When It doesn’t turn out the way you planned
Yesterday (Sunday, March 12, 2023) was the last day I plan to ever don my uniform in an official capacity. On April 5th, I will …
Why You Should Use AWS Control Tower
I have an email newsletter called Unlimited Leave where I write about AWS Management and Governance at scale. The idea behind the name is to …
The case for AWS multi-org
Imagine a new AWS Organization that isn’t configured like your current organizations with workloads, Control Tower, Service Control Policies, and shared networking. An organization or organizations.
Remember you must die
Momento mori – A term I learned about when I started following and practicing (albeit poorly) Stoicism. It means, in short, ‘remember that you [have to] die’. Not only does it remind you that you, yourself are going to die, but that everyone around you is also going to die.
Use AWS CloudFront Functions for URI Rewrites
With just over one week to move a customer application from one data center into our managed service environment, I was provided with a new (to me) requirement. The requirement was to configure URI redirects for their web application.
Automate AWS Resource Review and Deployments with GitHub Actions
Deploying AWS resources with GitHub Actions can help save you a lot of time and ensure you are deploying quality templates. Beyond quality, you can be sure you are keeping your Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) in line with what is ACTUALLY deployed in your environments.
Delivery Day Field Manual for Dads
The one item I forgot to put in my recently written — ‘Survival tips for new or expecting dads‘ and it wasn’t until after I published it that I realized I had forgotten to include this important tip. Though optional, probably the most important of them all regarding the actual delivery of the baby.
Survival tips for new or expecting dads
A dear friend (basically a brother) recently informed me he and his wife were expecting their first baby. I’m very excited for them. I’m excited when any of my friends are expecting but this is unique. This is the first of my friends to have a newborn after I’ve had some experience. Still, I hardly have it together — but some experience.
Multiple Cloud Account Architecture (Series)
This is post 1 of 9 in a multi-part series discussing the advantages, pitfalls, deployment methodology, and management of a multi-cloud account architecture.