Thoughts My Reading List Want to know what makes me tick? Then a selection of books I've read in the past should give you an insight into what has shaped and influenced my thinking.
Cybersecurity Ready to Use OpenVPN Servers in AWS For Everyone Reclaim some lost privacy and security by using a fully automated OpenVPN server solution in AWS! Readily available as a one-stop Terraform module on GitHub.
YouTube2Audiobook Continuously Listen to YouTube Audiobooks on Your Phone An end-to-end solution for downloading any YouTube video as an audiobook and listening to it on your phone. While keeping track of playback positions. Even during app restarts and system reboots. Readily available as a Bash script on GitHub.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.