Automatically generating the UI *seemed* like a good idea. I might need to reconsider this. #buildinpublic #AWS

It turns out that using the JSON CloudFormation format as the internal state for @StackToolbox was a mistake. I didn't pick it up until I made two keys the same while editing the name for one.

Time to re-think this. 🤯 #AWS #buildinpublic

I had a few hours on Sunday evening to work on @StackToolbox and thought I'd make a quick video. #AWS #buildinpublic

There's nothing like that moment you remember a glaringly obvious edge case that happens frequently.

Today it's JSON objects having the same key twice when renaming the key.

It's late. I'll fix @StackToolbox tomorrow.

#AWS #CloudFormation #buildinpublic

I've been working on @StackToolbox over the Easter long weekend.

The form editor is progressing nicely now I have a solution to the UX issue that was making it difficult to support all CloudFormation resources without building custom screens for each one.

#AWS #buildinpublic

Today I made the classic startup mistake of wasting time on something that makes @StackToolbox look prettier and future proofing it instead of focusing on work that would help me get it in front of customers.

Luckily I caught myself after a few hours and stopped.

#buildinpublic

I think I'm starting to get the hang of flex box layouts.

Both code and form views for @StackToolbox now resize and scroll correctly but I broke viewing alerts. 😠

Hopefully I can fix that quickly tomorrow and get started on form editing.

#AWS #buildinpublic

I think I finally understand enough about custom YAML tags to be able to parse an #AWS #CloudFormation document and turn it back into YAML file.

This took way more mucking around than I'd like to admit.

#buildinpublic

An unplanned week off gave me time to think about @StackToolbox.

I still want something I can dog food by the end of March so I might need to cut my MVP wishlist.

Today was spent refactoring the #CloudFormation editor to avoid having one big component.

#buildinpublic #AWS

The code view for @StackToolbox is coming along quickly.

There's still a few rough edges that need fixing before I start on the form views.

#buildinpublic #AWS

Today's hard learned lesson is that not all YAML libraries are equal.

I think I've found one that does what I need but the implementation is going to take a little longer. #buildinpublic

Day 2 working on @StackToolbox and I have the basic layout done.

Tomorrow I'll start connecting the moving parts.

I'm hoping for the first public screenshots by the end of this week.

#buildinpublic #lowcode #AWS #SAM 😉

Nothing beats the high of starting a new side project.

Day 1 involved migrating the shell from what would have been Grapboss version 2.

Tomorrow I'll start working on the new layout for @StackToolbox. Family comes first so I only get an hour per day (when lucky). #buildinpublic

What dev tools are you missing?

I have some time available and would like to spend it building developer tools with an #AWS focus.

Some ideas I'm considering:
* Developer Portal
* Env/Secrets Management (cross account)
* Visual Tools for API/Serverless Dev

#buildinpublic