Articles by Tag #infrastructureascode
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How to move resources between subscriptions in Azure
TL;DR Moving resources in Azure is a powerful capability, but it's not easy. The official...
"Multi-Cloud" and "Return to On-Prem" Aren't your silver bullets: A reality check after the AWS outage
The recent AWS outage in US-EAST-1 sent shockwaves through the tech industry. DynamoDB went down for...
A Terraform Rename That Deleted Production Data Taught Me About Lifecycle Management
It happened while I was working on a production environment. I was managing a DV (data volume /...
How to Build a Self-Service DevOps Platform (Platform Engineering Explained)
Introduction As organizations scale their DevOps practices, the demand for efficiency,...
Fix Create Failed Status On AWS EKS Node Group
This is a possible fix for EKS Create failed status on EKS Node Groups. Here i use: Custom AMI...
Terraform Drift Detection Powered by GitHub Actions
TL;DR Build a _zero-cost_ drift detection system using GitHub Actions and Terraform's native exit...
GitOps & Argo CD: A Complete Introduction.
A hands-on developer-focused introduction to GitOps and Argo CD. Learn how GitOps works, why it...
The Centralized Core of Decentralization: Rethinking Web3’s Infrastructure
On October 20, 2025, one of AWS’s largest data centers in Virginia went dark. A DNS failure during a...
Creating Private, High-Availability Azure Blob Storage for Internal Backups
Introduction As our company expands, so does the need for secure, high-availability storage across...
AWS CDK Monthly Update - September 2025
Index TL;DR Important Announcements Major Features CDK Refactor ECS Managed Instances...
Migrating from New Relic Drop Rules to Pipeline Cloud Rules: A Terraform Guide
The Deprecation Notice If you're using New Relic's newrelic_nrql_drop_rule resource in...
What is Alchemy!?
Alchemy is an embeddable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) library written in pure TypeScript that runs...
Nvidia just became the first $4 trillion company (and why devs should care)
So this happened july 9th 2025 - Nvidia briefly hit $4 trillion in market value for the first time...
A Practical Guide to Terraform Dependency Management
Terraform's version constraints for providers and modules behave differently due to distinct persistence rules. Understanding which operators to use—and where—is essential for balancing stability with upgradeability.
When Murphy Meets Terraform: The Tale of a Simple Guard That Saved My Friday
This is a story about how simple precautionary measures can save you hours of work and a fair bit of...
Cleaner Terraform: Stop Writing Backwards Conditionals
How to write Terraform conditionals that read naturally and make your code easier to...
Understanding Terraform Variables the Right Way published: true description: A beginner-friendly guide
variables.tf vs terraform.tfvars - What's the Difference? If you're new to Terraform,...
Terraform Modules and Workspaces: How MyCoCo Scaled from Copy-Paste to DRY Infrastructure
How a growing SaaS company leveraged Terraform workspaces and modules to eliminate 1,500+ lines of duplicate code while maintaining environment isolation.
Why Refactoring AWS Infrastructure Taught Me More Than Building It
Most infrastructure projects work the first time because we push them until they do. But working...
AWS CodeDeploy: A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Automated Deployments
Whether you've just heard about CodeDeploy, are preparing for an AWS certification exam, or want to...
Build an AI Agent with Phone Callbacks on Render
How I built a voice-controlled on-call engineer that deploys code and calls me back It's 3am....
Why GitFlow Fails at Infrastructure
Applying GitFlow to Terraform often leads to state drift. Learn why Trunk-Based Development is the safer strategy for Infrastructure as Code.
Terraform at Scale: Folders, Workspaces, or Services?
A sustainable Terraform architecture balances environment parity, isolation, and autonomy. This guide evaluates patterns like folder-per-environment, workspaces, and per-service roots to help you choose the right structure.
Building Azure Infrastructure with Terraform: A Complete Guide
Introduction Terraform lets you write configuration files that create cloud resources. Instead of...
The trivialization of server management: the hidden costs and risks
Or: Why "Just get a VPS" is dangerously incomplete advice The deployment illusion The VPS...
Terraform aws_s3_object Data Source: Why Your `body` Might Be Null
I just spent an hour debugging a Terraform failure that had a surprisingly simple cause: the...
Stop Scripting, Start Architecting: The OOP Approach to Terraform
How to treat Terraform modules as classes and module instances as objects to build scalable, maintainable infrastructure architectures using OOP principles.
Day 5: Choosing Our Hosting - How We'll Run This for Under $20/month
Day 5 of 30. Today we're talking money - specifically, how to spend as little of it as...
I Took a Working Terraform Project and Rebuilt It Properly (ALB + EC2 + Modules + Remote State)
Introduction A lot of Terraform projects reach a point where things work — an EC2...
Safety vs Security in Software: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Infrastructure Teams
As engineers, we often hear "safety" and "security" used interchangeably, but they represent...