You might have encountered this issue when using Amplify to host your single-page applications. An image in the public folder would show up perfectly fine when running locally but it was not found on the live site after Amplify deployed your change. Curiously, this only happens with some images – jpeg, avif, webp… The reason … Amplify: how to fix images that show up locally but not after deployment Read More » The post Amplify: how to fix images that show up locally but not after deployment appeared firs[...]

Update 04/08/2022: turns out there are some valid reasons (analytics and potentially SEO) for redirecting from the apex domain to www. Please see comments from Michael Hart, Mike Lamb and Tyler Love to my tweet here for more details.   I have used Amplify to host all my single-page applications, including the newly revamped sites … Amplify: you shouldn’t allow redirect from apex to www Read More » The post Amplify: you shouldn’t allow redirect from apex to www appeared first on theburningmonk.com.

I recently rebuilt the landing page for both AppSync Masterclass and Production-Ready Serverless. The sites were hosted on Shifter (think serverless WordPress) and Wix respectively. In both cases, the performance of the sites (especially on mobile) left a lot to be desired. A large portion of the user traffics to these sites comes from mobile. … 10 performance optimization tips I learned after rebuilding two course landing pages Read More » The post 10 performance optimization tips I learned after rebuil[...]

As I rebuild the landing page for the AppSync Masterclass I wanted to give this boring “about me” section a facelift. After taking inspiration from other landing pages, I decided to go with something like this. Notice the gradient effect towards the bottom of each image? It provides a nice backdrop and contrast for the … How to add a subtle gradient on top of an image using CSS Read More » The post How to add a subtle gradient on top of an image using CSS appeared first on theburningmonk.com.

AWS AppSync added support for Lambda authorizers on 30th July 2021 and it made it much easier to implement group-based authorization with 3rd party identity services. Group-based auth with AppSync and Cognito I previously wrote about how you can secure multi-tenant applications with AppSync and Cognito. Where you can use custom attributes to capture the tenant … Group-based auth with AppSync Lambda authoriser Read More » Liked this article? Support me on Patreon and get direct help from me via a private[...]