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Simplified Data Workflows With AWS Step Functions Variables
In this post, I use AWS Step Functions variables and JSONata to create a simplified API data capture workflow with Lambda and DynamoDB. This post was originally published on amazonwebshark.com on 03 March 2025. Some of the formatting and snippets are best viewed there, although the wording is identical. - Damien Introduction I've become an AWS Step Functions convert in recent times.
Low-Code S3 Key Validation With AWS Step Functions & JSONata
In this post, I use JSONata to add low-code S3 object key validation to an AWS Step Functions state machine. This post was originally published on amazonwebshark.com on 17 February 2025. Some of the formatting and snippets are best viewed there, although the wording is identical. - Damien Introduction In 2024, I worked a lot with AWS Step Functions. I built several for different tasks, and talked about them a fair bit.
T-SQL Tuesday #160: Round-Up
In this post, I write a round-up of the community responses to my March 2023 T-SQL Tuesday #160 invitation: Microsoft OpenAI Wishlist. Table of Contents Introduction Chad Callihan Chris Johnson Rob Farley Steve Jones Summary Introduction Earlier this month, I hosted March 2023’s T-SQL Tuesday with an invitation concerning the ongoing Microsoft and OpenAI partnership: What follows is some commentary on, and links to, each of the responses.
Three indicted in Harris County on allegations of trying to illegally influence state House races
A Harris County grand jury has indicted three people who tried to illegally influence races in two Houston-area state House districts during the 2020 election cycle, District Attorney Kim Ogg has announced. The impacted districts were House District 132 and House District 142, currently represented by state Reps. Gina Calanni, D-Katy, and Harold Dutton, D-Houston, respectively.
Opinion | As a tall, Black man police see me as a threat. But I'm the one who should be scared.
Starting out as a congressional intern in the fall of 2013, I anticipated taking back many lessons when I returned to Texas Southern University to continue my education in political science. But I expected that they would stem from traditional Capitol Hill experiences like taking phone calls from angry constituents, deciphering the maze of underground tunnels that run under House office buildings and making an exciting trip to the Speaker's Lobby.
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