Recently, I’ve been testing out GenAI as a code assistance tool. The premise/hypothesis is that the tool will amplify an engineer’s output and thus lead to greater efficiencies. These efficiencies will manifest as either more output from existing developers or fewer developers required to achieve the same task, thus increasing productivity.
As every casual economics amateur knows, the main way to increase workers’ productivity is by giving them more and better machines to work with.
Read More →This project demonstrates how to provision and manage AWS resources (specifically an S3 bucket) from a local Kubernetes cluster using Crossplane.
The entire workflow is automated via a single shell script (provisioner.sh) that sets up a local Kubernetes kind cluster, installs Crossplane, configures the AWS provider, and provisions an S3 bucket. This setup runs locally within Rancher Desktop or any other container runtime that supports kind.
Uses the example from AWS Quickstarts, with additional automation.
Read More →Tired of architecture diagrams that are perpetually out-of-date, inconsistent, or locked away in proprietary tools? Do you find yourself dreading the task of updating that Visio diagram after a minor infrastructure change? There’s a better way: Model as Code. By defining your architecture using a textual Domain-Specific Language (DSL), you can version control, automate, and maintain your diagrams with the same rigor as your application code. This post explores how to use Structurizr and its DSL to create AWS deployment diagrams.
Read More →Software as a Service (SaaS) is fantastic, isn’t it? Click a button, enter a credit card, and poof – instant productivity, collaboration, or cat video enhancement. It’s like magic, but with more invoices. We offload the hassle of installation, patching, and keeping the server room hamsters fed. But with great convenience comes… well, not great responsibility for us, that’s the point! But it does come with inherent risks.
What happens when the boffins behind the curtain (your SaaS vendor) have a bad day?
Read More →Ever dreamt of running a dynamic website with user logins, persistent storage, and lightning-fast global delivery without paying a hefty hosting bill? It sounds too good to be true, right? Wrong! Welcome to the world of Cloudflare Pages and Workers, a powerful duo that lets you build and deploy sophisticated web applications often entirely within Cloudflare’s generous free tier.
What are Cloudflare Pages & Workers?
Cloudflare Pages: Think of this as supercharged static web hosting.
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