Allen Helton
@readysetcloud.io
AWS Serverless Hero | Creator of Ready, Set, Cloud! | 🥑 of scalable systems and vibrant developer communities | Farmer at heart | Builder at Momento
I'm still shocked this worked as well as it did 🤯
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People should check this out! Andres and Allen got a really nice looking Battleship game up and running in under an hour from scratch. They used the Vercel V0 AI-assisted platform with no real coding involved and backed by a Momento cache.
@believeinsls.bsky.social
People should check this out! Andres and Allen got a really nice looking Battleship game up and running in under an hour from scratch. They used the Vercel V0 AI-assisted platform with no real coding involved and backed by a Momento cache.
@believeinsls.bsky.social
Battling ships with v0 by Vercel
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March 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I'm still shocked this worked as well as it did 🤯
Serverless Picks of the Week #143! Our serverless superhero is @dthompsondev.bsky.social, Director of Technology at This Dot and tremendous community advocate. Danny's ability to enable, inspire, and educate people is unrivaled💙. Thank you for everything, Danny!
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/1...
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/1...
Ready, Set, Cloud!
AppSync events got some much needed attention last week, plus some wonderful insights and thoughts from around the community.
www.readysetcloud.io
December 23, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Serverless Picks of the Week #143! Our serverless superhero is @dthompsondev.bsky.social, Director of Technology at This Dot and tremendous community advocate. Danny's ability to enable, inspire, and educate people is unrivaled💙. Thank you for everything, Danny!
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/1...
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/1...
What have I done to make this an article that Google thinks I would want to read?!? How do I undo this??
December 20, 2024 at 3:25 PM
What have I done to make this an article that Google thinks I would want to read?!? How do I undo this??
There's something both satisfying and annoying about using the last bag in a roll of trash bags 🤔
December 19, 2024 at 12:15 PM
There's something both satisfying and annoying about using the last bag in a roll of trash bags 🤔
Of all the things that are surprisingly difficult, getting a tiny piece of shell out of a bowl of raw eggs reigns supreme 😠
December 17, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Of all the things that are surprisingly difficult, getting a tiny piece of shell out of a bowl of raw eggs reigns supreme 😠
WebSockets are hard. Fortunately, AppSync events made them easy... kinda.
There's a lot to real-time communication, and I'm all for higher and higher levels of abstraction. But as good as AppSync events is, I think we could have used a bit more 🌱
www.readysetcloud.io/blog/allen.h...
There's a lot to real-time communication, and I'm all for higher and higher levels of abstraction. But as good as AppSync events is, I think we could have used a bit more 🌱
www.readysetcloud.io/blog/allen.h...
AppSync events is great, but did you really want serverless WebSockets? | Ready, Set, Cloud!
With the release of AppSync events, we finally got serverless WebSockets. But I'm not convinced that's what we actually wanted.
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December 17, 2024 at 2:27 PM
WebSockets are hard. Fortunately, AppSync events made them easy... kinda.
There's a lot to real-time communication, and I'm all for higher and higher levels of abstraction. But as good as AppSync events is, I think we could have used a bit more 🌱
www.readysetcloud.io/blog/allen.h...
There's a lot to real-time communication, and I'm all for higher and higher levels of abstraction. But as good as AppSync events is, I think we could have used a bit more 🌱
www.readysetcloud.io/blog/allen.h...
Serverless Picks of the Week #142! Our serverless🦸♂️is Philipp Krenn, DA and community lead at Elastic! Philipp really understands the hard part of serverless data, and does a🔥job explaining it to others. Thank you for everything you do, Philipp 💙!
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/142
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/142
Ready, Set, Cloud!
The community is resting after an intense week at AWS re:Invent, more than likely gearing up for some cool new projects in 2025.
www.readysetcloud.io
December 16, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Serverless Picks of the Week #142! Our serverless🦸♂️is Philipp Krenn, DA and community lead at Elastic! Philipp really understands the hard part of serverless data, and does a🔥job explaining it to others. Thank you for everything you do, Philipp 💙!
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/142
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/142
Found in the family room at the current hospital we're at. I'm not crying, you're crying!
December 15, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Found in the family room at the current hospital we're at. I'm not crying, you're crying!
This is how my morning started out 😑
December 13, 2024 at 2:04 PM
This is how my morning started out 😑
I'm kinda mad at myself that I haven't been using code-based diagramming tools like Mermaid for years. I always lose the original diagram and have to redraw it from scratch to make updates. But not with a code-based approach 🔥
December 12, 2024 at 2:35 PM
I'm kinda mad at myself that I haven't been using code-based diagramming tools like Mermaid for years. I always lose the original diagram and have to redraw it from scratch to make updates. But not with a code-based approach 🔥
It might look like I was a lot more enthusiastic about taking this picture, but I assure you the feelings were mutual 🤣💙
December 11, 2024 at 2:04 PM
It might look like I was a lot more enthusiastic about taking this picture, but I assure you the feelings were mutual 🤣💙
When building APIs, success messages are equally as important as error messages. This morning I said "𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢, 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨" and the response I got was simply "𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵." 😑
Was my rating saved? Was any action performed at all? When you're interacting with a human, you need more than a 200 OK.
Was my rating saved? Was any action performed at all? When you're interacting with a human, you need more than a 200 OK.
December 10, 2024 at 1:23 PM
When building APIs, success messages are equally as important as error messages. This morning I said "𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢, 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨" and the response I got was simply "𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵." 😑
Was my rating saved? Was any action performed at all? When you're interacting with a human, you need more than a 200 OK.
Was my rating saved? Was any action performed at all? When you're interacting with a human, you need more than a 200 OK.
Serverless Picks of the Week #141! Our serverless🦸♂️is @marcbrooker.bsky.social, VP/distinguished engineer at
AWS! Marc has directly helped shape the serverless world as we know it in multiple ways. Thank you for everything you do, Marc!
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/1...
AWS! Marc has directly helped shape the serverless world as we know it in multiple ways. Thank you for everything you do, Marc!
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/1...
Ready, Set, Cloud!
So much happened at AWS re:Invent last week, but there was one clear winner that left everyone talking.
www.readysetcloud.io
December 9, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Serverless Picks of the Week #141! Our serverless🦸♂️is @marcbrooker.bsky.social, VP/distinguished engineer at
AWS! Marc has directly helped shape the serverless world as we know it in multiple ways. Thank you for everything you do, Marc!
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/1...
AWS! Marc has directly helped shape the serverless world as we know it in multiple ways. Thank you for everything you do, Marc!
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/1...
re:Invent was absolutely incredible but beyond all things, it was unexpected. I shared my thoughts on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/allenh...
Allen Helton on LinkedIn: This year's re:Invent in one word: 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝.
Unexpected in…
This year's re:Invent in one word: 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝.
Unexpected in that I didn't even think I was going to go. Life has been sending me on a rollercoaster…
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December 9, 2024 at 3:16 PM
re:Invent was absolutely incredible but beyond all things, it was unexpected. I shared my thoughts on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/allenh...
Omg did that just happen
December 4, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Omg did that just happen
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Come find @readysetcloud.io and I at booth 1870 and say hi! Also grab awesome momento and @believeinsls.bsky.social stickers and swag 🔥
December 3, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Come find @readysetcloud.io and I at booth 1870 and say hi! Also grab awesome momento and @believeinsls.bsky.social stickers and swag 🔥
Found some rando's walking through the hall
@ajs.bsky.social
@ajs.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Found some rando's walking through the hall
@ajs.bsky.social
@ajs.bsky.social
Serverless Picks of the Week #140! Our serverless🦸♂️ is Dave Hall, AWS training lead at Pfizer and AWS Community Builder. Dave is a wonderful resource for anything cloud related and a friendly face always willing to help. Thank you for everything, Dave!
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/140
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/140
Ready, Set, Cloud!
AWS re:Invent has official begun! Let's cover the last of the fun pre:Invent announcements and look at some fantastic content from the community.
www.readysetcloud.io
December 2, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Serverless Picks of the Week #140! Our serverless🦸♂️ is Dave Hall, AWS training lead at Pfizer and AWS Community Builder. Dave is a wonderful resource for anything cloud related and a friendly face always willing to help. Thank you for everything, Dave!
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/140
www.readysetcloud.io/newsletter/140
I'm so proud with how far this community has come in a year. WE HAVE AWARDS!!! 💙💙💙
By the way, we are 13 away from 1000 members on Discord, will you be the one that puts us over the top?
believeinserverless.com/community
By the way, we are 13 away from 1000 members on Discord, will you be the one that puts us over the top?
believeinserverless.com/community
December 1, 2024 at 11:11 PM
I'm so proud with how far this community has come in a year. WE HAVE AWARDS!!! 💙💙💙
By the way, we are 13 away from 1000 members on Discord, will you be the one that puts us over the top?
believeinserverless.com/community
By the way, we are 13 away from 1000 members on Discord, will you be the one that puts us over the top?
believeinserverless.com/community
This bathroom's GitHub contribution history is impressive
November 30, 2024 at 9:19 PM
This bathroom's GitHub contribution history is impressive
PSA: Don't give your friends edit permission to your slides 🤣
November 30, 2024 at 6:05 PM
PSA: Don't give your friends edit permission to your slides 🤣
Here's a shot from my Thanksgiving day pardon yesterday. Everybody came out to watch 🐐🐓🦃🪿
November 30, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Here's a shot from my Thanksgiving day pardon yesterday. Everybody came out to watch 🐐🐓🦃🪿
As I loaded 300lbs of chicken feed into my Jeep, I was quickly reminded it was leg day this morning 🫠🫠🫠
November 27, 2024 at 11:44 PM
As I loaded 300lbs of chicken feed into my Jeep, I was quickly reminded it was leg day this morning 🫠🫠🫠