Hardening Your CI/CD: Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes Security

As I continue this series on CI/CD pipeline security, it is time to now work on securely building and deploying our application. This post picks up where my Build Secure Python Pipelines: Adding Tests and Hooks in Action post left off. In this post, we’ll continue our pipeline development by adding a container build and … Read more

Build Secure Python Pipelines: Adding Tests and Hooks in Action

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As we continue this series started in my Getting Started with Secure CI/CD: Essential Practices for Beginners post, I’ll be securing my Python code with automated testing and hooks. While some of this information builds on some previous posts I’ve created in the past, I still wanted to incorporate these together in a meaningful way. … Read more

Getting Started with Secure CI/CD: Essential Practices for Beginners

I think it’s time to focus on a few key practices for beginners to implement secure CI/CD. I’ve been building the idea on the idea of a CI/CD pipeline in a bunch of the below posts: All of these articles are a scattering of topics based upon some of the daily randomness that I’ve faced … Read more

Pros and Cons of Python Various Markup Syntax

Introduction to Markup Syntax Markup syntax is a type of computer language used to create and modify documents. It is used to format text, create links, and add images, among other things. Markup syntax is commonly used in web development and programing languages such as HTML and CSS. In this blog post, we will be … Read more

Python Snowflake UDF Quoting Issue

I recently did some tinkering with creating a Snowflake UDF in Python. It turns out that I discovered a Python Snowflake UDF Quoting issue on the return value from the function. I was not able to find any information on this issue online so I figured it was good to document it for anyone else … Read more

Testing Python AWS calls with Moto

In my previous Writing Tests For Your Python Project, I started writing tests for my Python code but then ran out of options because I had completed all tests that didn’t involve calls to the AWS API. Now we’ll begin testing Python AWS calls with Moto. You can view some additional details about Moto in … Read more

Writing Tests For Your Python Project

I began this little trip with the post Exporting CloudWatch Logs to S3 that provided example code to get logs from Cloud Watch to S3. From there, the code got prettier with Adding pre-commit Hooks to Python Repo. The next logical step is to make sure the code functions exactly like we’d expect. This can be … Read more

Top 5 Reasons to Build Tests for Your Code

As a Python developer, it’s important to make sure that your code is working correctly and efficiently. One way to do this is by building tests for your code. In this blog post, we’ll go over the top reasons why you should build tests for your Python code. Improved Quality One of the main benefits … Read more

5 Common Reasons To Use Pre-commit Hooks in Your Python Project

Pre-commit hooks are scripts that run automatically before a commit is made. In my post Adding pre-commit Hooks to Python Repo, I explained how to configure pre-commit hooks in your repo and address the issues identified by them. After understanding how to setup these hooks, the next question is what hooks should I use and … Read more