Tired of architecture diagrams that are perpetually out-of-date, inconsistent, or locked away in proprietary tools?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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