J Cole Morrison

J Cole Morrison

Hi, I'm Cole. I'm a Software and DevOps Engineer based out of Los Angeles, CA teaching what I know as I go! This is a log of my Tech Guides and Thoughts. Thanks for reading!


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CloudFormation

Understanding Enough awk to Search Piles of Files and Text

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Command line tools are obviously useful, but more often than not they're JAM packed with so much functionality that it can be hard to get started. "Well, check the man page fool." Oh, okay. Thanks that's helpful. Don't get me wrong, man pages are an excel…

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HTTPS

How HTTPS Works in 10 Minutes

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When we go to interact with things over the internet via HTTPS, a whole world of stuff goes on in the milliseconds before. So let's walk through this beginning to end. We won't get deep into definitions, basics behind public/private keys, or any of the math…

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CloudFormation

Using CloudFoundation to Build, Manage, and Deploy CloudFormation Templates

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In this post we're going to create an AWS CloudFormation project using the command line interface tool CloudFoundation. What is CloudFoundation? The cut and dry definition: The CLI tool for creating, managing, and deploying large CloudFormation templates and…

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Async

5 Tips and Thoughts on Async / Await Functions

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So I finally hopped on the boat with usage of ES7 Async/Await, though primarily when in Node.js land (as opposed to front-end, babelling, webpacking land). And, geez it is so refreshing to NOT have to tab and space my thumb and pinky to death. After a good a…

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Lambda

AWS Lambda vs. the World?

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Should you use Lambda or should you use ?? I hear it can replace the world? Okay, obviously I'm being dramatic. But listen (well, I suppose read): This picture is only partially representative of questions I get surrounding AWS Lambda. There's all sorts of…

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Development

How I Select Frameworks and Tools for Development Projects

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The Text Version Today I want to cover how I personally select frameworks and tools for development projects. Let's lay down 2 upfront points: First off, these are for projects that are professional on at least some level. Meaning there are stakeholders ot…

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ECS

The Hitchhiker's Video Guide to AWS ECS and Docker

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I released The Hitchhiker's Guide to AWS ECS and Docker a couple of weeks ago. It got a great response - the only thing that seemed to be problematic was the sheer size of the guide. What began as a small ECS Tutorial turned into the longest post I'd ever w…

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to AWS ECS and Docker

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Introduction In this guide we're going to discuss the major components of AWS EC2 Container Service (ECS), what they are conceptually and how they work together. The prime directive - understanding how hosting, scaling and load balancing an application with D…