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I'm Adnan Rahić

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A crash course on optimizing your Docker images for production

Don’t you hate it when deploying your app takes ages? Over a gigabyte for a single container image isn’t really what is viewed as best practice.

6 min read - Posted on Thu, Nov 15, 2018
In DevOps
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Serverless with AWS - Image resize on-the-fly with Lambda and S3

Handling large images has always been a pain in my side since I started writing code. Here's how you can solve it with serverless.

13 min read - Posted on Thu, Sep 27, 2018
In Serverless
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Containers vs. Serverless from a DevOps standpoint

Two buzzwords walk into a bar... No? Yeah, let's not go there. If you feel like this, you're in the right place. Both containers and serverless have been the cool new kid on the block for the last few years, and the popularity simply isn't dying down.

14 min read - Posted on Mon, Sep 10, 2018
In Serverless
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Serverless with AWS - Triggering Lambda with SNS Messaging

If you're like me, a sucker for event-driven programming, you'll want to continue reading. Today we'll take a look at triggering AWS Lambda functions from AWS SNS messages.

10 min read - Posted on Thu, Aug 30, 2018
In Serverless
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Serverless-side rendering with Vue.js, Nuxt.js and AWS Lambda

We want the best of both worlds. The SEO boost server-side rendering provides, and the speed of a Single Page Application. All this while hosted basically for free in a serverless environment on AWS Lambda.

13 min read - Posted on Tue, Aug 21, 2018
In Serverless
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Building a serverless contact form with AWS Lambda and AWS SES

This tutorial will cover the basics of both the front-end form, with vanilla JavaScript, and the serverless back end, hosted on AWS Lambda. AWS SES is the service you use for sending the actual emails and trust me, it's so incredibly simple the configuration takes 13 seconds.

10 min read - Posted on Tue, Jul 17, 2018
In Serverless
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A crash course on Serverless APIs with Express and MongoDB

Yes, that's a thing, you can build Express apps on AWS Lambda. Amazing, I know! And yes, you can use MongoDB without batting an eye!

16 min read - Posted on Mon, Jul 2, 2018
In Serverless
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How to deploy a Node.js application to AWS Lambda using Serverless

Today you'll learn how to deploy a Node.js application to AWS Lambda with the help of the Serverless Framework.

8 min read - Posted on Thu, Jun 21, 2018
In Serverless
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How to start down the path of the programmer?

The journey is long and hard. It's not for everyone.

4 min read - Posted on Mon, Jun 5, 2017
In Motivation
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"Hello World!" app with Node.js and Express

Do you use Node…? You will.

6 min read - Posted on Mon, Jan 9, 2017
In Nodejs
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Can you learn to code in 4 weeks?

Well, no. Isn’t it obvious?

3 min read - Posted on Sat, Dec 3, 2016
In Motivation
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