Streamlining Infrastructure as Code Testing: Harnessing Terratest, Terraform, and AWS Go SDKs for Automation
When cloud infrastructure is created using IaC with Terraform, how can you know it’s working as intended? I can recall many times when I deployed services with Terraform only to find out it didn’t work as intended. I would then sometimes spend hours p...
Exploring the Power of AWS Amplify - Simplifying Web and Mobile App Development
In today's fast-paced world, businesses need to quickly develop and deploy web and mobile applications to stay competitive. AWS Amplify, a powerful development framework provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), enables developers to build scalable and secur...
How to setup CI/CD pipeline for WordPress with GitHub Actions and AWS (Part 1)
GitHub Actions can be used to automate almost any type of project, but in this article, I will cover how can we automate deployment (CI/CD) for WordPress. I personally chose WordPress as an example as is the world’s most popular CMS, with over 455 million...
Handling bounced emails by SES with Rails (ActiveMailer)
If you are thinking of implementing a mailing system for your application, you would surely need to find a way to know if the sent emails are successfully delivered or not. With AWS SES (Simple Email Service), it is possible to set up bounce webhook notif...
Accessing AWS RDS databases remotely with no exposed ports
Ok, I admit it. The title might sounds weird because, how it is supposed to connect to an SQL service without a port, right? Well the catch is that there IS a port, but it is not an inbound port, therefore nothing is exposed. And it is fully managed by AW...
