#72: Authenticating to AWS: The Right Way!

📖 POSTS OF THE WEEK

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"Terraform in real life: writing Modules" - Writing modules is an important part of managing enterprise environments with Terraform. This post outlines some tips based on author experiences over the years - Read more »

"Authenticating to AWS the right way for (almost) every use-case" - One of my favourite things about AWS is their ability to make the wrong decision easy and the right decision hard - Read more »

"Serverless testing, local considered harmful?" - When building serverless applications, the first challenge most teams hit is how to test effectively and efficiently - Read more »

"How to setup Blue/Green deployments with DNS routing" - In this blog post, you'll learn how to set up Blue Green Deployments using Argo Rollouts with DNS Routing using Azure Traffic Manager - Read more »

"How to create, test, and deploy a Node.js REST API using Mocha and Google Cloud Functions" - In this tutorial you'll write a REST API which computes the distance between 2 points on a map and use the testing framework Mocha to validate the code before deploying it on Google Cloud Platform's Cloud Functions - Read more »

"Good Platform Engineering: what it is and how to make it work for you" - How do you ensure that you have created the infrastructure according to your company’s guidelines? How can you ensure that you can deploy to Kubernetes with minimal knowledge and without breaking anything there? - Read more »

"BPF as a safer kernel programming environment" - At the 2022 Linux Plumbers Conference in Dublin, Ireland, Alexei Starovoitov presented an overview of how BPF has evolved over the years to provide a new model for kernel programming - Read more »

"AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing" - Scientific computing has a completely different usage profile than modern apps. Scientists need powerful computers and massive data transfer that runs on relatively simple infrastructure - Read more »

🛠 PROJECTS OF THE WEEK

Allero is a policy tool that prevents misconfigurations in CI/CD pipelines. This helps prevent failures and security risks from reaching production - Read more »

Open Source Airtable Alternative - turns any MySQL, Postgres, SQLite into a Spreadsheet with REST APIs - Read more »

Build and visualize lineage from SQL script from query history, ETL script, Github/Bitbucket, Local filesystem and remote databases - Read more »

AWS CLI Builder is a free platform that helps in building CLI commands for Amazon Web Services. No need anymore for the AWS CLI docs! - Read more »

📰 NEWSWORTHY STORIES

"Cryptojacking, DDoS attacks increase in container-based cloud systems" - Read more »

"Managing resource permissions with AWS SAM connectors" - Read more »

"Introducing gcloud storage: up to 94% faster data transfers for Cloud Storage" - Read more »

"IBM swallows Red Hat storage products" - Read more »

📕 BOOK OF THE WEEK

This is a fantastic book that presents a life-changing philosophy on how to live without feeling the need to please everyone or to take on the responsibilities of others.

An amazing overview of Adlerian psychology, presented as a conversation between a teacher and a rather stubborn student - excellent for anyone seeking to enhance the quality of their life.

🎧 PODCAST/WEBINAR OF THE WEEK

Find out what it takes to enable developer productivity in a highly autonomous environment like Netflix where there are no rules - only trust and accountability.

Kathryn Koehler, Director of Developer Productivity Engineering @Netflix shares insight into lean teams, internal tooling, and yes, developer productivity.

💼 OPEN JOBS OF THE WEEK

Senior DevOps Engineer @Calm
AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform
🌎 Remote, USA
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DevOps Engineer @Scaleway
Go, Ansible, Terraform
🌎 Remote, Europe
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DevOps Engineer @Hygraph
AWS, Docker, Terraform
🌎 Remote, Germany
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Hand-picked DevOps opportunities to work from home, remotely, freelance, full-time, part-time, contract and internships - Read more »

🌎 EVENTS OF THE WEEK

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🐦 TWEET OF THE WEEK