February 2016 – Hamish Buchanan

Primer on AWS (1/3) – Route 53

Posted on 19 February 201627 May 2020 by Hamish

Below are my notes on the AWS service Route 53. Route 53 is the AWS DNS service. It’s named after port 53 which is the DNS port. Route 53 is not a regional service it is set up on the Global region only. It’s more commonly used for public domain names but can also be…

Local GDS Workshop

Posted on 7 February 201627 May 2020 by Hamish

I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Local GDS workshop held, last Friday, at the Government Digital Services (GDS) headquarters in London. The workshop gave a great insight into the Standards developed and being used by the GDS team and led to many discussions about whether they could be applied to Local Government….