#98: Multiple Environments with Terraform

Get ready for another exciting edition of the DevOps weekly newsletter! This week, I've got a lot in store for you.

Discover how to improve AWS dead-letter queues, automate multiple AWS environments with Terraform, and explore how Amazon practices continuous deployment. We'll also dive into the dangers of relying on ChatGPT for security guidance and explore how database sharding works in MySQL and Postgres.

Plus, find out what happens when you leak AWS credentials and explore the ultimate guide to multi-tenancy in Kubernetes. And don't miss a funny video of the week, highlighting the main reasons people hate Amazon Web Services.

As always, I've got some fantastic open-source projects for you to check out, including Tart, a virtualization toolset for building, running, and managing macOS and Linux virtual machines on Apple Silicon, Chroma, an open-source embedding database, and a curated list of awesome PostgreSQL software, libraries, tools, and resources inspired by awesome-mysql. We'll also take a look at Timoni, a package manager for Kubernetes powered by CUE and inspired by Helm.

This is one DevOps newsletter you won't want to miss!

📖 POSTS OF THE WEEK

Improving our dead-letter queues
This blog post addresses a previous incident where messages placed on a AWS dead-letter queue were lost, and how a better process was implemented.
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"Automating multiple environments with Terraform" - How to manage a central main account for shared infrastructure with a dev, test, and prod account - Read more »

"Automating safe, hands-off deployments" - Strategies for continuously deploying to production while balancing safety and speed - Read more »

"Please don't use GPT for Security guidance" - This is a really bad idea and this is why - Read more »

"How does database sharding work?" - How database sharding works on MySQL & Postgres, how to think about implementing your own sharded database, and some useful tools out there that can help - Read more »

"Uptime guarantees — a pragmatic perspective" - Engineering for 99.5% uptime is more cost-effective than 99.99% for most startups - Read more »

"What happens when you leak AWS credentials" - and how AWS minimizes the damage - Read more »

🛠 PROJECTS OF THE WEEK

1️⃣ Tart is a virtualization toolset to build, run and manage macOS and Linux virtual machines (VMs) on Apple Silicon - Learn more »

2️⃣ Chroma is an open-source embedding database. Fastest way to build Python or JavaScript LLM apps with memory - Learn more »

3️⃣ NoiSQL shows how to play sound and music with declarative SQL queries - Learn more »

4️⃣ Timoni is a package manager for Kubernetes, powered by CUE and inspired by Helm - Learn more »

5️⃣ Tabby is a self-hosted AI coding assistant. An opensource/on-prem alternative to GitHub Copilot - Learn more »

6️⃣ A curated list of awesome PostgreSQL software, libraries, tools and resources, inspired by awesome-mysql - Learn more »

📰 NEWSWORTHY STORIES

"Building a database in the 2020s" - Read more »

"MariaDB.com is dead, long live MariaDB.org" - Read more »

"DevOps uses a capability model, not a maturity model" - Read more »

📹 VIDEO OF THE WEEK

AWS is the world's largest cloud provider, but it is far from perfect. Let's take a look at the main reasons people hate Amazon Web Services - Watch video

💡 THREAD OF THE WEEK

😂 MEMES OF THE WEEK

📕 BOOK OF THE WEEK

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💼 OPEN JOBS OF THE WEEK

Hand-picked DevOps opportunities to work from home, remotely, freelance, full-time, part-time, contract and internships - See more »

DevOps Engineer @Plotly
Terraform, Kubernetes, Go
🌎 Remote, anywhere
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DevOps Engineer @Uptycs
Docker, AWS, Terraform
🌎 Remote, anywhere
Read more »

Senior Infrastructure Engineer @dbt Labs
AWS, Management, Monitoring
🌎 Remote, anywhere
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