Available posts in 2022

TypeScript Lambda with cdktf

17th December 2022

Hi, In this blog post, I want to briefly explain what cdktf is and how you can use it to create a TypeScript Lambda. The motivation for this came from a StackOverflow post. What is cdktf? The Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (cdktf) is a toolkit…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 47

27th November 2022

It is getting cold in Germany. So just better reasons to stay inside and build cool Cloud stuff :)! If you like my content follow me on my usual spots to hang around: https://twitter.com/MartinMueller_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinmueller8…

Terraform CI/CD Staging Pipeline with CircleCI

1st October 2022

Hi, Terraform CI/CD staging pipelines, where the CD stands for Continuous Deployment, allow a secure and continuous development of infrastructure with Terraform. Typically, a commit in the main branch starts the pipeline and the desired changes are…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 34

28th August 2022

Last week newsletter didn't appeared as I needed to relax a bit. In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Serverless, Data Engineering…

AWS CDK and Amplify runtime-config

25th August 2022

Hi, Seamless integration of AWS CDK and Amplify apps used to be very cumbersome! With a runtime-config for the Amplify frontend React app, it's now much easier. Here I would like to introduce you to the idea of a runtime-config. In my fullstack…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 32

14th August 2022

In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Serverless, Data Engineering, Data Analytics and much more. If you like my content follow me on my…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 31

7th August 2022

This week was my first week solely working as a freelancer. That is scary but exciting too :)! In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 30

31st July 2022

This week was tough as it was my last week at Monada. It was a great time working with great engineers and I am super excited to follow the future development of Monada :). In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 29

24th July 2022

This week was hot in Germany. Not just in terms of cool news around DevOps and more, it was physically hot :). My highlight of this week was the in-person AWS UG Meetup in Berlin. It was super amazing to see some AWS CDK friends in real :)! In this…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 28

17th July 2022

In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Serverless, Data Engineering, Data Analytics and much more. If you like my content follow me on my…

Catch AWS Lambda Timeouts

10th July 2022

cdk-lambda-timeout-eng (Click me :D) Ahoy, AWS Lambda is probably one of the most famous if not the most famous compute service from AWS. In fact, Lambda is also my favorite AWS service because it makes implementing business logic very easy and…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 27

10th July 2022

This week was crazy exciting. On Thursday I took the train to Munich for attending to an AWS Meetup and visit a client and friend. Both events were super empowering and in times like this, I feel very grateful and thankful to work in this area. In…

Make your AWS Prod environment super with Superwerker

5th July 2022

Hi everyone. I want to make my senjuns project production-ready. So far I had only deployed it in my developer AWS account. My developer account has no AWS services configured that are needed for a reasonable production environment. These are for…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 26

3rd July 2022

Hello friends. Another week passed by! My highlights of the week were the German CDK Happy Hour Meetup on Wednesday where an AWS CDK project was presented which leverages AWS ECS with Blue/Green deployments. That is super exciting as that is not…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 25

26th June 2022

Hi folks. What a week. Close by the Azure Meetup started happening again after like 2 years. Was great to see my old Meetup friends again. You might think wait what why Azure you are an AWS guy? Yes, true but learning more about the other cloud…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 24

19th June 2022

In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Data Engineering, Data Analytics and much more. If you like my content follow me on my usual spots…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 23

12th June 2022

In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Data Engineering, Data Analytics and much more. If you like my content follow me on my usual spots…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 22

5th June 2022

In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Data Engineering, Data Analytics and much more. If you like my content follow me on my usual spots…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 21

29th May 2022

In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Data Engineering, Data Analytics and much more. If you like my content follow me on my usual spots…

What is Serverless?

24th May 2022

To clear up a possible misunderstanding right away! Serverless does not mean that there are no more servers! On the contrary! Cloud providers such as AWS, which offer serverless, have many servers worldwide. In the image below you can see the…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 20

22nd May 2022

In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Data Engineering, Data Analytics and much more. If you like my content follow me on my usual spots…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 19

15th May 2022

In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Data Engineering, Data Analytics and much more. If you like my content follow me on my usual spots…

Create and delete AWS Accounts programmatically

11th May 2022

Hi. In AWS, it is best practice to create new accounts if, for example, you want to deploy different stages such as dev, qa and prod for your solution. It is also common to create so-called sandbox AWS accounts to provide these new employees for…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 18

8th May 2022

In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Data Engineering, Data Analytics and much more. If you like my content follow me on my usual spots…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 17

1st May 2022

In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Data Engineering, Data Analytics and much more. If you like my content follow me on my usual spots…

Newsletter martinmueller.dev 2022 week 16

25th April 2022

In this weekly newsletter, I write a summary of posts that got my attention during the week. I center around topics AWS, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CDK, Data Engineering, Data Analytics and much more. If you like my content follow me on my usual spots…

Export DynamoDB Items to S3

3rd April 2022

Hi Storing data like JSON logs in DynamoDB is a great idea as DynamoDB is very scalable. In addition, it is easier to transfer data into a DynamoDB table using for example Lambda and AWS SDK. Also, it makes analyzing the logs easier for example the…

AWS CDK diagrams with cdk-dia <3

24th March 2022

Hi. AWS component diagrams are a great way to visualize complex AWS architectures. For many, they are much more intuitive than, for example, CDK code. I myself work a lot with AWS component diagrams when I develop new AWS systems. What has always…

Deploy Lambda@Edge with AWS CDK and TypeScript

6th February 2022

Hi, Lambda@Edge are Lambdas that are executed in the AWS Cloudfront Locations. That can increase performance and reduce latency compared to normal Lambda. Cloudfront together with Lambda@Edge can also being used as a proxy for a private S3 asset…

CDK BitBucket Staging Pipeline Learnings (Part 2)

7th January 2022

Hi CDK folks. A few months ago I told you about my exciting project to build a CDK BitBucket Staging Pipeline. Since then, a lot has happened and we have continued to develop the pipeline. Problems with CDK cross-stack references CDK cross-stack…

My First Exciting Week at OBJECT

20th February 2020

Hello. In this article I briefly summarize the first week at OBJECT. For myself that has a couple of advantages. On one hand I practice writing articles and on the other hand it serves as a reflection on the previous days. As well for some of my…

From Alfresco to OBJECT

9th February 2020

Dear reader. I am happy to announce that I will switch to OBJECT on February 14th. This is a partner company of my current company Alfresco. OBJECT mainly operates in the German and Swiss ECM (Enterprise Content Management) market. Below I list my…