After writing Making the Leap into DevOps and Using Github Actions To Test Before You Deploy, I decided that using Github to manage Kubernetes was my next step. Up until this point, I had a collection of random YAML files sitting on a Linux machine that was backed up. Trying to maintain random YAML files was not working anymore so I needed a different way to manage my Kubernetes. I decided to move my configurations into Github....
I recently decided to deploy a Python script to AWS Lambda with Terraform. I had to create this Python code so that I could expose a simple API to the Internet. So that I didn’t have to maintain infrastructure, I figured the best approach was to deploy it as a Lambda function and API Gateway. Deploying as a Lambda and API Gateway sounded like a great way to go. While not maintaining infrastructure, I figured it was also a good idea to make the deployment easy....
I was talking to a co-worker recently about my use of docker instead of virtual environments (venv) and he mentioned that I should probably write something up about it. It didn’t occur to me that this might be a more preferred method than venv until I had this discussion. It makes sense to briefly explain venv and then how I use docker instead. What Are Virtual Environments (venv)? I think this is a great place to start....
If you’ve looked at my LinkedIn profile, then you already know that I currently work for a start up called Cyral. With that already being a known thing, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to add some Cyral specific things to the blog as well. This first post is specific to Cyral but could help others that are trying to integrate Jira Cloud with other APIs that require a Java Web Token (JWT) to authenticate....
In Tinkering With Artificial Intelligence Blog Writing, I talked about tinkering with some various AI engines. Google has just come out with their AI Chatbot, Bard. As you can see from the blog post, Bard has been out for awhile but was only open to internal use. Google recently started providing invites to the public to use Bard. Yesterday, I received my invite to use Bard! My very first thought was to try and use Bard to generate a blog post....