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Swift Roundup #18: re:Invent 2023 summary

Introducing a variety of innovative services and notable announcements, including the launch of Amazon Q—an innovative generative AI assistant designed specifically for workplace applications. Additionally, the Serverless innovations & the next-generation AWS-designed chips and introduced various enhancements to elevate your computing experience.

Shaked Braimok Yosef3 days ago

Swift Roundup #17: Platform Engineering Checklist + Tips

Get a free download of our comprehensive Platform Engineering Checklist, ensuring a robust and efficient platform + tips and a must-read article! don't miss it.

Shaked Braimok Yosef17 days ago

Swift Roundup #16: After a Time of Pause Following The Massacre

#BringThemHomeNow #NeverAgain #StandWithIsrael

Shaked Braimok Yosefa month ago

Swift Roundup #15: Best Internal Developer Platforms

Exploring Open Source IDP: A Weekly Compilation of the 10 Best IDPs Plus an Exclusive Open-Source IDP for K8s Users!

Shaked Braimok Yosef2 months ago

Swift Roundup #14: is DevOps learning is a requirement for a developers today?

If you are a developer looking to transition to the world of DevOps or a developer aiming to learn about the field to adapt to the era of Platform Engineering, this weekly post will help clarify things:

Shaked Braimok Yosef3 months ago

Swift Roundup #13: Avoiding Overload as Developer Ownership Increases.

Platform Engineering provides independence for developers, but it can also become burdensome if cultural change is not managed correctly. Read this week's post to learn how to do it right.

Shaked Braimok Yosef3 months ago

Swift Roundup #12: Blue-Green and other strategies

Choosing a deployment strategy is a decision that impacts deployment speed, deployment safety, user experience, and even developer experience! In this newsletter, you will find a quick and easy overview of various strategies, with a specific focus on the blue-green approach.

Shaked Braimok Yosef3 months ago

Swift Roundup #11: Terraform license change

What is the significant change introduced by HashiCorp? (TL;DR: Terraform license) and how might it impact you?

Shaked Braimok Yosef4 months ago

Swift Roundup #10: Infrastructure as a Template

What do Google's new project, IDX, and IaaT (Infrastructure as a Template) have in common? They will both significantly improve your Developer Experience (DevEx).

Shaked Braimok Yosef4 months ago

Swift Roundup #9: One Platform for All

This newsletter provides a summary of the reasons and methods for consolidating development tools into a single platform, along with excellent examples tailored for GitHub users.

Shaked Braimok Yosef4 months ago

Swift Roundup #8: Service Discovery

In this newsletter, you'll find an introductory article about our upcoming series on Platform Building Steps, as well as a tutorial about Service Discovery, including a link to an informative repository with Service Discovery resources. Enjoy! 🥳

Shaked Braimok Yosef4 months ago

Swift Roundup #7: Get Started with Platform Engineering

This weekly newsletter is a great way to understand Platform Engineering and how it fits into the DevOps world. At the end of the post you'll find an amazing tool for developers who deploy their code on K8s. 🪞

Shaked Braimok Yosef5 months ago

Swift Roundup #6: How to create and manage AWS apps within Backstage.io?

In this newsletter, you'll find a link to the ⭐ Awesome Platform Engineering ⭐ repository. Additionally, you'll be introduced to an exciting new project that can assist you in creating and managing AWS apps in Backstage.io. The newsletter also includes a source code link and YouTube tutorials.

Shaked Braimok Yosef5 months ago

Swift Roundup #5: Templates - DIY

This week, we will delve into the templates creating together, how to create our first Cookiecutter template and how to use the templates.

Shaked Braimok Yosef5 months ago

Swift Roundup #4: Microservices Templates

This week, we will delve into the topic of templates together, and, of course, we won't miss out on recommending an open-source project that will assist you in creating templates effectively.

Shaked Braimok Yosef5 months ago

Swift Roundup #3: How Setup & Onboarding Docs Can Impact Your DevEx (For Better or Worse!)

This weekly presents two things that can enhance your developer experience (DevEx): the developer portal and automations in your onboarding and setup documentation, including project READMEs. Enjoy your reading! 😎

Shaked Braimok Yosef6 months ago

Swift Roundup #2: How to overcome the knowledge barrier.

The lack of knowledge among developers can be a significant barrier to Platform Engineering. If you're looking to implement the solution within your own team, this weekly post will be interesting for you. 🚀

Shaked Braimok Yosef6 months ago

Swift Roundup #1: GitOps, Platform Engineering and the local Self-Service 🚀

Our first tutorial is OUT! Learn how to implement GitOps using AWS CodeBuild. Additionally, a MUST READ article has been published and we have a new recommendation about amazing tool that will enable you to implement self-service locally. Enjoy! 🎉

Shaked Braimok Yosef6 months ago