GitHub Actions Cheat Sheet: What I learned from GitHub CI in 2 weeks

Intro This year I set a goal to explore and learn most popular CI solutions like GitLab, including all cloud native ones. My first pick had to be GitHub Actions, which I heard a lot of but never used. So I decided to plunge into it to see how rich the solution was. Since I …

How to Deploy Multi-Region Resources with Terraform: example(OCI Public IPs)

Intro As with any software, terraform also has hidden gems waiting to be discovered, even after you’ve obtained your associate certification. Some features aren’t always known until you need them, which is why we still a a lot to learn from the product. Today is one of those days!  In this post, I will show …

Devops: Demystifying CI vs. CD and the “Delivery-Deployment” Differences

Intro In the space of software delivery, CI/CD has emerged as a game-changing framework that accelerates development life cycle. While most users consider practice a handy shortcut to knowledge, diving headfirst into the CI/CD universe without a solid grasp of the fundamental bases is like trying to learn salsa moves without understanding tempo or foot …

My corrected OCI-IAM-compartment Terraform Module

  Intro So, turns out I’ve been living in the Stone Age of Terraform. I thought keeping my code lean and mean was the way to go, but apparently, the cool kids are all about terraform modules. They’re all like, “Modularity! Reusability! It’s the secret sauce of Infrastructure as Code!”. Up until now, with my …

Terraform live cost estimate using infracost free plugin

Intro The cloud offers unlimited scalability at lower costs with the available resources. Companies enable their engineering teams to launch infrastructure as and when needed. However, since costs aren’t shown to engineers before Cloud resources are deployed, the real cost implications are unknown. That causes higher than expected costs and ballooning budgets over time, which …