--- title: "Femi Lawal (@femi-lawal) | Hashnode" description: "Software Engineer. Read the latest articles by Femi Lawal on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@femi-lawal" --- @femi-lawal # Femi Lawal @femi-lawal · Joined October 2020 Software Engineer ### [Controlling CloudWatch Log Retention Period When Using Serverless Framework on AWS](https://blog.femilawal.com/controlling-cloudwatch-log-retention-period-when-using-serverless-framework-on-aws?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) The problem When creating Lambda functions with the serverless framework, CloudWatch logs are created and have a log retention period of "never expire" by default. This can get very expensive as the months go by, and you are paying to store these Clo... 3 min read · [blog.femilawal.com](https://blog.femilawal.com/controlling-cloudwatch-log-retention-period-when-using-serverless-framework-on-aws?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jul 2, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/controlling-cloudwatch-log-retention-period-when-using-serverless-framework-on-aws/62c03147e4246414d3d336ca) ### [Set up PostgreSQL with PostGIS for RoR on WSL](https://blog.femilawal.com/set-up-postgresql-with-postgis-for-ror-on-wsl?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) To use Postgres with your wsl rails application, you'll have to download Postgres for windows and connect to it through linux: https://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/ Remember the username(default is Postgres) and password you chose during the P... 4 min read · [blog.femilawal.com](https://blog.femilawal.com/set-up-postgresql-with-postgis-for-ror-on-wsl?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Nov 21, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/set-up-postgresql-with-postgis-for-ror-on-wsl/5fb938a61b7ab0041800d67f) ### [Installing RoR on WSL](https://blog.femilawal.com/installing-ror-on-wsl?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Installation instructions for wsl: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 Assuming wsl is already installed and the terminal is up and running. First install some dependecies sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install git-core curl ... 2 min read · [blog.femilawal.com](https://blog.femilawal.com/installing-ror-on-wsl?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Nov 21, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/installing-ror-on-wsl/5fb92f2f0ae19203f6d92e80) ### [How to fix the wrong name and email being an author in a branch's commits](https://blog.femilawal.com/how-to-fix-the-wrong-name-and-email-being-an-author-in-a-branchs-commits?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) If you have multiple GitHub accounts, and end up making a bunch of commits under the wrong account, what do you do? Reset your branch and start working all over again with the right account in credentials? Maybe that's the more honorable method, but ... 2 min read · [blog.femilawal.com](https://blog.femilawal.com/how-to-fix-the-wrong-name-and-email-being-an-author-in-a-branchs-commits?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Oct 4, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-fix-the-wrong-name-and-email-being-an-author-in-a-branchs-commits/5f7962167d160d41227d7e97) ### [Mysql installation error on WSL 1](https://blog.femilawal.com/mysql-installation-error-on-wsl-1?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) This is my first hashnode post, I'm primarily going to be writing these for myself and editing when I have enough time, so they probably won't be coherent or helpful. I'll refrain from using tags so as not to confuse others with my posts. This post i... 2 min read · [blog.femilawal.com](https://blog.femilawal.com/mysql-installation-error-on-wsl-1?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Oct 4, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/mysql-installation-error-on-wsl-1/5f7961e89c3b6e4101216f19)