Aaron Powell

Bio

Hi, I'm CDA Aaron Powell, you might remember me from such roles as a Readify consultant, organiser of DDD Sydney or presenting at events.

My background is web development, in the 15 years I've been in the industry I've done server side and client side development, which I guess makes me a full-stack developer these days. But my passion is front end, whether it's vanilla JavaScript, React or that new framework released in the last 5 minutes.

Mostly I like to have fun with techonolgy, whether it's using Docker in ways you probably shouldn't, writing your own number type in C# or generally embracing stupid ideas.

My goal is to make sure people have fun, grown in what they do and are all round better developers.

Skills

• .NET (C# & F#)
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• React
• Node.js
• Containers

My Projects

• Chauffeur, a CLI for Umbraco
• httpstat.us, a site for testing HTTP status codes
• ps-nvm, a Node Version Manager for PowerShell (Windows, Mac and Linux)
• "Docker, FROM scratch" talk + exercises
• LINQ in JavaScript

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Recent Blog Posts

Building a Smart Home - Part 2 Where to Start

Controlling Blazor Environments on Static Web Apps

Taking a SWA DevOps pipeline to the next level

Building a Smart Home - Part 1 Design

Working With add-mask and GitHub Actions for dynamic secrets

Deploy Azure Static Web Apps With Bicep

Implementing a Token Store With APIM Authorizations

Breaking Down a Phishing Attempt

Learn GraphQL at NDC Melbourne

Accessing a Static Web Apps Url From GitHub Actions