Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 29
Tags: newsletter, devops, aws, serverless
Published: 2022-07-25 10:16:51

This week was hot in Germany. Not just in terms of cool news around DevOps and more, it was physically hot :). My highlight of this week was the in-person AWS UG Meetup in Berlin. It was super amazing to see some AWS CDK friends in real :)!

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## :astonished: My Top 5 List of Resources that I Wish I Knew When I Started Programming

<https://dev.to/eludadev/my-top-5-list-of-resources-that-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-started-programming-j04>

Contains some useful tips for how to improve your programming skills. My favorite one is to connect with a developer community. One community my heart belongs to is the AWS CDK community. Come and join us. Is a lot of fun and helpful people. <https://join.slack.com/t/cdk-dev/shared_invite/zt-xtpfmrqt-6ormYTA0hLdpMSAtTkM_2A>

Thanks a lot to the author [Eluda](https://dev.to/eludadev)

## Lambda Powertools TypeScript is Generally Available

<https://dev.to/aws-builders/lambda-powertools-typescript-is-generally-available-1dm8>

A super nice deep dive into the Lambda PowerTools TypeScript and its features. The structured log capability looks super interesting. And I didn't know about the embedded metric for CloudWatch. That is super cool!

Thanks a lot to the author [Matt Morgan](https://dev.to/elthrasher)

## What Is Data Gravity And Is It Important With Serverless?

<https://www.readysetcloud.io/blog/allen.helton/what-is-data-gravity-and-is-it-important/>

An interesting article on how accumulating data (data gravity) makes it hard to move like potentially changing the cloud provider. The author explains how to reduce the burden of data gravity.

Thanks a lot to the author Allen Helton

## AWS open-source news and updates, #121

<https://dev.to/aws/aws-open-source-news-and-updates-121-1h18>

As always a very good summary of the week. The [spot-interruption-simulation](https://github.com/aws-samples/spot-interruption-simulation) project got my attention. It sounds super cool for simulating the use of Ec2 spot instances.

Thanks a lot to the author [Ricardo Sueiras](https://dev.to/094459)

## Simplifying serverless best practices with AWS Lambda Powertools for TypeScript

<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/simplifying-serverless-best-practices-with-aws-lambda-powertools-for-typescript/>

A summary of the AWS Lambda Powertools for TypeScript. This looks very interesting and for my next more complex Lambda, I will give it a try!

Thanks a lot to the author Julian Wood

## The truth behind being a good programmer

<https://dev.to/bekbrace/the-truth-behind-being-a-good-programmer-171b>

Yep, it has fair points for what makes a good programmer :).

Thanks a lot to the author [Bek Brace](https://dev.to/bekbrace)

## What Software Developers can learn from Gutenberg

<https://dev.to/polterguy/what-software-developers-can-learn-from-gutenberg-5bpa>

A sweet enlightenment of how important Johannes Gutenberg was to the software development community and everything else.

Thanks a lot to the author [Thomas Hansen](https://dev.to/polterguy)

## Why do I think snapshot tests are a bad idea

<https://dev.to/syeo66/why-do-i-think-snapshot-tests-are-a-bad-idea-1imp>

An interesting explanation of why snapshot testing is a bad idea.

Thanks a lot to the author [Red Ochsenbein](https://dev.to/syeo66)

## 5 Questions to Ask When Developing an Automation Strategy

<https://thenewstack.io/5-questions-to-ask-when-developing-an-automation-strategy/>

A nice top-down article about automation when developing. But it feels a bit like fitting into a context of a bigger software company.

Thanks a lot to the author [CHRIS TOZZI](https://thenewstack.io/author/chris-tozzi/)

## 5 things to keep in mind as a programmer

<https://dev.to/devsimc/5-things-to-keep-in-mind-as-a-programmer-1c24>

A routine of continuous learning is my favorite out of those 5. But the others are important too so read it!

Thanks a lot to the author [simc dev](https://dev.to/devsimc)

## Single Sign-On (SSO) using AWS Cognito and Azure AD

<https://blog.getambassador.io/single-sign-on-sso-using-aws-cognito-and-azure-ad-356951536218>

Interesting to see how you can leverage your Azure Active Directory (AD) for setting as Identity Provider (IdP) for AWS Cognito.

Thanks a lot to the author [Supratip Banerjee](https://supratip-banerjee.medium.com/)

## Final Words

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