A practical look at using tower as the middleware layer for Rust AWS Lambda functions, with examples that build up to a DynamoDB-backed per-IP rate limiter. It covers Service, Layer, stack ordering, short-circuiting, boxed async futures, and testing middleware without deploying a Lambda. Comments
1. The access collection black hole You need Figma access, Google Analytics, WordPress admin, GitHub, and the client's Slack. You ask. They forward a password email from two years ago. You ask again. Their developer says they'll get back to you. Three days pass. The fix: Send a single, complete access list on Day 1 — not "we'll need some access" but the exact list, with specifics for each tool,
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A hands-on dev review focused on i18n, date/number formatting, and non-ASCII edge cases. Why I Tested TestSprite for Locale Handling Specifically Most AI testing tools get reviewed for their core functionality — does it find bugs, does it write good test code, does it integrate with CI/CD. Those reviews exist. What I couldn't find was a focused review on how TestSprite handles locale-specific edge
Many of us know the classics, such as: zombo.com (RIP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombo.com) https://www.penisland.net/ (its SFW, I promise!) crouton.net (this seems to be down? :( Heres how it looks like though https://protoweb.org/2024/01/28/crouton-net/ ) But what else is there? What are some of the silly fun sites you know about? It doesn't need to make sense. Just.. Fun. Whimsy.