cloud Archives

Developer Tools

An Introduction to BalenaOS and BalenaCloud

Here are a few things I learned from my first experience with an embedded-ish software platform: BalenaCloud and BalenaOS.

Exploratory Testing

Deal with Flaky Cypress Tests: Cloud vs. Parallelized Testing

Glen Bahmutov's cypress-split plugin offers the prospect of parallelized testing without the hefty price tag of Cypress Cloud.

Development

What it Means to Build Antifragile Cloud Architecture

There are three categories of how things respond to disorder: strong, resilient, or antifragile. What does it mean to build antifragile cloud architecture?

DevOps & System Admin.

DNS Discombobulation: CNAMEs and the Zone Apex

A modern approach to building applications is by leveraging a platform as a service (PaaS). This has obvious implications for DNS records.

The Software Life

Providing Parameters to CfnInclude with CDK

When using CfnInclude, it's possible to provide parameters to a Cloudformation YAML file. This guide walks through how to do that.

Development Practices

How to Statically Type CDK Configurations for Multiple Environments

As far as I’m aware, there isn’t a built-in solution for statically typing a configuration for CDK. So after a bit of research, I created a way of doing it!

Extracurricular Activities

Self-Hosting Your Own Cloud – Part 13: Git Service with Gitea

In my last post, I wrote about self-hosting Notes. Here, I'll take you through setting up a simple and easy self-hosted Git Service, Gitea.

Growing as Makers

3 Cloud Development Tutorials for Beginners

These certainly are just a few of many great cloud development tutorials out there for starting your path to becoming a cloud expert.