Posts from @morracheg..
Platform engineers focus on all phases of SDLC around databases. However, they lack the tools, processes, and mindset to unleash the power of their teams. Let’s see what they miss and how to change our organizations to move faster.
This post provides useful notes and examples on working with infrastructure as code projects using Terraform, focusing on techniques for querying from external providers and structuring variables. It also covers tips on using data blocks, variables, outputs, sensitive variables, locals, iterating ov.. read more
DORA mandates that by January 2025, financial institutions must demonstrate robust incident management, compliance, and governance by implementing detailed logging, incident response policies, and streamlined database monitoring and patch management... read more
Cloudflare Queues allow developers to decouple Workers into event-driven services, increasing performance and scalability for larger workloads. The v2 architecture for Queues leverages multiple Durable Objects for each Queue, reducing latency and increasing message throughput and consumer concurrenc.. read more
Ansible blocks enhance playbook organization and error handling by grouping tasks with shared logic, while Spacelift integrates seamlessly to create custom workflows and manage multi-tool infrastructure from a single platform, boosting efficiency and compliance... read more
Using jqwik for model-based testing automates test case generation by comparing software against a model to identify bugs across varied demands while leveraging Testcontainers for container orchestration, enhancing test accuracy by simulating real-world conditions and uncovering hidden SQL compatibi.. read more
Microsoft, backed by Nvidia, BlackRock, and GIP, spearheads the $30 billion GAIIP fund aimed at developing energy-efficient U.S. datacenters to support the rising compute demands of AI technologies, with global investment potential reaching$100 billion... read more
AWS releases Amazon EC2 C8g and M8g instances with Graviton4 processors, providing up to30% enhanced performanceover Graviton3, offering larger sizes, increased networking, and energy efficiency across workloads like HPC and application servers, available in select AWS Regions... read more
A Lambda function written in Go 1.22 automates the issuance and renewal of Let's Encrypt certificates for AWS environments—via DNS or HTTP challenges and stores them securely using AWS Secrets Manager—while leveraging Terraform for infrastructure setup, with an efficient CI/CD workflow utilizing Git.. read more
