Danny Perez articles - 23 total
Passwordless sign-in with Google One Tap for Web
I took the One Tap Sign-In library for a spin and here's what I found, warts and all.
Avoiding burnout as a new tech lead
Its easy to take on too much work as a new tech lead and burn out, especially if you're a dev thats been promoted for the first time to a lead role.
Setting up automatic failover for your static websites hosted on S3
Up until late last year, you couldn't set up automatic failover in CloudFront to look at a different...
Create your own short link redirects using CloudFront + S3
An in-depth guide on setting up your own world-class redirects for cheap using AWS CloudFront + S3
That time I needed to create 20k short links, and how to create them on AWS
Use Cloudfront + S3 with Website-Redirect-Location metadata on your objects for dirt-cheap shortlinks
adding google sign-in to your webapp - a react example
In this next part of the series, I'll be walking you through an implementation of google sign-in with a simple react app and a bonus react-router example.
adding google sign-in to your webapp - using the js library
how to use the `gapi` library to configure Sign-In and then actually sign-in the user, as well as a few snippets for handling some common user scenarios.
adding google sign-in to your web app - pt 1
A guide on adding google login to your webapp: when you should use it, how to add the button via HTML/JS, and how to integrate it into your Angular/React project.
Using webdriverio with headless Chrome in Docker
Seeing random Chrome crashes like "tab crashed", or "Chrome is unreachable" errors when running your headless tests in Docker? Run Chrome with these options
Debugging webdriverio tests with VSCode
For when you want to step through your wdio tests.
9 books that helped me navigate my first time being a tech lead
I struggled a bit in my first year as a tech lead - here's what I had to deal with in my first year, and how I got over my imposter syndrome.
3 things you might see in your logs once your site is public
You've finished deploying your website to its new domain. You start to see your normal user traffic, but then you also notice funny patterns in your access logs. Here's a few examples of things you might see in your access logs once your site or API is public in production.
writing quick and dirty scripts using bash
You have a few lines you've been typing in your shell, and you'd like to just run it the way you run any other CLI including options. If you're writing a shell script, here's a few tips to help you get a head start.
webdriverIO tips: element wrapped in a div is not clickable
Have you run into an error saying "Element is not clickable at point" when you're trying to click a button? You might be seeing this if you have a spinner that appears on your buttons or its a customized button...
webdriverIO tips: finding your errors when using waitUntil
If you're loading a page and want to make sure that some elements are showing up before advancing, you'd be inclined to use `browser.waitUntil()`. While it does do the job, it holds onto the errors until the test times out.
webdriverIO tips: get text from a list of items
There's a few ways to go about getting text from a list of elements, but there's a gotcha with webdriverIO that can make your tests a lot flakier.
webdriverIO tips: using browser.debug() to help debug your tests
Ever want to stop your Selenium tests halfway and try to see what your tests are seeing? Using .debug() helps but be aware of your test timeouts & context around your code.
webdriverIO tips: using $$(selector) vs browser.elements(selector)
One of the first use cases I tackled in my test was finding all elements with a particular CSS class and then doing something to them
managing db users in postgres & mysql
A guide for when you have to add/remove/update/and/20/other/things in both mysql & postgres databases, and you wind up getting lost trying to do seemingly simple things.
a few lessons learned storing secrets in aws parameter store
sharing a few lessons learned managing a few thousand secrets in AWS Parameter Store.
managing passwords and other secrets across teams
4 things that your org might need a safe and secure way to do (because odds are they aren't right now)
4 things I look for in a senior DevOps engineer
As a follow up from my last post about things I look for when hiring a junior DevOps...
4 things I’m looking for when hiring a junior DevOps engineer
You’ve been hearing about DevOps as a career path, and you’re looking to to break into the field as a...