3 months ago
Terraform tip: Always use modules for reusable infrastructure. Our deployment time dropped by 60%! Created modules for common patterns - VPC, EKS cluster, RDS. New environments can be spun up in 15 minutes instead of days. State management with S3 backend and DynamoDB locking is rock solid. #terraform #iac #devops #automation
2 months ago
Docker Compose for local development, Kubernetes for production. Best of both worlds! The key was making the configs as similar as possible. Environment variables bridge the gap. Developers can run the full stack locally with one command. Onboarding new team members is now a breeze! #docker #kubernetes #devops #development
2 months ago
CloudFront CDN reduced our bandwidth costs by 40%. Cache invalidation is the only hard part! Set up origin shield to reduce load on our servers. Custom cache policies per content type. The edge locations make a huge difference for global users. Just remember: there are only two hard things in CS... #cdn #cloudfront #aws #performance
3 months ago
Container security scan found 3 critical vulnerabilities. Always scan before deploying! Integrated Trivy into our CI pipeline. Base image updates are now automated with Dependabot. Created a policy that blocks deployments with HIGH or CRITICAL findings. Security is everyone's responsibility! #security #docker #devops #containersecurity
2 months ago
Implemented GitOps with ArgoCD. Infrastructure changes are now version-controlled and auditable! Every change goes through PR review. Rollbacks are just git reverts. The sync status dashboard gives us confidence that production matches our repo. Compliance team loves the audit trail! #gitops #argocd #kubernetes #devops
2 months ago
Disaster recovery drill successful! RTO of 15 minutes achieved with our backup strategy. Tested full region failover on AWS. Route53 health checks trigger automatic DNS failover. Cross-region RDS replicas were the key. Documented everything and trained the team. Sleep better knowing we're prepared! #disasterrecovery #cloud #backup #businesscontinuity
2 months ago
Terraform tip: Always use modules for reusable infrastructure. Our deployment time dropped by 60%! Created modules for common patterns - VPC, EKS cluster, RDS. New environments can be spun up in 15 minutes instead of days. State management with S3 backend and DynamoDB locking is rock solid. #terraform #iac #devops #automation
3 months ago
Load balancer configuration matters! Switched to least connections algorithm and improved response times. Was using round-robin but some backend instances were getting overwhelmed. Added health checks with proper thresholds. Also implemented connection draining for graceful deployments. #nginx #loadbalancing #cloud #performance
3 months ago
Docker Compose for local development, Kubernetes for production. Best of both worlds! The key was making the configs as similar as possible. Environment variables bridge the gap. Developers can run the full stack locally with one command. Onboarding new team members is now a breeze! #docker #kubernetes #devops #development
3 months ago
VPC peering between our staging and production accounts. Network isolation done right! Each environment has its own AWS account. Transit Gateway connects them when needed. Security groups are locked down to specific CIDR blocks. The network diagram finally makes sense to auditors! #aws #vpc #security #networking
2 months ago
Auto-scaling based on custom metrics. CPU usage alone wasn't enough for our workload! Implemented scaling based on queue depth and request latency. Predictive scaling for known traffic patterns (like daily peaks). The cluster now responds to actual business metrics. Right-sizing finally achieved! #autoscaling #cloud #aws #optimization
2 months ago
Load balancer configuration matters! Switched to least connections algorithm and improved response times. Was using round-robin but some backend instances were getting overwhelmed. Added health checks with proper thresholds. Also implemented connection draining for graceful deployments. #nginx #loadbalancing #cloud #performance
