My guide to building a GeoSearch GraphQL API using AWS Appsync & Elasticsearch has just been published on the Serverless Framework blog. In the tutorial you’ll learn how to build a GraphQL location search service similar to AirBnB’s using a fully serverless stack on AWS. Check out the full article over at the Serverless Framework blog. If you’re interested in learning more about AWS AppSync then find out more about the training course I offer.

When you go to startup communities like r/startups or indie hackers you often see non-technical founders asking for advice about which tech they should use to build their app. Invariably these end up in flame wars about development languages and frameworks. For me, this is totally missing the point. Yes…

I’m going to step you through the process converting an existing Go API to serverless and deploying it to to AWS Lambda & API Gateway with AWS Severless Application Model (SAM). The whole process should take under 10 minutes. Let’s get started! 1. Setup Our example API uses the HttpRouter package so…

I’m going to demonstrate how to make a Flask app serverless without locking you into any tooling or cloud platforms. It doesn’t require any application code changes or serverless frameworks so you can continue to develop locally like you always have. Ideally you should re-architect your application into small discrete…

This guide will take you through setting up a machine running ubuntu/debian as a lightning network node. 1. Install Bitcoind $ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install -y bitcoind 2. Install C-Lightning c-lightning is blockstream’s lightning network daemon. $ sudo apt-get install -y \ autoconf…

In this guide I’m going to walk you through making a payment using Bitcoin’s Layer 2 Lightning Network using testnet to demonstrate. …