George Tsiolis

Designed our new HTML emails for @localstack.cloud, now sent to all new users after they sign up. Kudos to Luca for implementing these in a day, and Alexa for the copy help! 📥

Execution beats strategy. ⏱️

[CHOOSE X]

Emulate. Replicate. Restore. Reload. Trace. Secure.

What's new in #LocalStack?

Look near the bottom left.

The console now features a subtle card stack,
which surfaces the latest product releases. 📮

% localstack update all

LocalStack March Product Updates 🗞️
› localstack.dev/r/4.3

Ingredients for running a remote team.

+ Urgency
+ Agency
+ Synergy

Your outie develops cloud apps without cloud costs.

Some upcoming user interaction optimizations for the sign-up flow on @localstack.cloud, going from 12 to 8 steps.

LocalStack 4.1 release in a glance. ⬇️
> localstack.dev/r/4.1

[...] you’ll need to design your remote model in such a way that it supports and enhances what’s already working, and allows continued experimentation, without getting in the way.

💯

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Screenshot of Ghostty with window size, padding, and color configuration options. 👻

Ghostty configuration with window size, padding, and color options. 👻

gitlab.com/-/snippets/4...

Terminal output of the version option in the LocalStack CLI

Terminal output of the start command in the LocalStack CLI

CLI UX relies on the small details that can make a difference. Here are two improvements I contributed to the @localstack.cloud CLI recently:
› version option accurately shows CLI version (available)
› start command includes web app URL (coming soon)

Expanded help menu with combined options to contact the team, download the desktop app, join the community, and more.

Early designs for a combined help menu. 🛟
› Download desktop app
› Open documentation
› Join community
› Contact the team
› Read the latest release notes

A close-up photo of code using the Vue framework.

I definitely missed writing @vuejs.org code—such a timeless framework design balance.

Feelings are mutual, Michael! 💛

Just opened a merge request in @gitlab.com to fix a small UI bug as a birthday gift to myself, 7 years after contributing to GitLab for the first time.

If I could go back in time, I would do it all over again. 🏀

Step Functions Made Easy in AWS and LocalStack LocalStack is excited to announce same day support for new features just announced for AWS Step Functions that make building workflows easier including support for variables and for JSONata.

We have partnered with LocalStack to ensure their local emulation works with these new capabilities. Here is their blog post to learn more

blog.localstack.cloud/aws-step-fun...

OH: Today we celebrate, tomorrow we iterate.

Good design is obvious. Great design is invisible.

This design doc could have been a PR.

A wireframe demonstrating a new common software design layout and structure in 2024.

A new common software design layout and structure.

Coming next week: Navigation changes in #localstack
› Switch between your workspaces
› Access workspace settings and theme preferences

Took 98 PR conversations to mold this in the current UI playing catchup with the engineer—it was worth it. 💜

Measure twice, cut once.

Caryatids on the top of acropolis hill in Greece.

Can't wait to share more about form and function in product design with the team in the next days.

It matters more than I'm giving credit for. That's why I'm advising companies to bring a cloud like experience to the local laptop. That could mean cloud hosted control planes, with the data plane running locally. It can be the best of both worlds. Docker Desktop is attempting to do this.

We're planning to revamp the app in the next months—stay tuned! 🖼️

Easy reading is hard writing.