Easy & Free Task Management System (Form.sg x Trello)

Trello and Form.sg are tools that I truly enjoy using frequently. This blog post shows you how to create an easy (and free!) Kanban-style task management system with automatic form submissions ingestion using both tools. What is Form.sg? Form.gov.sg is self-serviced, and designed for first-time users to pick up quickly without an onboarding guide. https://guide.form.gov.sg/ Form.sg… Continue reading Easy & Free Task Management System (Form.sg x Trello)

Excited to join the AWS Community Builders program!

Back in August, I applied to join the AWS Community Builders program after hearing about it from Daniel Muller in the AWS User Group Singapore Slack channel (invitation link). This morning, I opened my email inbox to this: What is the AWS Community Builders program? The AWS Community Builders program offers technical resources, mentorship, and… Continue reading Excited to join the AWS Community Builders program!

Simple Serverless Telegram Bot with AWS Lambda

Previously, I created a simple reminder application with AWS Lambda and Simple Notification Service (SNS) SMS messages. With so many instant messenger applications these days, it is about time I move away from using SMS messages, specifically to Telegram. Requirements There are no changes to the previous requirements. To recap: To send a text message… Continue reading Simple Serverless Telegram Bot with AWS Lambda

Why I won’t be pursuing another IT cert soon

My Certification Journey Over the years in my career, I have taken quite a few IT certifications, starting with networking, virtualization, and for the past 2 years, cloud computing. Initially, I did them as a personal challenge and as a way of quickly learning about specific technology related to my work area at that time.… Continue reading Why I won’t be pursuing another IT cert soon

Passing the AWS Solutions Architect Professional without breaking your bank

This will just be a short post on how I passed the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C01) exam with a score of 873/1000. I will share some exam tips at the end. Disclaimer: What worked for me might not work for you. Please assess and adjust your strategy accordingly. Prerequisite (preferrably) Before embarking… Continue reading Passing the AWS Solutions Architect Professional without breaking your bank

Lessons Learnt: Cloud Resume Challenge

One day, while browsing Twitter (@zhenkai_xyz), I stumbled upon this post by Forrest Brazeal: Although I am not looking for my next job, I thought this challenge seemed rather fun to do. Coincidentally, I am drawing many parallels from the challenge and a personal project of mine. “Feel free to use different cloud providers, DevOps… Continue reading Lessons Learnt: Cloud Resume Challenge

Book Review: The Phoenix Project

There will not be spoilers in this post. The Phoenix Project is a fictional novel on DevOps, IT and Business Transformation. Bill Palmer, the protagonist, took on an upper management role at “Parts Unlimited”. Along with the new role, he inherited IT Operations and the company’s struggling mega project, “Phoenix”. Thin the line between IT… Continue reading Book Review: The Phoenix Project

Serverless Wedding Website: Planning & Designing

This will be the start of my Serverless Wedding Website series, where I will be writing about the journey of developing and implementing my wedding website from scratch. The project is still ongoing and will continue to develop as this series continues. <Update on 13th August 2020. The wedding has been postponed due to COVID-19,… Continue reading Serverless Wedding Website: Planning & Designing

Learning Modern Web Development with Full Stack Open

I was hunting for a course to pick up some web development skills to prepare for an upcoming project. There is an insane amount of learning resources for web development on the Internet. My requirements were: Free Up-to-date content Full Stack (front end + back end) Beginner-friendly Full Stack Open by University of Helsinki While… Continue reading Learning Modern Web Development with Full Stack Open