issues where video calls simply don't work and I often get choppy video playback. Disappointing 😔
Someone needs to make a job search site targeting tech folks which aggregates other job sites but rewords job ads so the tech stack appears at the top!
An LLM would make light work of that.
An LLM would make light work of that.
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Someone needs to make a job search site targeting tech folks which aggregates other job sites but rewords job ads so the tech stack appears at the top!
An LLM would make light work of that.
An LLM would make light work of that.
Great to see AWS has now added a "stack refactoring" feature to CloudFormation!
This should prevent the need to delete-then-import to move resources between stacks, which in my experience has always been a butt-clenching experience.
#AWS #IaC #DevOps
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This should prevent the need to delete-then-import to move resources between stacks, which in my experience has always been a butt-clenching experience.
#AWS #IaC #DevOps
aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops...
February 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Great to see AWS has now added a "stack refactoring" feature to CloudFormation!
This should prevent the need to delete-then-import to move resources between stacks, which in my experience has always been a butt-clenching experience.
#AWS #IaC #DevOps
aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops...
This should prevent the need to delete-then-import to move resources between stacks, which in my experience has always been a butt-clenching experience.
#AWS #IaC #DevOps
aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops...
✨New features✨
Foreman now expects to retrieve an array of zero-or-more jobs per-request to the control server (previously, zero-or-one).
Also, it's now possible to configure maximum concurrent jobs!
#rust #rustlang #opensource #oss
github.com/willdady/for...
Foreman now expects to retrieve an array of zero-or-more jobs per-request to the control server (previously, zero-or-one).
Also, it's now possible to configure maximum concurrent jobs!
#rust #rustlang #opensource #oss
github.com/willdady/for...
GitHub - willdady/foreman: Foreman is a Rust based job scheduler and executor agent
Foreman is a Rust based job scheduler and executor agent - willdady/foreman
github.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
✨New features✨
Foreman now expects to retrieve an array of zero-or-more jobs per-request to the control server (previously, zero-or-one).
Also, it's now possible to configure maximum concurrent jobs!
#rust #rustlang #opensource #oss
github.com/willdady/for...
Foreman now expects to retrieve an array of zero-or-more jobs per-request to the control server (previously, zero-or-one).
Also, it's now possible to configure maximum concurrent jobs!
#rust #rustlang #opensource #oss
github.com/willdady/for...
The Fantastic Four trailer is wild.
February 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The Fantastic Four trailer is wild.
Finally got around to watching Skeleton Crew.
A nice standalone story. I felt the pirate theme was a bit too "arrr matey" in parts but overall I'm a sucker for the "kids on bikes have adventure" genre.
A nice standalone story. I felt the pirate theme was a bit too "arrr matey" in parts but overall I'm a sucker for the "kids on bikes have adventure" genre.
February 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Finally got around to watching Skeleton Crew.
A nice standalone story. I felt the pirate theme was a bit too "arrr matey" in parts but overall I'm a sucker for the "kids on bikes have adventure" genre.
A nice standalone story. I felt the pirate theme was a bit too "arrr matey" in parts but overall I'm a sucker for the "kids on bikes have adventure" genre.
✨New feature ✨
Foreman will now stop and remove Docker containers it manages when receiving a termination signal from the operating system. Container removal is also configurable via settings (defaults to `true`).
#rust #rustlang #opensource #docker
github.com/willdady/for...
Foreman will now stop and remove Docker containers it manages when receiving a termination signal from the operating system. Container removal is also configurable via settings (defaults to `true`).
#rust #rustlang #opensource #docker
github.com/willdady/for...
GitHub - willdady/foreman: Foreman is a Rust based job scheduler and executor agent
Foreman is a Rust based job scheduler and executor agent - willdady/foreman
github.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
✨New feature ✨
Foreman will now stop and remove Docker containers it manages when receiving a termination signal from the operating system. Container removal is also configurable via settings (defaults to `true`).
#rust #rustlang #opensource #docker
github.com/willdady/for...
Foreman will now stop and remove Docker containers it manages when receiving a termination signal from the operating system. Container removal is also configurable via settings (defaults to `true`).
#rust #rustlang #opensource #docker
github.com/willdady/for...
✨ My latest blog post explores envelope encryption with AWS KMS, how it works and how it compares to AWS Secrets Manager.
#aws #security #blog
willdady.com/understandin...
#aws #security #blog
willdady.com/understandin...
Understanding Envelope Encryption with AWS KMS | willdady.com
Learn how to use AWS KMS for secure data encryption, including how to generate and manage cryptographic keys, implement envelope encryption, and choose between KMS and Secrets Manager for your specifi...
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January 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
✨ My latest blog post explores envelope encryption with AWS KMS, how it works and how it compares to AWS Secrets Manager.
#aws #security #blog
willdady.com/understandin...
#aws #security #blog
willdady.com/understandin...
✨New feature!✨
Foreman, will now clean-up (delete) stopped containers after a configurable timeout.
At this stage foreman does not stop or remove containers when SIGINT or SIGTERM is received. This will likely be added next.
#rust #rustlang
github.com/willdady/for...
Foreman, will now clean-up (delete) stopped containers after a configurable timeout.
At this stage foreman does not stop or remove containers when SIGINT or SIGTERM is received. This will likely be added next.
#rust #rustlang
github.com/willdady/for...
GitHub - willdady/foreman: Foreman is a Rust based job scheduler and executor agent
Foreman is a Rust based job scheduler and executor agent - willdady/foreman
github.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:47 AM
✨New feature!✨
Foreman, will now clean-up (delete) stopped containers after a configurable timeout.
At this stage foreman does not stop or remove containers when SIGINT or SIGTERM is received. This will likely be added next.
#rust #rustlang
github.com/willdady/for...
Foreman, will now clean-up (delete) stopped containers after a configurable timeout.
At this stage foreman does not stop or remove containers when SIGINT or SIGTERM is received. This will likely be added next.
#rust #rustlang
github.com/willdady/for...
Why the heck have I not been using zoxide until now?! 🤡
#commandline
#commandline
January 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Why the heck have I not been using zoxide until now?! 🤡
#commandline
#commandline
PSA 🚨
Don't forget to update the current year to 2025 in your public git repositories LICENSE.{txt,md} files!
#git #github #opensource
Don't forget to update the current year to 2025 in your public git repositories LICENSE.{txt,md} files!
#git #github #opensource
January 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
PSA 🚨
Don't forget to update the current year to 2025 in your public git repositories LICENSE.{txt,md} files!
#git #github #opensource
Don't forget to update the current year to 2025 in your public git repositories LICENSE.{txt,md} files!
#git #github #opensource
I wonder if 2025 will be the year AWS adds Bun and/or Deno runtimes to Lambda natively? 🤔
#aws #serverless
#aws #serverless
January 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I wonder if 2025 will be the year AWS adds Bun and/or Deno runtimes to Lambda natively? 🤔
#aws #serverless
#aws #serverless
Wow! Bun 1.2 has native built-in support for AWS S3 and a new SQL client supporting Postgres.
youtu.be/uSzffuqfJQk?...
youtu.be/uSzffuqfJQk?...
Bun 1.2
YouTube video by Bun
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January 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Wow! Bun 1.2 has native built-in support for AWS S3 and a new SQL client supporting Postgres.
youtu.be/uSzffuqfJQk?...
youtu.be/uSzffuqfJQk?...
I enjoyed reading this article from Anthropic on various patterns used in building AI agents.
I've read a few articles now saying that using LLM APIs directly VS frameworks like Langchain is preferred as abstraction added by the latter make things harder to debug.
www.anthropic.com/research/bui...
I've read a few articles now saying that using LLM APIs directly VS frameworks like Langchain is preferred as abstraction added by the latter make things harder to debug.
www.anthropic.com/research/bui...
Building effective agents
A post for developers with advice and workflows for building effective AI agents
www.anthropic.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I enjoyed reading this article from Anthropic on various patterns used in building AI agents.
I've read a few articles now saying that using LLM APIs directly VS frameworks like Langchain is preferred as abstraction added by the latter make things harder to debug.
www.anthropic.com/research/bui...
I've read a few articles now saying that using LLM APIs directly VS frameworks like Langchain is preferred as abstraction added by the latter make things harder to debug.
www.anthropic.com/research/bui...
Matt Berry touring the 'What We Do in the Shadows' set is the most Matt Berry thing ever. 🦇
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhVn...
Matt Berry Forgetting Every Part of the What We Do in the Shadows Set | FX
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January 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Matt Berry touring the 'What We Do in the Shadows' set is the most Matt Berry thing ever. 🦇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhVn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhVn...
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous
January 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous
My latest blog post discusses how to implement the token bucket algorithm for multi-tenant rate limiting on AWS!
#aws #system-design
willdady.com/rate-limitin...
#aws #system-design
willdady.com/rate-limitin...
Rate Limiting Multi-Tenant Environments with the Token Bucket Algorithm on AWS | willdady.com
In a multi-tenant SaaS environment, it is often necessary to rate limit certain actions to prevent any single tenant from overwhelming shared resources. In this post I discuss how the token bucket alg...
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January 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
My latest blog post discusses how to implement the token bucket algorithm for multi-tenant rate limiting on AWS!
#aws #system-design
willdady.com/rate-limitin...
#aws #system-design
willdady.com/rate-limitin...