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Aug 11, 2022

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Jan 16

Maybe I could hack this around with the "promotions" feature that specifies a `pipeline_file` to continue execution. During the main pipeline execution, I could overwrite the specified `pipeline_file` content with the right one, which will be evaluated at promotion time?

Reference of the `pipeline.yaml` [1] doesn't hint anything like this, and doesn't explain if the evaluation of the workflow DAG happens once at the beginning. 1. docs.semaphoreci.com/reference/pipe

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support pipelines generated during the main pipeline execution? i.e. The workflow starts with "semaphore.yml", but then the next steps are generated in one of executed steps. In the docs, I can only see pipelines statically created and versioned in the repo...

I still hope... Maybe the new trend of Infra from Code will make a dent in the right direction. Or maybe it won't. Maybe I will just build the platform I want. Or maybe I won't. But, I am confident, that in the next decade I will find a platform I like 😅 6/6

Current "new" platforms, fall into two categories. 1. Insanely expensive (some even exceed Heroku) 2. Very restricted I want the AWS infra blocks, offered in nicely packaged solutions. We just need to pick the pieces and put the puzzle together. Stop reinventing shit. 5/...

Serverless offerings, with newer Infra as Code/Infra from Code tools, gets us closer to the dream. However, having always on servers running, with zero downtime deploys (even single instance), persistent storage, and nice DevX, is required for many apps. 4/...

How did we mess up running applications on hosts so badly. Tens of tools promoting Heroku-like experience, on Kubernetes. Why the hell do I care about K8s. The implementation detail. I should only specify CPU x RAM, or a max budget $$$, and the platform handles the rest. 3/...

K8s came, solved some issues, and in the process got abused by every single engineering team. We created more issues than we solved. Then, created hundreds of products to tame K8s itself. From DevX, to cost-optimization, to platforms that manage Managed K8s services 🤯 2/...

Kubernetes should just be implementation detail. Developers should never use it directly. Platforms/Clouds should just (optionally) use it, transparently, without leaking its specifics. 1/...

I have been going through tens of cloud platforms and still didn't find one I like.

@modal_labs

looks very close, but I don't like Python 😭 Do you have plans to support other languages? Ideally, Go, Kotlin? 🙃

Jan 12

Some excellent life tips! And it does not just apply if you are in your 20s 🙃

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Library Mindset

@librarymindset

Jun 26, 2022

If you’re in your 20s read these 20 quotes: 1)

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Jan 6

Wise words. Been on the wrong side so many times for all these ;) #Consistency #Habits

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The best diet is the one you'll stick with. The best investment plan is the one you'll stick with. The best exercise routine is the one you'll stick with. Consistency & sustainability are far more important than optimization.

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Thorsten Ball

@thorstenball

Nov 2, 2022

Alright, folks. I think it's time I share these. After 20+ years of living on the internet, here it is. My list of Fallacies of Internet Discussions: 1. Thinking you can look good *discussing* politics on the internet

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Chris "Not So" Short (here or there)

apenwarr

@apenwarr

Dec 19, 2022

I'm not sure it's good news that I learned so much about Tailscale's blog posting style by reading this third-party analysis. But oh well, it's a good analysis!

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@ChrisShort

Dec 19, 2022

Suggested Read: How to market your dev tool on Hacker News: Learnings from Tailscale developermarkepear.com/blog/developer

My personal blog where I publish my thoughts.

Dec 18, 2022

Find all the links to my online social presence at the top section on my site:

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Home | Lambros Petrou

Also, one of my favourite sections on my website is the "Read-Watch-Listen list". I regularly update it with more articles, podcasts, and videos that I find very interesting around several topics, including tech, startups and entrepreneurship, and more.

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More people are leaving Twitter due to the latest policy changes. You can follow me on other social media platforms: LinkedIn, Mastodon. I also have a newsletter, and RSS, for my website, which I will be updating more often now :) Links for everything on my website 👇

Nice thread on concerns I have as well. ChatGPT is a great improvement, but it's still nowhere ready for production use anywhere other than replacing TikTok time when we are bored...

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Scott Wlaschin

@ScottWlaschin

Dec 5, 2022

I've been reading lots of these generated texts, and they are amusing, but is also scary how easily our human brains fall for the surface illusion and don't look deeper. twitter.com/biblioracle/st…

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Marc Randolph

@mbrandolph

Dec 13, 2022

So… I changed my philosophy. My criteria would no longer be “who do I think is most likely to be successful” (since I didn’t think I could tell). But rather, “who do I want to help take their shot”.

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Really amazing article on how to think about your finances. Especially if you work in an industry like tech.

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Troy Hunt

@troyhunt

Dec 12, 2022

4 years on, this remains one of my favourite, most important blog posts (it’s also in my “Pwned” book with a lot more context). Should I do a follow up? Especially given how these lessons saw me through a difficult period of life, there’s more to share. troyhunt.com/10-personal-fi

AWS re:Invent 2022 - [NEW] Use policies to manage permissions...

Dec 9, 2022

AWS/Amazon Verified Permissions is really one of my favourite releases of re:Invent 2022. I have high hopes for this product, just from what I saw and read so far. Lots of custom authorization code to be thrown in the bin. Great overview: youtube.com/watch?v=k6pPcn #AWS #Security

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Permissions in your application can be based on several factors, including principal’s roles and attributes, resource data, and other contextual information ...

Dec 8, 2022

Don't you love it when with just 11 stupidly simple lines, you build, deploy, and run your application in one staging environment, and 3 production environments in multiple regions? 🤯🤩 Of course, with CI/CD out of the box! #SkybearNet #Cloud #Platform #StayTuned

11 lines of TOML configuration that define an application called "webapp", that has 1 staging environment, and 1 production environment. The production environment consists of 3 regions.

Skybear.net is an upcoming cloud orchestrator that will provide this to the public.

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Dec 8, 2022

The playlist containing everything is youtube.com/playlist?list= But, the same channel has lots of other playlists if you want to target specific topics.

I love how the AWS re:Invent 2022 videos were up just a few hours after being delivered in-person. Also like how they provide playlists scoped to domains, along with the bigger playlists to watch everything :) There are some super interesting talks to watch for days to come!

I really admire the progress we make in #AI, but providing misinformation in just a keystroke effort is gonna ruin so many things, products, societies. So far, we had crowdsourced misinformation you could comment and flag as wrong, but with 1:1 chat, this is now super dangerous!

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@itstimconnors

Dec 4, 2022

This fucking guy

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What's New on AWS (Unoffical)

Dec 2, 2022

Without a shared file-system and a warm pool of EC2 instances, there is a big delay on the failover until the SQLite is fetched locally (S3 case), or until a new EC2 instance is started to mount the same EBS volume of the failed instance (EBS case).

The scenario I have is one SQLite file per customer/tenant. Then, a pool of EC2 instances that "handle" each tenant with affinity (sticky). Even if an instance fails, another one from a warm pool can pick that tenant up in a few seconds, and continue responding to requests.

Maybe with this performance boost, we can finally use SQLite databases directly from EFS with acceptable performance :) Needs some experimentation over the weekend, maybe!

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Nov 28, 2022

AWS announces lower latencies for Amazon Elastic File System Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) now delivers lower latencies enabling you to power an even broader set of applications with simple, scalable storage on AWS.... aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what

At this point, experimentation is over since I cannot do anything on the CodeCatalyst website...

The CodeCatalyst website seems to not be in-sync with the AWS Console... Then, I try to create a Project in CodeCatalyst with the "Scratch" blueprint, and I get an error that I am over the limit, while not having any project at all yet...

I deleted the AWS Console entry and recreated a new Space after I was into the codecatalyst.aws website. Then, even though I setup the AWS account, the billing configuration was still not working. So, I had to re-validate the same AWS account twice...

I signed up for the AWS Builder ID, and then signed up for codecatalyst.aws. I added my AWS account, and verified it with the links provided in the signup flow. Result: The Space submitted to the AWS Console was my user alias, and not the Space name which was wrong.

As I expected, the Console is extremely buggy on release. I am really hoping this is just because of the rollout, and it's not how its quality will be overall. Issues so far...

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Dec 1, 2022

Replying to @danilop and @bellevuesteve

If this works as advertised, it will be huge! But, I have scars from AWS abandoning DevX projects...

This is a very big game changer, if it works as advertised! Application level authorization using IAM style policies!

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AWS Identity

@AWSIdentity

Nov 30, 2022

Want to explore the policies behind Amazon Verified Permissions, a new service launching in preview at #reInvent? Check out this latest blog post with recommended practices & tips: go.aws/3Ui722o

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Nov 25, 2022

#Serverless means: 1. Nothing to provision, nothing to manage. 2. Usage-based pricing with no minimums. 3. Ready with a single API call. 4. No planned downtime. 5. No instances. Thanks,

@momentohq

, for raising awareness on this, with some concrete counter-example (... Neptune)!

I had the same thoughts with this post, so many times! Providers, *cough* AWS, just put the #serverless label everywhere now. I wouldn't be surprised if there was an EC2 feature labelled as serverless at this point. "The Litmus test for Serverless" is what I always want too 👇🏻

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Khawaja Shams

@ksshams

Nov 17, 2022

Will the real #serverless please stand up? Serverless unlocks developers! #fakeserverless is diluting it into a marketing term. @NoSQLKnowHow and I present the @momentohq litmus test for serverless

gomomento.co/3Oh4ZtN

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The Windows Subsystem for Linux in the Microsoft Store is now generally available on Windows 10 and...

Scott Hanselman

@shanselman

Nov 22, 2022

This is MASSIVE. The Windows Subsystem for Linux in the Microsoft Store is now generally available on Windows 10 and 11! Windows 10 users can now run Linux GUI apps natively!

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Today the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in the Microsoft Store is dropping its “Preview” label and becomes generally available with our latest release! We are also making the Store version of WSL...

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"AWS Fault Isolation Boundaries" - docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/la Excellent overview of how AWS builds zonal, regional, and global boundaries. Interesting how services are split into control and data planes, with control planes mostly being regional, and data planes regional or global.