Welcome my Cloud Native friend! 👋
My name is Lou.
The question is: “What does a software engineer need to know about engineering in the cloud?”… and this website is the answer.
The world of software engineering shifted in the past 10 years, and cloud technologies are dominant. Which has massively changed how software engineering works, and you’ll need to learn fast if you want to keep up.
This website tackles cloud engineering education in two ways…
1. Cloud Engineering Fundamental Articles — Articles about core topics and getting deep into them. All in a practical, real-life way; so not so much to-do list apps, or image resizing examples but real world cloud engineering, focused on the important parts, like: Infrastructure-As-Code, Serverless and Containers.
2. A Monthly Newsletter — Keeping up-to-date is the challenge once you have the skill. But it can be overwhelming with so many sources to go to. That’s why every 2 weeks, the Cloud Native Software Engineering Newsletter is sent out with the latest articles, and updates from the industry.
So if you’re looking to dive in, I’d strongly recommend starting with one of the three ultimate guides: Containers, Serverless and Infrastructure-As-Code. Or alternatively you can dive into any one of the posts, as they’re all here, broken down by category…
Learning Cloud Native
- Do Cloud Engineers Code?
- Where (And How) to Start Learning AWS as a Beginner
- The Big List Of Cloud Native Engineering Resources
- What is a Cloud Native Software Engineer?
- ACloudGuru Review: AWS SysOps Exam Prep.
Infrastructure-As-Code
- Terraform: How To Rename (Instead Of Deleting) A Resource
- The Simplest Possible EC2 Web Server Setup Using Terraform (On AWS)
- What is Terraform? A Simple Definition.
- 10 Terraform Best Practices: For Secure & Fast Infrastructure.
- Should You Commit the Terraform .tfstate File to Git?
- The Ultimate Terraform Workflow: Setup Terraform (And Remote State) With Github Actions
- What Is the Best Way to Learn Terraform?
- Create An AWS S3 Website Using Terraform And Github Actions
- What is Immutable Infrastructure?
- 3 Steps To Migrate Existing Infrastructure To Terraform
Serverless
- Serverless on AWS Lambda: A Comprehensive Comparison Of Approaches (Serverless Framework vs SAM vs Terraform vs CloudFormation)
- 3 Simple Serverless Beginner Projects Ideas
- Misconceptions of Serverless: 5 Things You Thought AWS Lambda Did… But It Doesn’t.
- How to Use AWS KMS in AWS Lambda
- Master the AWS Lambda Console: A Comprehensive Walkthrough.
- AWS Queues And Lambda Processing: A Simple, Quick Walkthrough.
- How To Setup AWS Lambda Scheduled Events with Terraform
- How To Get AWS Lambda Logs Into CloudWatch
- Set Up AWS Lambda With An ALB (Load Balancer)
- AWS Lambda on Github Actions: How To Send Zipped Artifacts to AWS S3
Containers
AWS
- The Simplest Possible EC2 Web Server Setup Using Terraform (On AWS)
- Serverless on AWS Lambda: A Comprehensive Comparison Of Approaches (Serverless Framework vs SAM vs Terraform vs CloudFormation)
- 3 Simple Serverless Beginner Projects Ideas
- Misconceptions of Serverless: 5 Things You Thought AWS Lambda Did… But It Doesn’t.
- How to Use AWS KMS in AWS Lambda
- The Ultimate Terraform Workflow: Setup Terraform (And Remote State) With Github Actions
- Master the AWS Lambda Console: A Comprehensive Walkthrough.
- AWS Queues And Lambda Processing: A Simple, Quick Walkthrough.
- Create An AWS S3 Website Using Terraform And Github Actions
- Where (And How) to Start Learning AWS as a Beginner
Observability & Monitoring
- You’re Logging Wrong: What One-Per-Service (“Phat Event”) Logs Are and Why You Need Them.
- How To Get AWS Lambda Logs Into CloudWatch
Software Engineering Careers
- Reader Question: Which AWS Certificates Should You Start With If You’re A Junior?
- The Software Career You Didn’t Think To Consider — Professional Services
- How to Coach: A Cheat Sheet
- Writing A Punchy Junior Software Developer Cover Letter: A Case Study.
- An inside look at my favourite apps
