Top picks for Cloud Native sessions at Oracle Cloud World 2023

Blabla free post: This is just some of my (personal) top Oracle Cloud World 2023 sessions I will have the chance to attend and speak at this September. Some of you may agree that there is no way to make a list that fits everyone but for those who are into Cloud native,IT Ops, and database …

Optimizing GitHub Workflows: How to Auto cleanup your cache after use

Intro In the CI/CD space, every second counts like in an F1 race. That’s where GitHub Actions cache comes in. Caching is like a pit stop for your code – it saves precious time by providing pre-loaded resources to speed up pipeline execution by storing and reusing previously downloaded dependencies. However, cache use, especially in …

Your GitHub Secrets Ain’t That Secret: (GitHub actions hack)

Intro Sometimes secrets in the real world aren’t as secret as we think! Although it can be scary, it’s really easy to show the content of your secret in GitHub actions log. You might not mind if your repo is private but if it is public and your Open Source project still needs things to …

Deploy multilevel OCI sub-compartments with terraform (using local module)

Intro In my previous blogpost, we explored the challenges with relying on terraform registry modules for code sanity checks. Additionally, we reviewed OCI iam-compartment module and I shared my revised version in my Github. Today, we’ll demonstrate how to deploy multi-level OCI compartments using my local module (iam-compartment), which you can easily clone from my GitHub …

What’s OIDC and why should you use it asap in your GitHub pipeline (keyless)

Hackers Paradise!                        — β€œ 10 million credentials from GitHub were accessible in 2022 alone.” — This is the shocking truth exposed in a recent report published by secrets-management firm GitGuardian. That’s 5.5 out of every 1,000 commits to GitHub spilling secrets, putting applications & businesses at serious risk.Scattered & hard-coded secrets across environments are one …