Reflections on Being a New Gopher With A Dotnet Background

Disclaimer
Newbie Gopher.
Much of what I observe is likely to be half right.
I’ll probably look back at the end of the year and shake my head, but gotta start the...

How to Iterate Through A List of Objects with Terraform's for_each function

What I want to do
# create file local.users.yml
user:
- name: foobar1
email: foobar1@foobar.com
- name: foobar2
email: foobar2@foobar.com
- name: foobar3
email: foobar3@foobar.com

locals {
users_file = "local.users.yml"
users_file_content =...

Assume a role with AWS PowerShell Tools

Assume A Role
I’ve had some issues in the past working with AWS.Tools PowerShell SDK and correctly assuming credentials.
By default, most of the time it was easier to use a...

Compiling a Custom Provider and Including for Terraform Cloud

Assumptions

You are familiar with the basics of setting up Go and can run basic Go commands like go build and go install and don’t need much guidance on that...

Azure Data Studio SQL Notebook for Diagnostic Queries

Diagnostic Queries
Glenn Berry has long been known for producing the definitive diagnostic query set for various SQL Server versions. Between his amazing work and my favorite Brent Ozar First...

My Experience Switching To A Macbook Pro From Windows

My background
My background has been very strongly focused on the .NET world, with a focused start on SQL Server, later branching into learning PowerShell.
This world was heavily focused on...

Using Pester to Improve Operational Tasks

Taking the Time To Test
Requirements in a constant state of change set you up for failure.
Failure to work through requirements before starting can also increase the risk of failure.
Planning...

Improved Windows Terminal Setup

I’ve long been a Cmder/ConEmu user for Windows as it’s provided a much-needed improvement of the standard Windows terminal.
I’ve started trying to use the newer Windows Terminal project to...

A Smattering of Thoughts About Applying Site Reliability Engineering principles

What's This about
I figured I'd go ahead and take this article which I've gutted several times and share some thoughts, even if it's not an authority on the topic....

Quickly Create Github Release via Cli

TEST Intro
I've been trying to improve modularization with Terraform.
Using Terraform Cloud, you get a private module repository.
The modules are linked to tags in git.
I've wanted additionally to specifically create...