A personal blog on all things of interest.

Written by Dennis O'Keeffe

Currently writing about: AWS, Kubernetes, Machine Learning, Python and TypeScript.

Scheduled Post Test

• aws
• airtable
• github

Don't mind me, I am just testing my scheduled blog post workflow.

1 min read

Scheduling One-Off Cron Jobs With AWS EventBridge And AWS Lambda

• aws
• aws-sdk
• typescript
• aws-lambda
• aws-eventbridge

Reduce instances and costs for single-run cron jobs by using AWS EventBridge rules to trigger AWS Lambda functions.

8 min read

Next.js Shortened URL Automation

• nextjs
• javascript

Automate the process of creating shortened URLs for your Next.js posts with this how-to guide.

6 min read

In My First 5 Days Of NFTs I Minted 2460 Collectibles From Hotel Quarantine

• nft
• ethereum

A recount on how I minted 2460 pieces of generated digital art onto OpenSea from my hotel room in Australia.

25 min read

Jest With GitHub Actions

• jest
• javascript

See how to use Jest alongside GitHub Actions run Jest testing in CI.

5 min read

Building Typescript NPM Packages With Parcel 2

• nodejs
• typescript
• npm
• parcel

See how easy it is to build a TypeScript NPM package using Parcel 2.

8 min read

Locking Redis Transactions In Node.js

• nodejs
• javascript
• redis

Avoid dirty reads on highly contended cache resources in Node.js with the Redlock package.

11 min read

Introduction To Caching With Next.js

• nextjs
• javascript
• caching
• react query
• redis

The beginner's guide to how different forms of server and client caching work with Redis and React Query.

21 min read

Converting The Interim Swyftx Data Structure Into A Valid OpenAPI Format

• nodejs
• javascript
• swyftx
• openapi

Following on from the previous post, we will take the interim data structure we scraped from the Apiary documentation website and reshape it into a valid OpenAPI JSON structure.

15 min read

Authenticating Use For The Swyftx API With Node.js

• nodejs
• javascript
• swyftx

As we begin a new short series on Swyftx, we begin by getting up and running with your API keys and retrieving your profile with a simple Node.js project.

8 min read

Scraping The Swyftx Apiary Docs Into A JSON File With Puppeteer

• nodejs
• javascript
• swyftx
• puppeteer

Using Puppeteer, we scrape the Swyftx API docs from Apiary and convert it into a JSON data structure to use later.

15 min read

5 Handy Python Tips For Beginners

• 100daysofpython

After 30+ days of my 100 day Python journey, I stop to reflect on the five tips that have been unusual by helpful coming into the language.

4 min read