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Don’t use IaC To deploy your application code

But it seemed like such a good idea at the time...

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Diffing desired vs actual state in TF is problematic

How a novel proposal to address this issue reveals the root problem.

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Cloud is not all about cost

What folks miss when they read the DHH article about moving off the cloud.

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Platform engineering vs devops

What’s the difference?

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My cloud billing screw-up

Remember that one time that you screwed up and ended up skyrocketing your cloud bill?

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Configuration management is not enough

Thoughts on uptake of IaC

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Should you apply before or after merging?

When making changes to IaC, do you merge a PR then apply, or vice versa?

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Don't make your application engineers write IaC code

Make it easy, automated and documented

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Where does Kubernetes take over in a TF environment?

Let's talk about boundaries

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Chaos Engineering is ridiculous

How many orgs really need it?

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What new IaC tools need

Would love to hear your thoughts

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AWS CDK Considered Harmful

Reasons to avoid using the AWS CDK

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