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Re: Faux-SQL or NoSQL? Examining four DynamoDB Patterns in Serverless Applications

Steve — Sat, 16 May 2020 13:31:46 -0000

Excellent and very helpful read. Thank you.
Regarding the context object in the response, and inserting arbitrary data into it...
I've previously used the built in API Gateway Cognito authorizer. This worked nicely, as it added the JWT token claims to the event payload that my lambda received. Essentially:

'requestContext': { 'authorizer': { 'claims': { 'sub': '...', 'otherthing': '...'

However now with my custom authorizer I want to try return the same structure. But
if I try to add an object into this context, the API Gateway explodes with:

Execution failed due to configuration error: Invalid JSON in response: Can not deserialize instance of java.lang.String out of START_OBJECT token

I've resorted to simply adding the claims as below, but I prefer the other structure:

'requestContext': { 'authorizer': { 'claim.sub': '...', 'claim.otherthing': '...'

Re: Angular Universal: Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide

Steve — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 03:17:59 -0000

A minor note, but the below statement is not entirely accurate.

The Angular Docs site indexes perfectly for long queries that target content that is loaded dynamically via Javascript. The website even populates the title and description meta tags dynamically using Javascript (we will do that too), and those get shown in the search results with no problem.

Angular.io does not change the description with JavaScript, it remains static after the initial load. It DOES however change the title, as you suggest, which would indicate google does run the JS and updates the page title in its index.

Re: How can HMRC Defend Retrospective Taxation Going Back 20 Years?

Steve — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 04:36:13 -0000

Could you elaborate why this is a flippant comment? It seems fairly apt to me and to go to at least part of the core of the issue, namely:
If I was getting a "loan" that I never intended to pay back and was never expected to pay back by the "lender", then it isn't a loan, it is disguised renumeration and tax is due on it.

I accept of course that being hit with 20 years worth of back-tax is going to be catastrophic for some, but that is a separate and secondary issue.

Disclaimer: I AM very uneducated on this topic, so am more than happy to have any misunderstanding on my part corrected.

Re: Auto scaling your website with Amazon Web Services (AWS) – Part 2

Steve — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:49:48 -0000

source: https://forums.aws.amazon.c...
Only new launches will use the new AMI, you will have to manually terminate existing instances to have new ones replace them using the new AMI.

Re:

Steve — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:08:33 -0000

Not that big of a deal. Android doesn't do this, but it is still outperforming (marketshare) iOS everywhere except in the USA.

Re: The iPhone-powered heads-up-display Google Map for cyclists

Steve — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:06:29 -0000

looks like a nice safety hazard for those already fairly careless cyclists ;)

Re: Nokia N97: The Definitive Verdict (maybe)

Steve — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:56:56 -0000

Firstly... iPhone followed by HTC Magic (and its older sister the G1). In terms of handsets, that's all that is worth mentioning, recommending, reviewing or using for business or personal use. I know that sounds a little fascist, but it's the truth - or at least my over-inflated opinion.
Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, whoever have all been completely blown out of the water by Apple & Google. Even if you are a die hard Symbian fan you either have to be mildly brain dead or employed by Nokia to even claim Symbian can hold a candle in the wind to iPhone & android. It can't.
Until Samsung etc start releasing android devices - which is the only OS that can hope to compete with Apple - they are simply off the map...

which brings me nicely to my second point.

What's the point in reviewing new [insert-temp-dead-device-manufacturer-her] devices? I just don't see it. Sure Nokia release some cool hardware now and then. But the OS is for all intents and purposes the same old vibe. Add to that the fact that handset reviews are a dime-a-dozen these days. When I look at devices in stores I expect the review to read: "Nokia NXX. Same old Symbian malarkey. Cool slide out keyboard. Decent camera. the end."

I'm not trying to be testy here. I really like The Really Mobile Project you guys do some excellent work. But I find I only watch the handset review-type-posts for the banter (very good banter in this one guys :) ).

That's my two cents anyway, but I'm a cynic.
Keep up the good work.

Re: Android cometh: Sony Ericsson confirms Android 2.0 handsets

Steve — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:25:06 -0000

I always disregard the "symbian/[insert-ubiquitous-os-here] is on x quadzillion devices in the market" statement. I'm no stats guru, but I would venture to say up to 80% of those devices are generally on the lower end of the market and 80% of the users are "normobs". (conversely remember that 80% of all stats are made up on the spot :)

Anyway, in my opinion it is a question of intent. Most of the quadzillion users on those symbian devices have little or no intent on actually installing an app (normobs). A user on an iPhone/Android device is far more likely to use it as a mobile browser and/or install apps on it than one on a Nokia S60 device. If that's simply because of the current hype, so be it. It's not though... its because the standard of quality set by these devices is so high and the majority of the other handsets out there on the market simply cannot match up.

My verdict on Android is still out though. It seems to have this great potential, but we haven't really seen it realise any of that potential yet. iPhone development is enjoyable because you KNOW your environment, with Android shipping on all these different devices by different manufacturers and with operators able to make whatever changes they want to the OS who knows what the Android environment will look like... it could just turn into another fragmented J2ME-like disaster (though I doubt it).

Re: Replace the System Beep with a Compiz Effect

Steve — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:50 -0000

Nice post. I love these little tricks, and would never know about them if you (and others) didn't post this kind of stuff.

Keep up the good work!

Re: Install KDE 4.1 in Ubuntu, and Make GTK Applications Look Good | Tombuntu

Steve — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:52:53 -0000

Grat post, thanks. I would never have bothered trying KDE if I hadn't read it.
While KDE looks and behaves very nicely in certain respects I somehow prefer the look and feel of gnome - I guess there are pros and cons to both.

Anyway, after giving it a run through, and then wanting to uninstall it, I did apt-get remove XXXXX for each package I installed. What this didnt do was get rid of Konquerer, Kopete, etc.

I had to manually uninstall each from synaptic package manager which was a bit of a drag. Is there a way to get it to auto remove everything it installed for KDE?