Statics & Dynamics

Terraform for Teams

A lot of my work over the past few years has involved introducing Terraform into teams that are unfamiliar with both Terraform and the AWS resources we’re building with. The challenge throughout has been to train each developer while ensuring high team productivity by delivering working…

Bastions on Demand

Any time you have a VPC, you’ll likely need some way to gain access to the resources within the VPC from your local box. Typically, the way to do that is to run a bastion (or jumpbox) which you and your team can SSH into. The downside is that you are exposing an entry point into your network…

How do I structure my Terraform projects?

Basics

No matter what I’m building with Terraform, I follow the same basic conventions. Every module I create has, at minimum, two files: main.tf and interface.tf.

Should I use a single, monolithic Lambda function or multiple Lambda functions with API Gateway?

I’ve seen a lot of discussion in various forums on whether it’s better to use a single, monolithic Lambda function (with its own routing logic) or multiple…

On Returning to Rails

Returning to Rails after about 3 years, I’d like to share some observations. I want to state at the outset that Rails is an excellent fit for the project, and I have no regrets about selecting it. It’s just been a while since I’ve slipped on this particular pair of shoes, and they don’t…