The latest articles on Forem by Matt Carter (@mattdini). https://forem.com/mattdini https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F374094%2Ff169d553-656c-49aa-b99f-d61c4e98c4b2.jpeg https://forem.com/mattdini en Matt Carter Tue, 28 Apr 2020 03:06:59 +0000 https://forem.com/mattdini/placeholder-title-2b04 https://forem.com/mattdini/placeholder-title-2b04 <h2> What I built </h2> <p>With the quarantine/lock-down in place my parents have been really missing seeing their granddaughters. I built this as a way to send them pictures in the mail with the least amount of resistance. No apps to download, no software, use any cellphone... just send a text message to a Twilio number and a postcard will be mailed the next day!</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--JJEFpQKU--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/9zl1h8im61esq9qestqc.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--JJEFpQKU--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/9zl1h8im61esq9qestqc.png" alt="Alt Text"></a></p> <h4> Category Submission: </h4> <p>COVID-19 Communications and Interesting Integrations</p> <h2> Link to Code </h2> <p><a href="https://github.com/mattdini/sms-postcard">https://github.com/mattdini/sms-postcard</a></p> <h2> How I built it (what's the stack? did I run into issues or discover something new along the way?) </h2> <p>Built with: </p> <ul> <li>API Gateway</li> <li>Lambdas</li> <li>S3</li> <li>Secrets Manager</li> <li>Twilio!</li> <li><a href="https://lob.com/">https://lob.com/</a></li> </ul> <p>Some fun things learned along the way:</p> <ul> <li>Hangouts + Google Fi will resize images to 100x100, not great for postcards!</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/keithrozario/Klayers">https://github.com/keithrozario/Klayers</a> is a life saver!</li> </ul> twiliohackathon serverless aws