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The Problem

At my current $job, we recently migrated to ArgoCD from Terraform for application deployments 🙏. With that came a challenge: how do we pass Terraform outputs into Kubernetes manifests?

For example, our AWS Managed Prometheus endpoint lives in Terraform state, but our apps deployed via ArgoCD need that URL. Sure, we could use External Secrets Operator (and we do!), but it adds an extra layer of indirection when you just want to see what values are being injected into pods.

Cheesy post that was generated by chatGPT

Hello everyone! Today, I want to share my intriguing journey of adapting a pre-made Python tutorial on building a URL shortener to use DynamoDB for its backend, and how I successfully crafted a unique, user-friendly frontend with the help of ChatGPT.

As someone who has always been captivated by the simplicity and usefulness of URL shorteners, I wanted to create my own but with a personal touch. I knew that in order to achieve a functional, secure, and scalable URL shortener, I would need a strong backend, an engaging frontend, and an efficient infrastructure.