My Quest for CloudWatch Monitoring on AWS Lightsail with Terraform
Lightsail hides IAM roles for simplicity, which breaks the CloudWatch agent. Here is the workaround: an IAM user with explicit credentials, automated with Terraform.
[ READ MORE >> ]CloudWatch Dashboards Are Great (If You Build Them Right)
How to build useful CloudWatch dashboards with Terraform: start in the console, export to JSON, then make it repeatable with IaC.
[ READ MORE >> ]Why eBPF Is the Non-AI Tech Every Developer Should Watch in 2026
In 2026, eBPF is quietly reshaping how we handle observability, networking, and security. A developer perspective on programmable kernel hooks and why they matter.
[ READ MORE >> ]When Time Changes But Your Lambda Cannot - The Hidden Risk of Immutable Serverless Timezones
How immutable functions create a unique challenge for handling timezone updates, and the hybrid solution that actually works in production.
[ READ MORE >> ]5 Cool and Actually Useful CloudWatch Tricks You Can Start Using Today
CloudWatch beyond the basics: parse logs like a data warehouse, build missing metrics with math, find top talkers, stop alert storms, and skip threshold guessing with anomaly detection.
[ READ MORE >> ]Anatomy of a CI Bug - The Great CI Mystery
You know that sinking feeling when you push a seemingly innocent commit only to watch your CI pipeline explode? A debugging story about pnpm, Netlify CLI, and a forgotten lock file.
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