19 October, 2021
Multi-env AWS with Terraform and Terragrunt in one hour
tl;dr This guide is for people who want to get started with AWS and Terraform, who want to do it properly, securely and want to get building FAST. In 2020 I left my permanent job and started Merge Mamba (now shut down). I made a lot of mistakes on the way (blog post to follow) and one of the big ones was spending too…
21 November, 2020
Postgres transactions with jasync-sql on Ktor
Over the past few weeks I've been working on non-blocking database connectivity for my Kotlin web stack. I'm using Ktor as a web framework and Postgres for my database. I'm using jasync-sql as a lightweight, non-blocking driver and so far it's worked great. I've finished the logic for the (very minimal) ORM, and the…
30 June, 2020
Static IPs using a Raspberry Pi and AWS
In need of a static IP? Maybe you want to run a VPN at home, maybe you want to be able to access your NAS when you're away or maybe it's one of those things that you don't really need but kinda want for reasons. If you can't afford an enterprise ISP at home (who typically provide a static IP as part of the deal) the…
30 April, 2020
Caching in Ktor with a JVM detour
Over the past few months I've been spending some time working with the Ktor web framework for some personal projects and I'm at the point now where it's replaced Spring as my goto Kotlin web framework. If you haven't worked with Ktor, it's a Kotlin-native, non-blocking web framework that makes extensive use of Kotlin…