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A better way to deploy to EC2

Jan 27 · 10 min read · So you’ve got an EC2 instance you want to ship updates to it. How do you go about it? A lot of us start with the classics of SSH into the box, git pull and building on the server. While someone with more experience might build in CI runner like GitHu...

How I passed my DVA-CO2

Sep 20, 2025 · 4 min read · NOTE: This is a cross-post I made on r/awscertifications. My result just came 12 hours after the exam and I passed! I'm really happy and thought I should share my experience on how I prepared. For studying, I combined Stephane Maarek's and Adrian Ca...

Different ways to conditionally provision a CDK resource

Aug 9, 2025 · 14 min read · So over the weekend, I had the brilliant idea to offload the grunt work of setting up a WireGuard server to Infrastructure as Code. I got tired of replaying the same commands over and over whenever I wanted a new instance, so I finally bit the bullet...

Password Composition Policies Are Bad and Here's Why

Dec 22, 2024 · 10 min read · Passwords are the most widely used form of authentication on the internet. And unless you're Nelson Dellis—a six-time USA Memory Champion—most of us tend to pick the easiest passwords we can remember when creating one. I must admit, I've never been a...

Unveiling React Server Components

Apr 17, 2024 · 18 min read · React has undergone a significant evolution since its inception in 2013, transitioning from Higher-Order Components (HOCs) and lifecycle methods to the introduction of hooks in 2019. Now, one of the most recent and monumental changes is the advent of...