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.

Last time I talked a bit about the context of my experience with Machine Learning products and the high level issues we had getting customers to switch to what was clearly a better product. This time I get into some technical examples from these checklists and try to demonstrate the conflict. The first and most […]

First some context. My direct experience over the last decade+ has been mostly B2B selling enterprise grade software to large corporates and so my perspective is skewed this way. I have had many conversations with folks working in the small business and consumer spaces and know those can be very different worlds. When you sell […]