Securely Deploying HumanGov on AWS EC2 Across States Using Ansible and GitOps with CodeCommit
Ever stared at your screen for hours trying to deploy HumanGov across multiple state servers, wondering if there’s a better way than manual configuration and SSH nightmares? You’re not alone. Government IT teams across the country are drowning in deployment complexity while security auditors breathe down their necks. Here’s what you need to know: securely […]
Automate FreeBSD Image Creation for AWS EC2 with Packer and EC2 AMI Tools
Ever spent hours manually creating custom FreeBSD images for AWS only to end up with something that breaks in production? Yeah, me too. It’s a special kind of frustration that only systems engineers understand. Building FreeBSD AMIs for AWS EC2 shouldn’t require dark magic or sacrifice of your weekend. Yet most tutorials leave you with […]
LocalStack for SDETs: Seamless Spring Boot Testing with DynamoDB Integration
Ever spent hours battling mock services for your Spring Boot tests, only to have everything break in production anyway? Yeah, me too. It’s the special kind of frustration reserved for SDETs who just want reliable test environments. What if you could test against actual AWS services without the AWS bill? That’s where LocalStack for SDETs […]
Manage Complex AWS Setups Using Terragrunt and Terraform the Right Way
Ever stared at your AWS infrastructure and thought, “This is a mess, and I have no idea how to manage it properly”? You’re not alone. Thousands of DevOps engineers struggle daily with the chaos of multiple environments, regions, and accounts. Managing complex AWS setups using Terragrunt and Terraform the right way can transform that chaos […]
Simplify Data Lakehouse Architecture Using Iceberg and AWS Glue Catalog
You’re probably spending 60% of your engineering time just wrestling with data inconsistencies across your lakehouse architecture. Am I right? Data teams everywhere face this same struggle – trying to unify data access while formats, schemas, and storage layers keep multiplying like rabbits. That’s where Apache Iceberg and AWS Glue Data Catalog enter the picture. […]