Free & Secure Local Development: Bitwarden Secrets Manager with K3d + Walkthrough

We all deal with secrets, and managing them effectively is crucial for security, especially when working with local development environments. I’ve personally relied on Bitwarden’s free tier for secure password management for years. I moved from a bunch of tools which I needed to be synchronized and kept in sync with my local machine, not because others are bad, but because Bitwarden has a CLI, Desktop, Chrome extension & web which seemly integrated with my workflows.

Infrastructure as Code: Navigating Declarative and Imperative Approaches

Originally posted on the Israeli Tech Radar on medium.

I read somewhere in my late night browsing that 71% of infrastructure as code is done using Terraform. That’s a huge number, right?, and although I may not be accurate the truth isn’t that far from it. It’s almost become the default choice. And what if I told you that the default isn’t always the best for everyone?

Building a Developer Platform: “Behind the Scenes” of application lifecycle management

Originally posted on the Israeli Tech Radar on medium.

In the dynamic realm of software development, particularly within agile and cloud-native landscapes, the ability to swiftly adapt and innovate is paramount. This agility, however, often comes with its own set of challenges, especially when it involves the coordination and management of numerous microservices and processes. Herein lies the crux of our narrative: the establishment of a robust developer platform, metaphorically dubbed “The Show” for its ability to seamlessly present the final act to the audience — our customers — without exposing the countless hours and effort invested backstage by developers and operations personnel.

Doing literally anything with go-task and why should ya?

This is a common approach I adopted to manage tasks

From yak shaving to mastering tasks

Originally posted on the Israeli Tech Radar on medium.

TLDR; This is a quick share of a neat tool which found it’s way into my toolset, it did it in such a significant way which enabled me to combine tools in a common way — something I’ve been missing for quite a while. This is also a thank you to the author’s and contributors of go-task which is such an awesome tool.

IaC & GitOps with EKS blueprints

Originally posted on the Israeli Tech Radar on medium.

TLDR; Need a cluster up and running fast? Take a close look at eks-blueprints, I got started in minutes and have been working with it for almost 2 years now.

Kubernetes Control Loops: The Secret Sauce Behind Your Microservice Bliss

Originally posted on the Israeli Tech Radar on medium.

TLDR; Ever dreamt of a system that manages your microservices like a maestro, constantly keeping them in perfect harmony? Kubernetes makes this a reality with control loops, the magic behind the scenes. Operators take it a step further, letting you customize Kubernetes for even more control over custom workload needs.

Kubexperience for developers

Originally posted on the Israeli Tech Radar on medium.

TL;DR Kubernetes is much more than just a container orchestration platform … alongside The Cloud Native Landscape Kubernetes is the equivalent to Linux’s kernel with an ecosystem of apps/util which enriched it.