Kicking off 2022
14 January 2022
Kicking off 2022 with a bang, what I am starting with this year and some plants for the next few months.
Articles about Cloud Engineering, and Golang
2021, that's a wrap
Rounding out 2022 with my key highlights and setting some goals for the new year!
CoreDNS on macOS for Local Development
21 December 2021
How to use CoreDNS on macOS for Local Development.
Module Workspace with Scalr
Using the module workspace type in Scalr, allowing for consistent deployments of your infrastructure.
Terraform Conditionals
10 December 2021
What are conditionals in Terraform, and how do you use them?
Terraform Variable Validation
3 December 2021
Some common scenarios for input variable validation in Terraform.
My Terraform Standards
The standards I have used for a long time when writing Terraform code, they're ever evolving but also help ensure a consistent approach to Terraform.
My Terraform Development Workflow
The development workflow that I use whenever I am writing Terraform, it doesn't matter what providers I am going to use or how complex the code might be.
Cloud-native Compute on Azure
12 November 2021
Cloud-native Compute options on the Azure platform.
Microsoft Ignite 2021 Azure Container Apps
5 November 2021
The announcement I am most excited about from Ignite 2021 is Azure Container Apps.
Announcing my Scratch Terraform provider
29 October 2021
Developing `for` and `for_each` loops in Terraform using my new provider terraform-provider-scratch, which easily allows for testing how your configuration interacts with the loops.
Anatomy of a service running in Kubernetes on Azure
22 October 2021
A dive into the anatomy of a service running in Kubernetes on Azure, that delves into the depths of the internal Kubernetes resources as well as the cluster.
The cost of takeaway food over the pandemic
A little dive into how much I have spent on takeaway food throughout the pandemic.
How to set Terraform backend configuration dynamically
8 October 2021
The different ways that you can set Terraform backend configuration, and how to do it dynamically.
Inspiration for writing my Working with Me page
1 October 2021
Where I got the inspiration for writing my Working with Me page, and that process.
Triggering Terraform Cloud runs from GitHub
23 September 2021
A run-through of the two primary ways to trigger runs in Terraform Cloud from code that lives in a GitHub repository.
Getting started with Terratest on Azure
A guide on how to get started with Terratest on Azure, helping confirm that your Terraform modules are working as designed.
Github Actions self-hosted runner on Azure
10 September 2021
How to deploy a self-hosted Github Actions runner with terraform on the Azure public cloud.
Databricks on Azure with Terraform
4 August 2021
A guide to deploying a Databricks cluster on Azure with Terraform and then interacting with the cluster using some Microsoft example datasets.
Rollback Terraform Cloud/Enterprise State
2 June 2021
Rolling backing state in TFC/E using the API
Kubernetes in Space - Azure
Deploying kubernetes into Azure using Terraform, and potentially in space.
Terraform Enterprise/Cloud workspace types
17 March 2021
Different ways to consume Terraform Enterprise/Cloud workspace types.
Updating Terraform Enterprise state from the API
4 March 2021
How to update the state of a workspace within TFE from the API
Reducing Terraform code duplication
2 September 2020
How to effectively ensure your Terraform code adheres to DRY
Terraform; to module, or not to module
30 August 2020
A set of governance rules to ascertain if a module should created for your Terraform code
Migrating from git to subversion
Doing the disgraceful thing of migrating your VCS from git to Subversion