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Wing It: Cloud CRUD with Winglang
I spend a lot of time in Terraform and CDK, but I kept wishing for a tighter feedback loop when I’m experimenting. Winglang scratches that itch with a local ...
Democratizing infrastructure as code with CDKTF and Terraform
We all know that infrastructure as code (IaC) is a wildy adopted pattern to provision infrastrcuture and manage infrastructure. Some good examples are Terraf...
Solving the Cold Start Challenge for Lambda Function Using Terraform Cloud
In this post we are going to properly address the cold starts for Lambda Functions. In a later post we will create a private module which facilitates consump...
Collaborative Infrastructure as Code on AWS - Terraform Registry
I’d like to start this post with a great quote from The DevOps Handbook which says: “When new learnings are discovered locally, there must also be some mecha...
Basic serverless CRUD Application with CDK for Terraform
In this post, we will build a basic serverless CRUD application on AWS using CDK for Terraform. In a previous post we created a simple hello world applicaito...
Building a Sample Lambda Function and API Gateway with CDK for Terraform
In this post, you learn how to use CDK for Terraform to build a sample serverless application on AWS. We are going to use AWS lambda and API Gateway to build...
create Static Website on AWS using Terraform
In this post, you learn how to use Terraform to create a static website on AWS. This example is suitable for scenarios where you have a frontend team working...
Easiest way to create a serverless backend in AWS using UI
I’ve recently discovered a new way to create serverless backend in AWS using the GUI. Of course, creating lambda functions and dynamodb tables through the UI...
Monitoring as Code with CDK - A Pragmatic Approach
In this post we are going to take a pragmatic approach on monitoring as code with CDK. As you might already know, you can visually design dashboards in AWS ...
A Pragmatic Way of Developing Workflows with Step Function and AWS CDK
In this post we are going to take a pragmatic approach on how to develop workflows with step function and AWS CDK. In previous posts (and also many examples...
Building on AWS Using Github Copilot and AWS CDK
In this post we are going to have a look at Github’s Copilot and how we can leverage it spin up some resources using AWS CDK. Copilot is still in technical p...
AWS Fargate with CDK
In this post, you learn how to use AWS CDK to deploy containers in AWS Fargate. AWS Fargate is a service in AWS which enables us to deploy Docker container a...
Azure 303 Exam Tips
I’ve recently taken the Azure 303 Exam and would like to share my experience, hoping it migth well someone. I am going to start with the organizational stuff...
Spinning up EC2 Instances on AWS Using CDK for Terraform
In this post, you learn how to use CDK for Terraform to spin up Virtual Machines in AWS. We have already done a similar tutorial using AWS CDK, but this one...
Creating App Service Plans in Azure using CDK for Terraform
In this post, you learn how to use CDK for Terraform to create App Service Plans in Azure. If you are familiar with AWS, App Service Plan is very similar to ...
Using CDK for Terraform to spin up Azure VMs
In this post, you learn how to use CDK for Terraform to spin up Virtual Machines in Azure. This tutorial might incure costs in your account, so don’t forget...
Using SQS with Lambda and Dynamodb
In this post, you learn how to use AWS CDK to create a backend system which persists data to a database using SQS and Dynamodb and Lambda. Although this tuto...
How to spin windows EC2 instances with CDK on AWS
In this post, you learn how to use AWS CDK to spin up windows EC2 instances in AWS. EC2 is the Virtual Machine (Iaas) offering from AWS and today celebrates ...
Running Cron Job on AWS with CDK
In this post, you learn how to use AWS CDK to create a cron job in AWS. A cron job is essentially a task which resources periodically, e.g. every minute, day...
Create a Cognito backed Rest API with CDK
In this post, you learn how to use AWS CDK to create a REST API which is secured with AWS Cognito in AWS. The components used for this application are, AWS C...
AWS Step Functions with CDK
In this post, you learn how to use AWS CDK to create a basic yet powerful workflow in AWS. You can use this workflow to implement very complex applications i...
BASIC AWS CDK Backend API
In this post, you learn how to use AWS CDK to create a basic yet powerful backend in AWS. The components used for this application are, AWS API Gateway which...