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Antony Melvin

Simple feature detection in Terraform that hardens code to cope with missing AWS resources

A Terraform coding technique, ensuring auto-scaling doesn’t target AWS Availability Zones that don’t support your chosen instance type

6 min readNov 16, 2022

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Simple feature detection in Terraform that hardens code to cope with missing AWS resources

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Antony Melvin

Reflections on the first Manchester Tech Festival: Day 1 — Leadership Day

Most the Manchester Tech Festival was held at Victoria baths, a fitting venue for the week after the passing of Robbie Coltrane — as it…

4 min readNov 14, 2022

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Reflections on the first Manchester Tech Festival: Day 1 — Leadership Day

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Antony Melvin

Is the super-cloud the missing piece of multi-cloud architecture?

Super-cloud architecture is a logical evolutionary step from the current multi-cloud future that most large organisations foresee. Moving…

4 min readNov 14, 2022

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Is the super-cloud the missing piece of multi-cloud architecture?

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Antony Melvin

Take my hybrid detox — 5 tips for managers to help make hybrid working, work

The biggest digital transformation project ever undertaken happened when politicians and health leaders around the world exhorted their…

6 min readNov 2, 2022

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Take my hybrid detox — 5 tips for managers to help make hybrid working, work

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Antony Melvin

How Do I Pass the New AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) Exam?

I passed the original Solutions Architect exam SAA-C01 (may have been SAA — not sure) back in September 2019, before lockdowns and Covid —…

3 min readSep 27, 2022

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How Do I Pass the New AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) Exam?

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Antony Melvin

10 things I learned about cloud architecture at the AWS Manchester Community Summit 2022

The AWS Community summit in Manchester has been running since 2017. This year’s event was held on 22 September 2022 at the Victoria…

6 min readSep 26, 2022

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10 things I learned about cloud architecture at the AWS Manchester Community Summit 2022

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Antony Melvin

Professional Services: Where does a Product Owner Fit?

In developing an Agile Scrum framework for a Professional Services Organisation (PSO), one of the key challenges is the role of the Product…

4 min readMay 13, 2022

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Professional Services: Where does a Product Owner Fit?

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Antony Melvin

Automating sub-task generation in Jira in 5 minutes

This is a quick guide to creating your own Jira automation rules using the built-in Jira tool for managing workflow.

5 min readMar 23, 2020

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Automating sub-task generation in Jira in 5 minutes

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The Startup

Building an AWS CloudWatch dashboard using Terraform — 15 minute guide

Terraform is a leading Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool. A short guide on what it is, why you should use it & how to start — in 15 minutes

6 min readOct 25, 2019

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Building an AWS CloudWatch dashboard using Terraform — 15 minute guide

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The Startup

Should I move from Umbraco 8 Cloud to AWS Cloud? 5 reasons why, 5 reasons why not

After being early adopters of Umbraco 8 on Umbraco Cloud we had some mixed experiences with the service. As do many people — it’s a new…

5 min readOct 8, 2019

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Should I move from Umbraco 8 Cloud to AWS Cloud? 5 reasons why, 5 reasons why not

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Antony Melvin

Antony Melvin

Principal Consultant at Big Data consultancy after 25 years in technical & leadership roles for brands, digital agencies, plc's & startups

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