This post highlights important compliance terminology. As an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, I consider secure and compliant workload deployment a core part of my professional responsibilities. Basic Terminology CMMC Domains GovCloud AWS GovCloud (US) account access and registration are restricted to eligible U.S. entities and U.S. Persons, but that does not automatically mean […]
Author: Wojciech Szczurek
EF6 Silent Fails – JetEntityFrameworkProvider
I am using JetEntityFrameworkProvider provider for my EF6.4 for .NET Framework v4.7.2. I recently come across this update query with subquery that fails silently. It produces This fails: This also fails: But this succeeds: Log Both statements generate the same SQL. Neither one produces an error. The failing statements still produce valid SQL, which I […]
IBM AI Predictions for 2026
Friends at IBM published a compelling overview of major areas of focus in the IT landscape for 2026. I found it fascinating and a strong indicator of where the industry is heading. Listed here are the main predictions with short overview. Multi-Agent Orchestration No single model will check all the boxes for every need. Work […]
Understanding AWS Lambda Code Storage
Today I found out just how quickly AWS Lambda’s code storage adds up. I checked the console and saw 27 GB of code taking up space—far more than I expected. What’s counting toward that total, and how can you avoid the same surprise? My 15 functions together only consume about 392 MB of code storage. You can list each function […]
Dynamic Origin Swapping in AWS CloudFront with Lambda@Edge
I recently needed to add a staging environment to my single page apps (SPA) hosted on S3 and served through an existing CloudFront distribution. My bucket layout looked like this: Rather than stand up a second distribution, I decided to serve stage traffic from the same CF endpoint—simply by swapping the S3 origin path at runtime. The natural […]
Custom Property Names in Audit.NET: Handling JSON Serialization in Entity Changes
Recently, I was tasked with building an audit trail log for a legacy WinForms VB.NET project that uses Entity Framework v6.4 on .NET 4.5. Rather than reinventing the wheel, I opted for an open-source library like Audit.NET v20.2.4. The default settings are quite nice, as they list all changes by column name and map the […]
Generating Config Cache in Laravel Serverless Deployments
Laravel applications can be successfully deployed to AWS serverless infrastructure using projects such as Bref. On deployments, for optimal performance you want to create cached files for your configuration, events, routes, and views by using php artisan optimize. One challenge with compiled Laravel configuration files is that they generate absolute, environment-dependent paths. This behavior can […]
Automate Homepage and Blog Page Setup in WordPress with WP-CLI
Would you like to automate the setup of your homepage and blog page in WordPress using WP-CLI? You can easily achieve this with the following commands: This solution has been tested in WordPress v6.7.1 and WP-CLI 2.10.0. After running these commands, your settings page will reflect the following changes:
Why S3-Uploads by Human Made Is My Go-To Choice
What is a CDN? A CDN, or Content Delivery Network, is a global service provided by major cloud providers that efficiently delivers files and other content to users worldwide. It distributes your content across multiple servers located around the globe, ensuring fast and reliable access for visitors wherever they are. Why do we use CDN? […]
Ditch the Overkill: How to Send WordPress Emails Using PHPMailer and Amazon SES
The WordPress ecosystem now hosts a range of fully developed email solutions provided by numerous plugins. Two of the most prominent examples are WP Mail SMTP and Easy WP SMTP. While I have no particular objections to these plugins, I believe that for experienced developers, they can be overly complex. Most of their features extend […]