Trials and Tribulations with serverless in AWS

So I needed to create a simple database backend with an api for a mobile app. It’s a small, simple database, with several classical join operations. Perfect for MySQL. It has an unusual characteristic: it’s only going to be used once or twice a month for a few days. It’s a problem management system for …

Getting enough network redundancy at all PSAPs in NG9-1-1

I often hear complaints that in many PSAPs, there isn’t any way to get enough redundancy of network connections to get a reliable ESInet. Often these are rural PSAPs, or larger ones where network diversity wasn’t even considered when siting the facility. I’m here to tell you that I think you CAN get a fair …