Cloud & DevOps
Development environments, pipelines, infrastructure and what they cost to run.
Updated 8 September 2026
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5 min read
Making 'It Works On My Machine' Reproducible With Development Containers
The "works on my machine" reasoning is a familiar just-so story, a placeholder for the harder-and-harder-to-pin-down "but here's why." An every-day confession often sounds defensive,…
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4 min read
Ephemeral Environments Per Pull Request: What They Cost and What They Save
An ephemeral preview environment is a short-lived, isolated deployment that is automatically created when a pull request is opened, and then destroyed when the PR is merged or closed.…
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3 min read
Cutting CI Time in Priority Order
An optimized CI pipeline reduces hours of tedium -- and a brute-force approach is not the answer. More runners alone do not bring speed.
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Detect and Fix Terraform Drift: Practices That Keep State in Sync
Terraform's plan -refresh-only and apply -refresh-only functionality provide a reliable path to managing drift between codified infrastructure and the real-world state of a system.…
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How to Identify the Line That Grew in Your Cloud Bill
Getting a surprise when charges run higher than last month is common for cloud software companies. There's a counter-intuitive but clear process to understanding cloud bills legibly…