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That was easier than I thought! DynamoDB streams allow me to publish a real-time view of the current Oscar Contest predictions: https://t.co/JcIddEdsbS Current runaway favourite is “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” for Animated Film. https://t.co/QJlMF4vzh4


@i386 Honestly, I swear to God I thought this was a giant saxophone at first. πŸ˜‚πŸŽ·


@petehanssens Pretty much! I’ve just written up a blog post about it. Would love your feedback. πŸ™‚ https://t.co/psRjxW1SUr


w-g blog: I’ve documented the architecture for my Oscar Contest web app if you’re curious! This was a fun project. @awscloud https://t.co/psRjxW1SUr https://t.co/KwRaiPqLQU


@petehanssens Each vote is a record that updates. After voting, it used to keep you on the form but one of my testers found it confusing. What’s your preference – going to prediction graphs?


@petehanssens I still need to add Reset Password flow. Already had someone unable to log in.


This is the face of someone who finally tricked the Snook into buying her a selfie stick. πŸ˜‰πŸ“Έ https://t.co/Ic6vSJ4q0s https://t.co/IkxEID0amO


@darthted Yeah, from last August at Yellowstone.


@gilmae @darthted Hmmm. You might be waiting a while. I’ll be in Melbourne for the March meetup… and likely in the US for the May one. 😳


@petehanssens Yeah, I considered that approach but the JSON->S3 way was faster!


@BugHunterSam I had heard of this, but… you think? I didn’t think anyone would be interested.


@gilmae @darthted For the May one I plan to be in MANHATTAN DARLING, about as far from the great outdoors as humanly possible. 😜


RT @emrazz: On Wednesday, a 21 y/o white man made 5 women lay down on the floor of a bank and shot them execution style.

Today, a 21 y/o w…


BRILLIANT. https://t.co/En9TmdgZXq



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