This year, I read 40 books. It's fun to see what books I enjoyed, which books I learned from, and which books were a waste of time. I write this blog post for myself to keep track of what I've read each year, but if you are reading this, and you aren't me I hope that I've explained enough about the book to give you an idea of why I liked it and when you might want to try it.
There is something so satisfying about creating something from nothing, playing God in the smallest way, solving problems, and building something useful. I feel fortunate to have a career doing something that I enjoy so much. For me, the delight in "working in such a tractable medium" has increased as I've spent time honing my tools and configuring them in a way that lets me focus on building and problem-solving.
This week, I needed to access an AWS ElastiCache cluster from outside AWS. This is a problem because, as AWS says in their docs "the service is designed to be accessed exclusively from within AWS". This article explains how to use an NLB for a better solution to this problem than the AWS recommended solution.
It's that time of year again. This will be my fourth annual book review blog post! I have tried several times to use Goodreads to track what I'm reading, but several things keep bringing me back to these posts. I put in a good amount of reading this year though so let's review.