Tobias Macey
Tobias Macey
Pulumi has launched a "native" provider for AWS that is autogenerated from the AWS Cloud Control API. This will eliminate potential errors from passing through several layers to the underlying...
# User Story - As a platform engineer I would like to be able to experiment on infrastructure for the MITx Online service without disrupting testing that happens in RC/QA...
# User Story As a platform engineer I want to be notified when an internal service is not available so that it can be addressed before it impacts external users....
# User Story As an platform and DevOps engineer I want to be alerted when there are anomalous error situations so that we can be proactive about resolving infrastructure and...
# User Story - As an Open edX operator I would like to reduce the total amount of state that we need to keep around for compliance, cost, and security...
# User Story - As an engineer I would like to be aware of operational issues in the applications/services that I build - As a product owner I would like...
AWS has a new service for identifying under- and overp-rovisioned instances. We should follow the recommendations to account for wasted spend, as well as possible performance issues. https://console.aws.amazon.com/compute-optimizer/home?region=us-east-1#/resources-lists/ec2
In order to optimize our costs for non-critical workloads that can handle interruption we would like to start using spot instances for some of our autoscale groups. This can be...
Keeping your tools properly maintained and making sure that you have the right tools for each job is important for any craftsperson. What are some tools that we are missing?...
What are the best ways to engineer tests so that they are useful without being a hindrance. How do you write your tests so that a minor refactor doesn't result...