Peter’s Technical Blog

Serverless is becoming mainstream, but what exactly does "Serverless" mean?

It means different things to different people, but there are always servers...

Jul 13, 2024 • 

Peter Smith

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June 2024

The Incompatible Mindsets of Software Development Communities

Why you should understand software development communities, not just your own.

Jun 8, 2024 • 

Peter Smith

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February 2024

Are We Correctly Thanking Software Engineers?

We all need to feel appreciated, but sometimes we forget to thank people...

Feb 1, 2024 • 

Peter Smith

January 2024

Some Indications You Might be a Principal Software Engineer

Or at least, ready to think about that promotion path...

Jan 9, 2024 • 

Peter Smith

October 2023

Deploying state machines incrementally with versions and aliases in AWS Step Functions

Please refer to the blog post I wrote for the AWS Compute Blog, announcing the launch of the versions and aliases feature for AWS Step Functions.Thanks…

Oct 8, 2023 • 

Peter Smith

August 2023

What Truly Amazed Me in 40 Years of Computing

Experiences with computers over the last 40 years that made me say "Wow". Most changes in tech are incremental, but certain things just surprised me!

Aug 10, 2023 • 

Peter Smith

July 2021

Software Naming— The Test of Time

Thoughts on how to choose better names in your software, so they don’t cause confusion in the longer term.

Jul 12, 2021 • 

Peter Smith

June 2021

Fast Authorization with DynamoDB

Using AWS DynamoDB to manage access to a SaaS platform’s domain objects.

Jun 14, 2021 • 

Peter Smith

May 2021

Calculating 1 + 1 in JavaScript — Part 5

I’m a compiler enthusiast who has been learning how the V8 JavaScript Engine works. Of course, the best way to learn something is to write…

May 18, 2021 • 

Peter Smith

March 2021

Calculating 1 + 1 in JavaScript — Part 4

Discovering how the V8 JavaScript Engine computes the 1 + 1 expression.

Mar 29, 2021 • 

Peter Smith

Calculating 1 + 1 in JavaScript — Part 3

I’m a compiler enthusiast who has been learning how the V8 JavaScript Engine works. Of course, the best way to learn something is to write…

Mar 11, 2021 • 

Peter Smith

Calculating 1 + 1 in JavaScript — Part 2

This blog post describes how the V8 JavaScript Engine calculates 1 + 1, considering the V8 API, the heap, and garbage collection.

Mar 1, 2021 • 

Peter Smith