Overview: LeadShield was founded in 2019, because there were no automated solutions on the market that made it simple and painless to clean your email list in near real-time, without having to be a programmer or hiring a very expensive one. The Story Behind This App The idea behind LeadShield actually came from Brandon Shelton, which he pitched to me, and I was blown away that there wasn’t already a tool(s) on the market that solved this issue. At the time, Brandon was in Marketing/Sales working with other SaaS companies. He needed a way to clean his email campaign list...
Continue reading...Capital Budget
The Capital Budget application was initially an internal work application designed for internal use. However, the request was to upgrade the current app and add some features. The original app was written in Classic ASP, and the UI was outdated. Upon receiving the requirements, I created my own version in Laravel (PHP) for a POC to get an idea of how the new features would function. Although the project was later put on hold, one of the new features I scoped for the client was the ability to conduct funds transfers from Capital funds.
Continue reading...Ansible script that will provision a set of AWS instances with Podman (Container), then run a Postgres container.
This playbook is scripted to provision a set of AWS instances with Podman. What you can expect in this script? The task will spin up an EC2 instance in “US-east-1” (change) region. Take a close look at the variable “ami_id”, which grabs the image, this can also be changed. The instance is added to a host group, then we need to wait for the SSH services to start. The next task will log in and download the Podman service. Then we start the services. The next task will install Postgres and start it. If no container matches the name, a...
Continue reading...Ansible – Creating EC2 Instances, System Group, and System User
This playbook is scripted to build two ec2 instances, then: create a user group labeled teacher, create a system user named tim, and add tim to the teacher’s group. You will obviously need to change the playbook values below in the script to match up with AWS information. The values that need to be changed are highlighted in purple. Enjoy!
Continue reading...Presenting a Web Application without the WIFI Service
This was a real-world work experience, out-of-the-box thinking! As a Full Stack App Developer, I’ve always worked on smaller teams, and wearing three to four hats was expected, which also meant understanding multiple layers of any technology stacks but never being an expert “Guru” in any of the tech stacks. We were tasked to build an application, which was a USAID project for a developing country. Part of the project deliverables was creating training materials and presenting the application. This wasn’t a problem, we built the application and training materials. But wait! We scouted the hotel and reviewed the location...
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