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Dominic Dumrauf

A Cloud Success Champion by profession, an avid outdoor enthusiast by heart, and a passionate barista by choice. Still hunting that elusive perfect espresso.

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Bash

Transfer Files to Your Mobile By Scanning a QR Code

Easily transfer the contents of any directory from your Mac to your mobile using Python and an automatically generated QR code. Readily available as a Bash script on GitHub.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 8 min read
GKE

When GKE Tells Your Terraform Service Account to Go Away

GKE tells you 'Error 400/403: Missing edit permissions on account' but actually something else is off. More fundamental. But easy to fix.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 3 min read
Photography

Desktop Pictures Cropper

Turn your best pictures into stunning desktop pictures. Automatically cropped to the right size. No distortions. No borders. No random selections. Readily available as a Bash script on GitHub.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 9 min read
Thoughts

Why I Focus on Not Building Things (as an Architect)

Stop building. Start Reusing. Get some Sellotape and get going. Because the best system I've ever built is the system I've never built!

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 6 min read
Kubernetes

Build Your Own Helm Chart Repository in S3 — With Auto-Generated User Documentation!

Helm chart repositories for everyone. With auto-generated clear instructions on how to add, search, and remove the repository. Right from the repository. Because user documentation matters. Readily available as a Terraform module on GitHub.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 10 min read
Post2Ghost

Introducing Post2Ghost and "Articles as Code" for a GitOps Workflow in Ghost

A GitOps inspired workflow for "articles as code"! From your favourite editor and Git straight to the API. Stop the copy and paste madness and start using Post2Ghost. Readily available as a Python3 CLI app on GitHub.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 11 min read
Photography

QNAP Glacier IAM User

An AWS IAM User (including access keys and secret access keys) with a minimum set of permissions that seamlessly works with the QNAP Glacier app. Readily available as a Terraform module on GitHub.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 12 min read
AWS

AWS Logging Buckets

AWS S3 logging buckets that can be used with EC2, VPC, S3, ELB, CloudTrail, CloudFront, CloudWatch, ECS, SNS, and OpsWorks. Readily available as a Terraform module on GitHub.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 2 min read
Thoughts

How Hard Can It Be?!

Time to give back to the community! Because technology should be simple.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 3 min read
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