Chris Mendez
453 postsDigital Product Manager & Social Entrepreneur. Mostly write about AWS, Swift, R, and Ruby.
Easiest way to install Chrome on Windows
I generally dread any time I have to create a new instance of Windows and Internet Explorer. Why? Because it's just not easy. For example, here...
Basic Curl Commands for API Gateway
AWS's API Gateway is great for developers who need a simple API for their SaaS Services. When it comes to testing out your API, there are...
Git: How to save to two Git repos
I have git repo living on Amazon CodeCommit [https://aws.amazon.com/codecommit/] but I want to save backups on Github or Bitbucket. Here's how: Step...
My Favorite Visual Studio Code Plugins
I started using Textmate [http://macromates.com/] in 2004 because it was Rails friendly. Lately I've been using Visual Studio Code [https://code.visualstudio.com/Download]...
Managing an attack on your Bitnami server
If at any point your AWS LightSail website starts crashing, you might want to consider attackers. Aside from the typical things you can manage through CloudFlare, you can...
Bitnami WordPress Cheatsheet for AWS Lightsail
I'm currently working on two WordPress websites that have been pre-configured by Bitnami within a Virtual Private Cloud. Below are a few select commands I use...
Using Rake Tasks for Mac OSX
Here are a few of my favorite commands for Mac OS X, Ruby on Rails and AWS Lambda development.
AWS: Using Rake Tasks to SSH into EC2
I work a lot with EC2 and one thing I always have to Google is how to SSH into an AMI, Ubuntu, Fedora, or CentOS instance. Part of...
Audio plugins for Mac OS X
I love audio engineering, digital signal processing and pretty much anything dealing with creating, capturing or modifying sound. This year, I switch over from Pro Tools to Logic...