Have you ever struggled with testing cloud services locally? Specifically, have you ever struggled with locally testing an API that uses API Gateway and Lambda, with the Serverless framework, on AWS? In this article, Tom Hudson shares a quick overview of how easy it is to quickly set up your project to test locally before deploying to AWS.

What's your favorite command-line tool? In this post, Louis Layaris shares a collection of relevant command-line apps and utilities that he has personally come across in the past few years. If there's a useful one that hasn't been mentioned and one you use regularly, please do share it in the comments.

I have a few processes on my Windows gaming PC that are critical but sometimes get impacted over night as Windows tells my beloved machine to tone it down. My machine has the necessary cooling so I’m happy to let the processes do their work. There is a setting in the UI which allows you […] The post Prevent Windows from Sleeping appeared first on David Walsh Blog.

Dee and Chris talk about “everything money-related” at CodePen. Dee has been managing this stuff since CodePen’s beginning. First largely pro-bono (sorry, Dee), then later as a side gig and part-time job. Dee is full-time now at CodePen, but finance stuff is only part of her role (programming being the main job). It’s a lot […] The post 332: Running the Finances of a Startup appeared first on CodePen Blog.

As identity fraud mitigation has evolved on the internet, two-factor authentication (2FA) has become the gold standard for account creation and identity management. SIM swap fraud, a hardware hack that bypasses SMS 2FA, adds a new security wrinkle that must be solved. Tru.ID claims to solve this problem via a new API.

Here's a challenge for you: what about building a 3D game over the weekend? Babylon.js is a JavaScript framework for building 3D games with HTML5, WebGL and Web Audio, built by yours truly and the Babylon.js team. To celebrate the new version 2.3 of the library, we decided to build a new demo named "Sponza" to highlight what can be done with the WebGL engine and HTML5 when it comes to building great games nowadays. The idea was to create a consistent, similar, if not identical, experience on all WebGL supported platforms and to try to reach native apps' features. In this article, I'll explain how it all works together, along with the various challenges we've faced and the lessons we've learned while building it.The post Building A Cross-Platform WebGL Game With Babylon.js appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

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As 2016 ended, as we know--it's a fine idea to begin looking ahead in the world of design to spot what graphic design trends are approaching our way. We've been imagining and visualizing how we can integrate stock photos and vectors into new-fangled and stimulating design themes. Whereas we've witness several auspicious trends over the past year, 2017 is assuring to take design to a brighter, intrepid stage. Let's turn to what this year 2017 will probably have in stockpile for us as graphic designers. In this article, we will be discussing about the trends we all have been noting … Continue reading →Visit us at InstantShift.com

Marcel Pociot, our teams and me have worked hard to create Ignition, the brand new error page in Laravel 6. Earlier this week I had the pleasure of being invited to the stream of Gary Hockin where we talked about the internals of Ignation.

LUTs (Lookup Tables) are an important part of the video post-production process. They play a key role in color grading and help create a consistent look across the entire video. In this post, we bring you a collection of the best free and premium LUTs you can use in your post-production. Whether you're a YouTuber […]