Dev blog of Aden Forshaw

Moving from SendGrid to AWS SES (Simple Email Service)

Started getting delivery issues with transactional emails through SendGrid for Hotmail/Outlook/Etc - So I figured now was the time to switch to SES.

Triggering a Cloudbuild job from Google Cloud Function

How to trigger a Google Cloudbuild from a Cloud Function, which could be triggered by PubSub or an upload to Google Storage

Creating live maps with Serverless websockets

How the new Websocket powered https://map.theCatApi.com was built.

The Cat API // How I Built This

Here's a breakdown of the entire tech stack used for the latest ground up rebuild of theCatApi.com.

Moving from Wordpress to Vuepress

It's over 10 years since i first made a Wordpress blog, it's time to move on. I'm a big fan of Vuejs, so Vuepress was the natural choice. Over the next few weeks i'll port over a couple of posts from the archive, along with regular new posts, Stay tuned.