Portfolio

Hosted a Twitter space together with Chris Bongers (@DailyDevTips1) where we spoke with the following Cloud enthusiasts: • @curtiseinsmann • @BrianHHough • @tpschmidt_ About: Getting started in the...
After successfully passing the AWS DevOps exam I decided to write a guide on my blog to help others pass the exam. https://towardsthecloud.com/blog/aws-devops-engineer-professional-exam-guide
I'm happy to say I passed my AWS Certified DevOps professional exam for the second time (it got expired last month) 🎉 https://twitter.com/dannysteenman/status/1419639897627848704
🚀 Writing Pays Off: The Benefits of Blogging in Tech I was invited to speak about my experience as a Blogger and explain how it benefitted my skills and career opportunities! https://twitter.com/ha...
Level up CloudFormation with VS Code If you use CloudFormation to provision your infrastructure in AWS. You definitely need these VS Code extensions and CLI tools to speed up your deployment. https...
Hardening a WordPress website on AWS Lightsail Setting up a secure WordPress website can be quite hard with all the scattered information out there on the web. This article sums up the best methods...
10 Best VS Code extensions for Python in 2021 This list includes the 10 best VS Code extensions that help you develop applications and code faster using Python. https://towardsthecloud.com/blog/10-...
How to pass the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam - complete guide This AWS Cloud Practitioner exam guide will provide everything you need in order to pass the AWS Cloud Practitioner effectively in one g...
Break out of your Comfort Zone as an Engineer As an Engineer, being in the same environment for a long time makes it hard to adapt to something new. Break out of your comfort zone and explore new c...
How to pass the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam - complete guide With this guide on the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam, you should get fully prepared to pass the exam on the first at...
Validating CloudFormation Templates in AWS CodePipeline This article explains how to add cfn-lint in AWS CodePipeline using a custom AWS CodeBuild project. https://towardsthecloud.com/blog/validati...
Update your macOS packages with a single command This article explains how to automatically update all your system packages in a single command. https://towardsthecloud.com/blog/update-macos-packag...
How to Automatically Setup Your MacBook for Development Wrote a guide that will show you how to automatically set up your Macbook or Linux machine using Ansible and dotfiles. https://towardstheclou...
CloudFormation Snippets for VS Code I create an extension that adds snippets for all the AWS CloudFormation resources into Visual Studio Code. https://github.com/dannysteenman/vscode-cloudformation...
New blog post 🎉 I wrote a tutorial for AWS CDK that lets you easily share resources across stacks. Give it a try if you like infrastructure as code! https://towardsthecloud.com/library/aws-cdk-shar...
Deploy stacks in parallel with AWS CDK Pipelines I wrote a help article for AWS CDK pipelines (deploy stacks in parallel) https://towardsthecloud.com/blog/aws-cdk-pipelines-parallel-deploy
10 Best Free AWS Learning Resources for Beginners I’ve received this question a lot on Twitter: I want to learn more about the Cloud, but I have no idea where to start? To answer this I've curated ...
Hosted an AMA on Twitter to share my experience as an AWS Cloud Engineer I did an AMA on Twitter where I answered questions from the community about my experience as an AWS Cloud Engineer. I answer...
AWS Toolbox 🧰 I created an open-source repository called AWS Toolbox that contains useful scripts (Bash & Python) that automate repetitive tasks in AWS. The goal is to get a complete library of scr...
Use AWS Copilot CLI to deploy containers on existing infrastructure - Tutorial I'm currently using AWS Copilot in a migration project and decided to share my experience with this tool in the form o...
CDK Construct Snippets for VS Code I published a new tool for AWS CDK users. It’s an extension that adds L1 construct snippets from CDK into VS Code. Basically, it will autocomplete any CloudFormat...
Wrote a guide to set up AWS SSO for AWS CLI and manage it in an easy way via aws-vault. https://towardsthecloud.com/blog/how-to-set-up-aws-cli-aws-sso
🤩 Learn how to set up AWS CDK! What's in this guide: 🔸 Install AWS CDK & initialize the Project 🔸 Generate CloudFormation templates with `cdk synth` 🔸 Deploy to AWS with `cdk deploy` 🔸 Bonus. Autoc...
7 Essential tips that help prepare you for the AWS Certification exam. I wrote a blog post that will provide an effective strategy with examples on how to improve your success rate on any AWS Certi...
Published a new blog post! 🚀 Easily create an assume role script that gives you the ability to access cross-account AWS resources. https://towardsthecloud.com/blog/aws-cross-account-assume-role-script