A Return to Writing
Sometime between my last return to writing on the internet and now something went wrong with the blackvoid site, I'm not sure why but I suspect that the security settings for my ISP changed in such a way that it broke the .NET platform I'd created to host it. So, I rewrote the software in such a way that the actual hosting element became even more primitive and the .NET element simply generated the raw HTML pages I intended on publishing. We'l see how this trial run goes.
My AWS learning proved very useful since it turned out my next contract made quite heavy use of AWS in what it did. I've been thinking about doing a bit more writing on two subjects in particular.
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Published on 13:20:10 25 Aug 2024Another Brief Moment of Peace
The boy's asleep, which means I get to enjoy another brief moment of peace. I'm still looking at AWS security features. Currently, I'm looking at Amazon Secrets Manager. Looks like a potentially useful bit of kit, though I'm left a little unsure on how rotation of secrets works based on the material I've seen.
I'm unfortunately taking a little longer getting through the material than I'd like, running around after a small child has been straining my concentration so there's only so mental energy I have for watching demonstration videos so I have to tackle them in bite sized chunks.
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Published on 19:45:37 09 May 2023We Are Live
And we're partying like it's 2003. This the first post on the blog side of my website, I certainly hope it won't be the last.
Today I've had a peaceful day, so I've had a chance to expand the functionality of this site. I've been expanding my knowledge of AWS, specifically user access functionality (IAM, Cognito etc). Unfortunately, as I write this I hear my wife and son entering, so I fear today's peace and calm is now over.
Published on 09:42:15 08 May 2023