Nicolai
@nklya.bsky.social
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Finally, someone wrote it down in a book:
To understand what is going well/poorly inside your engineering org: ask the devs what this is! Talk to a bunch of them to get a good picture
From the excellent new book by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda called "Frictionless"
Arrived yesterday
To understand what is going well/poorly inside your engineering org: ask the devs what this is! Talk to a bunch of them to get a good picture
From the excellent new book by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda called "Frictionless"
Arrived yesterday
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Finally, someone wrote it down in a book:
To understand what is going well/poorly inside your engineering org: ask the devs what this is! Talk to a bunch of them to get a good picture
From the excellent new book by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda called "Frictionless"
Arrived yesterday
To understand what is going well/poorly inside your engineering org: ask the devs what this is! Talk to a bunch of them to get a good picture
From the excellent new book by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda called "Frictionless"
Arrived yesterday
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Ahead of #Kubernetes 1.35 release aimed for mid-December🚀, a sneak peak of some new features:
* Node declared features
* In-place update of Pod resources
* Pod certificates
* User namespaces
* Support for mounting OCI images as volumes
* Numeric values for taints
More: kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11...
* Node declared features
* In-place update of Pod resources
* Pod certificates
* User namespaces
* Support for mounting OCI images as volumes
* Numeric values for taints
More: kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11...
Kubernetes v1.35 Sneak Peek
As the release of Kubernetes v1.35 approaches, the Kubernetes project continues to evolve. Features may be deprecated, removed, or replaced to improve the project's overall health. This blog post outl...
kubernetes.io
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Ahead of #Kubernetes 1.35 release aimed for mid-December🚀, a sneak peak of some new features:
* Node declared features
* In-place update of Pod resources
* Pod certificates
* User namespaces
* Support for mounting OCI images as volumes
* Numeric values for taints
More: kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11...
* Node declared features
* In-place update of Pod resources
* Pod certificates
* User namespaces
* Support for mounting OCI images as volumes
* Numeric values for taints
More: kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11...
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Unmesh Joshi finds LLMs to be a useful tool, but explains why their help becomes illusory if they shortcut the essential learning loop of our professional practice.
martinfowler.com/articles/llm...
martinfowler.com/articles/llm...
The Learning Loop and LLMs
How continuous learning shapes effective software development with LLMs
martinfowler.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Unmesh Joshi finds LLMs to be a useful tool, but explains why their help becomes illusory if they shortcut the essential learning loop of our professional practice.
martinfowler.com/articles/llm...
martinfowler.com/articles/llm...
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I've shared an updated version of my Agentic AI and Security article on @martinfowler.com's website:
martinfowler.com/articles/age...
(This is based on all the great research being done by others especially @simonwillison.net - my aim is to provide an accessible overview for others)
martinfowler.com/articles/age...
(This is based on all the great research being done by others especially @simonwillison.net - my aim is to provide an accessible overview for others)
October 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I've shared an updated version of my Agentic AI and Security article on @martinfowler.com's website:
martinfowler.com/articles/age...
(This is based on all the great research being done by others especially @simonwillison.net - my aim is to provide an accessible overview for others)
martinfowler.com/articles/age...
(This is based on all the great research being done by others especially @simonwillison.net - my aim is to provide an accessible overview for others)
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Reposted by Nicolai
Terraform Weekly #244 - Terraform Pipeline Caching issues, Microsoft Graph, Bots Write Bad Terraform, IaC Reviews, Terraform without the state file bottleneck
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-244-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-244-...
Issue #244 - Terraform Pipeline Caching issues, Microsoft Graph, Bots Write Bad Terraform, IaC Reviews, Terraform without the state file bottleneck
www.weekly.tf
September 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Terraform Weekly #244 - Terraform Pipeline Caching issues, Microsoft Graph, Bots Write Bad Terraform, IaC Reviews, Terraform without the state file bottleneck
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-244-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-244-...
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Terraform Weekly #242 - Overmind, Advanced Terraform Patterns for Teams, Production-Grade Video Upload Platform on AWS, AWS ECS, GitHub Actions with Azure and OIDC
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-242-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-242-...
Issue #242 - Overmind, Advanced Terraform Patterns for Teams, Production-Grade Video Upload Platform on AWS, AWS ECS, GitHub Actions with Azure and OIDC
www.weekly.tf
September 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Terraform Weekly #242 - Overmind, Advanced Terraform Patterns for Teams, Production-Grade Video Upload Platform on AWS, AWS ECS, GitHub Actions with Azure and OIDC
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-242-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-242-...
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Terraform Weekly #241 - Terraform with GitLab, Secure CI/CD with Okta, Traces & Profiling, Throttling for AWS API Gateway and Lambda, Managing AWS Tags
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-241-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-241-...
Issue #241 - Terraform with GitLab, Secure CI/CD with Okta, Traces & Profiling, Throttling for AWS API Gateway and Lambda, Managing AWS Tags
www.weekly.tf
September 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Terraform Weekly #241 - Terraform with GitLab, Secure CI/CD with Okta, Traces & Profiling, Throttling for AWS API Gateway and Lambda, Managing AWS Tags
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-241-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-241-...
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Terraform Weekly #240 - Upgrade to AWS EKS v21, Karpenter in EKS, GitHub Actions Runner Controller, Serverless Image Resizer, Container Orchestrator
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-240-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-240-...
Issue #240 - Upgrade to AWS EKS v21, Karpenter in EKS, GitHub Actions Runner Controller, Serverless Image Resizer, Container Orchestrator
www.weekly.tf
September 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Terraform Weekly #240 - Upgrade to AWS EKS v21, Karpenter in EKS, GitHub Actions Runner Controller, Serverless Image Resizer, Container Orchestrator
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-240-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-240-...
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The latest #Kubernetes release v1.34 AKA "Of Wind & Will," is here 🥳 with a staggering 58 enhancements!
We sat down with Release Lead Vyom Yadav (Software Engineer at Canonical) on the podcast to get some behind the scenes insights 📷
kubernetespodcast.com/episode/259-...
We sat down with Release Lead Vyom Yadav (Software Engineer at Canonical) on the podcast to get some behind the scenes insights 📷
kubernetespodcast.com/episode/259-...
August 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The latest #Kubernetes release v1.34 AKA "Of Wind & Will," is here 🥳 with a staggering 58 enhancements!
We sat down with Release Lead Vyom Yadav (Software Engineer at Canonical) on the podcast to get some behind the scenes insights 📷
kubernetespodcast.com/episode/259-...
We sat down with Release Lead Vyom Yadav (Software Engineer at Canonical) on the podcast to get some behind the scenes insights 📷
kubernetespodcast.com/episode/259-...
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Terraform Weekly #239 - IaCConf, S3 Tables using Glue Jobs, LocalStack and Outbox Pattern, Serverless Chat, Terraform Module Tests, tfclean, iam-convert
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-239-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-239-...
Issue #239 - IaCConf, S3 Tables using Glue Jobs, LocalStack and Outbox Pattern, Serverless Chat, Terraform Module Tests, tfclean, iam-convert
www.weekly.tf
August 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Terraform Weekly #239 - IaCConf, S3 Tables using Glue Jobs, LocalStack and Outbox Pattern, Serverless Chat, Terraform Module Tests, tfclean, iam-convert
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-239-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-239-...
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Terraform Weekly #231 - Multi-Region AWS RDS, Region Meta-Argument in AWS Provider v6, Terraform State in Memory, Production-Ready MySQL on GCP, Terraform vs Bicep
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-231-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-231-...
Issue #231 - Multi-Region AWS RDS, Region Meta-Argument in AWS Provider v6, Terraform State in Memory, Production-Ready MySQL on GCP, Terraform vs Bicep
www.weekly.tf
June 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Terraform Weekly #231 - Multi-Region AWS RDS, Region Meta-Argument in AWS Provider v6, Terraform State in Memory, Production-Ready MySQL on GCP, Terraform vs Bicep
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-231-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-231-...
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Terraform Weekly #229 - Terraform State, Ephemeral Resources, Super Mario Game on AWS EKS, depends_on, Enterprise-Grade AWS CI/CD Pipeline
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-229-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-229-...
Issue #229 - Terraform State, Ephemeral Resources, Super Mario Game on AWS EKS, depends_on, Enterprise-Grade AWS CI/CD Pipeline
www.weekly.tf
June 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Terraform Weekly #229 - Terraform State, Ephemeral Resources, Super Mario Game on AWS EKS, depends_on, Enterprise-Grade AWS CI/CD Pipeline
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-229-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-229-...
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Terraform Weekly #226 (sponsored by @terrateam.io) - ECS for Minecraft Server, Lambda Functions in Rust, Serverless LocalStack, Azure Verified Modules, Azure Landing Zones, Terratags
Terrateam - Terraform CI/CD Without Limits ( github.com/terrateamio/... )
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-226-...
Terrateam - Terraform CI/CD Without Limits ( github.com/terrateamio/... )
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-226-...
Issue #226 - ECS for Minecraft Server, Lambda Functions in Rust, Serverless LocalStack, Azure Verified Modules, Azure Landing Zones, Terratags
www.weekly.tf
May 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Terraform Weekly #226 (sponsored by @terrateam.io) - ECS for Minecraft Server, Lambda Functions in Rust, Serverless LocalStack, Azure Verified Modules, Azure Landing Zones, Terratags
Terrateam - Terraform CI/CD Without Limits ( github.com/terrateamio/... )
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-226-...
Terrateam - Terraform CI/CD Without Limits ( github.com/terrateamio/... )
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-226-...
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Terraform Weekly #225 - Using MCP with Terraform, AWS Transfer Family, Terraform Export from the Azure Portal, AKS Cluster in Production, Trivy, aztfexport
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-225-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-225-...
Issue #225 - Using MCP with Terraform, AWS Transfer Family, Terraform Export from the Azure Portal, AKS Cluster in Production, Trivy, aztfexport
www.weekly.tf
May 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Terraform Weekly #225 - Using MCP with Terraform, AWS Transfer Family, Terraform Export from the Azure Portal, AKS Cluster in Production, Trivy, aztfexport
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-225-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-225-...
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🇪🇪 9th May message from the border city of Narva facing 🇷🇺 side!
May 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🇪🇪 9th May message from the border city of Narva facing 🇷🇺 side!
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Redis is open source again: antirez.com/news/151
May 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Redis is open source again: antirez.com/news/151
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Redis 8 RC1 is out! New features include numerous performance improvements, more commands around hash field expiration, and a new data type written by @antirez.bsky.social—the OG himself—called vector sets.
Redis 8 RC 1: hub.docker.com/_/redis.
Vector sets: github.com/redis/redis/...
@redis.io
Redis 8 RC 1: hub.docker.com/_/redis.
Vector sets: github.com/redis/redis/...
@redis.io
hub.docker.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Redis 8 RC1 is out! New features include numerous performance improvements, more commands around hash field expiration, and a new data type written by @antirez.bsky.social—the OG himself—called vector sets.
Redis 8 RC 1: hub.docker.com/_/redis.
Vector sets: github.com/redis/redis/...
@redis.io
Redis 8 RC 1: hub.docker.com/_/redis.
Vector sets: github.com/redis/redis/...
@redis.io
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Terraform Weekly #216 - Essential Tools for Terraform, Checks with terraform_data and Azure, Existing Helm Charts with Terraform, Serverless, Terraform Model Context Protocol, AWSCC
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-216-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-216-...
Issue #216 - Essential Tools for Terraform, Checks with terraform_data and Azure, Existing Helm Charts with Terraform, Serverless, Terraform Model Context Protocol, AWSCC
www.weekly.tf
March 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Terraform Weekly #216 - Essential Tools for Terraform, Checks with terraform_data and Azure, Existing Helm Charts with Terraform, Serverless, Terraform Model Context Protocol, AWSCC
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-216-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-216-...
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Terraform Weekly #215 (looking for sponsors) - AWSCC with Guard Hooks, Lambda Layers, Event-Driven Scheduler, #LocalStack with Serverless, #Terraform in Depth by Robert Hafner, InfraSpec, Func Provider
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-215-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-215-...
Issue #215 - AWSCC with Guard Hooks, Lambda Layers, Event-Driven Scheduler, LocalStack with Serverless, Terraform in Depth by Robert Hafner, InfraSpec, Func Provider
www.weekly.tf
March 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Terraform Weekly #215 (looking for sponsors) - AWSCC with Guard Hooks, Lambda Layers, Event-Driven Scheduler, #LocalStack with Serverless, #Terraform in Depth by Robert Hafner, InfraSpec, Func Provider
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-215-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-215-...
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Talked with a Head of Eng at a startup who added a pretty clever “fingerprinting” to a takehome exercise to get proof if it was completed by copy+pasting it into an LLM.
100% of takehome submitted were done like this. He asked ppl submitting if they used any AI: 25% said yes
100% of takehome submitted were done like this. He asked ppl submitting if they used any AI: 25% said yes
March 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Talked with a Head of Eng at a startup who added a pretty clever “fingerprinting” to a takehome exercise to get proof if it was completed by copy+pasting it into an LLM.
100% of takehome submitted were done like this. He asked ppl submitting if they used any AI: 25% said yes
100% of takehome submitted were done like this. He asked ppl submitting if they used any AI: 25% said yes
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Terraform Weekly #214 (looking for sponsors) - AWS Glue to Airflow, Terralith (again), Orchestrating AI, EKS Auto Mode, SSH with AWS Session Manager, Terraform Git Backend www.weekly.tf/p/issue-214-...
Issue #214 - AWS Glue to Airflow, Terralith (again), Orchestrating AI, EKS Auto Mode, SSH with AWS Session Manager, Terraform Git Backend
www.weekly.tf
February 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Terraform Weekly #214 (looking for sponsors) - AWS Glue to Airflow, Terralith (again), Orchestrating AI, EKS Auto Mode, SSH with AWS Session Manager, Terraform Git Backend www.weekly.tf/p/issue-214-...
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Terraform Weekly #213 (looking for sponsors) - Terraform Code for Scalability and Maintainability, S3 Tables, Terraform State in Azure, Can I Tf, Terraform Modules Releases For Monorepos, Terralith
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-213-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-213-...
Issue #213 - Terraform Code for Scalability and Maintainability, S3 Tables, Terraform State in Azure, Can I Tf, Terraform Modules Releases For Monorepos, Terralith
www.weekly.tf
February 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Terraform Weekly #213 (looking for sponsors) - Terraform Code for Scalability and Maintainability, S3 Tables, Terraform State in Azure, Can I Tf, Terraform Modules Releases For Monorepos, Terralith
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-213-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-213-...
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Terraform Weekly #211 - Docker Images in ECR, Upgrade to Serverless V2, OpenTofu Encrypted State with Git, From CloudFormation to Terraform, Circular Dependencies, TerraConstructs (CDKTF) www.weekly.tf/p/issue-211-...
Issue #211 - Docker Images in ECR, Upgrade to Serverless V2, OpenTofu Encrypted State with Git, From CloudFormation to Terraform, Circular Dependencies, TerraConstructs (CDKTF)
www.weekly.tf
February 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Terraform Weekly #211 - Docker Images in ECR, Upgrade to Serverless V2, OpenTofu Encrypted State with Git, From CloudFormation to Terraform, Circular Dependencies, TerraConstructs (CDKTF) www.weekly.tf/p/issue-211-...
Reposted by Nicolai
Terraform Weekly #208 - Resource Conflicts and Failures in #Azure, AWS #WAF with Reactive Infrastructure, GitHub Actions with Azure, Secure Grafana, terraform-validate-explorer
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-208-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-208-...
Issue #208 - Resource Conflicts and Failures in Azure, AWS WAF with Reactive Infrastructure, GitHub Actions with Azure, Secure Grafana, terraform-validate-explorer
www.weekly.tf
January 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Terraform Weekly #208 - Resource Conflicts and Failures in #Azure, AWS #WAF with Reactive Infrastructure, GitHub Actions with Azure, Secure Grafana, terraform-validate-explorer
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-208-...
www.weekly.tf/p/issue-208-...