Intro AWS Serverless Application Model or SAM for short is an Opensource dev tool for building serverless applications on AWS. SAM is a bunch of templates that help defining Infrastructure as Code for serverless applications. Think CloudFormation with shortcuts! I was recently working on a serverless app and had to deploy an API gateway with SSL Certs. The domain was hosted on Route53 and that means all of this can be managed using SAM. Read more

DevOps is Hard. And no, its not just about the Tools! DevOps is a word that gets thrown around way too much in the software development universe. Tons of promises made - lightning-fast releases, increased collaboration, improved cost efficiency, and boy! Are they the right hook for management! The path to success as and with a DevOps team is however this long winding road choked with traffic - like a Monday morning on the outer ring road in Bangalore, and just for fun, the governor is also travelling with you!  Read more

Containerisation is all the rage these days with every cloud provider offering some way or the other to deploy and manage containers. Running your Ruby on Rails application on a containerised platform will let you not only save, it also lets you get your changes faster to your end users. Are you doing it right or missing the obvious??? Read more

There are a ton of cloud providers around town. Starting from the mom and pop shops, to co-located Data center providers to full blown cloud infra providers. For a beginner, there’s absolutely no shortage of options to start off with. In fact, it will overwhelm a beginner to the point of confusion and frustration. Read more

I just scribbled this down since I’ve been asked multiple times on how to be efficient when working from home. Here’s some tips that will hopefully help you: Have a separate place to work. Have a separate place to sleep / eat / relax. Do not mix them up. Everyone makes the mistake of working from their beds. Stop that! Have specific times to work. Dont go into this never-ending spree of working because you have a stable internet connection and uninterrupted power. Start at a fixed time, STOP at a fixed time. Note the emphasis on Stop. Read more