DevOps Bulletin #85: What Every DevOps Should Learn in 2023
Tags: aws, devops, kubernetes, serverless
Published: 2023-01-13 17:29:28

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## Headline Tutorials:

![Why not helm? What’s the difference between overlays and templating?](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/0*He3UXRStbFBy4lRy.png)

🔒 “[Serverless production readiness checklist](https://www.ranthebuilder.cloud/post/serverless-application-productiozation-check-list?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin)” — Before going to production, go through this checklist. The checklist spans security, backups, crisis recovery, CI/CD, and support readiness.

⭐️ “[You should be reading academic computer science papers](https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/12/30/you-should-be-reading-academic-computer-science-papers/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin)” — You read documentation and tutorials to become a better engineer, but if you really want to be cutting-edge, academic research is where it’s at.

🛠 “[Tools for managing Terraform Drift](https://blog.tinystacks.com/tools-for-managing-terraform-drift?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin)” — This blog compares popular tools and discusses what to look for when choosing a tool.

💡 “[2022 in Serverless](https://www.readysetcloud.io/blog/allen.helton/2022-in-serverless/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin)” — It has been an incredible year for serverless. Let’s recount some of the amazing things that happened.

🐛 “[I scanned every package on PyPi and found 57 live AWS keys](https://tomforb.es/i-scanned-every-package-on-pypi-and-found-57-live-aws-keys/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin)” — This post outlines how PyPi was scanned and showcases how to build a tool to automatically scan all new PyPi releases to notify AWS of potentially leaked keys.

🚀 “[11 ways you can use ChatGPT to write code](https://typefully.com/svpino/11-ways-you-can-use-chatgpt-to-write-code-YnkOEF4?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin)” — The story is not about ChatGPT taking programmers’ jobs. It’s not about a missing import here or a subtle mistake there. The story is how, overnight, AI gives programmers a 100x boost.

👀 “[Why Kustomize?](https://whyk8s.substack.com/p/why-kustomize?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin)” — Why not helm? What’s the difference between overlays and templating?

## Latest open source projects

### cnquery

![An open-source, cloud-native asset inventory](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/0*SfyK0ThN8Wb2pRxR.gif)

[cnquery](https://github.com/mondoohq/cnquery?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin) answers thousands of questions about your infrastructure, and integrates with over 300 resources across cloud accounts, Kubernetes, containers, services, VMs, APIs, and more.

### Awesome AWS

![AWS free resources](https://miro.medium.com/max/400/0*jCn_LQzNNPzv9gGn.png)

A [curated list](https://github.com/donnemartin/awesome-aws?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin) of awesome Amazon Web Services (AWS) libraries, open-source repos, guides, blogs, and other resources.

### Common Fate

![Automate permissions to your cloud and critical applications.](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/0*TXWcFlLO5BoOCXcE.png)

[Common Fate](https://github.com/common-fate/common-fate?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin) is an open-source privileged access management framework that makes requesting AWS access a breeze.

### SchemaHero

![A Kubernetes operator for declarative database schema management (gitops for database schemas)](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/0*qOHXnJkZGzOlIj1Y.jpeg)

A [Kubernetes operator](https://github.com/schemahero/schemahero?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin) for declarative database schema management for various databases (GitOps for database schemas).

### tfk8s

![A tool for converting Kubernetes YAML manifests to Terraform HCL](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/0*hXlWQOsR02xO4DEn)

[tfk8s](https://github.com/jrhouston/tfk8s?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin) is a tool for converting Kubernetes YAML manifests to Terraform HCL. If you want to copy examples from the Kubernetes documentation or migrate existing YAML manifests, this tool is for you.

### Krossboard

![Krossboard Kubernetes Operator](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/0*Qijm_xDCJCKnjMPo.png)

[Krossboard](https://github.com/2-alchemists/krossboard-kubernetes-operator?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=devopsbulletin&utm_content=devopsbulletin) is a Kubernetes Operator to handle cross-site, cross-distribution & multi-cluster Kubernetes usage tracking, analytics, and accounting.

## Tweet of the week

![Tweet of the week](https://miro.medium.com/max/598/0*XxorqGJdT6O4pjiF.png)

Full thread [here](https://twitter.com/iximiuz/status/1610985600999641088)

## Meme of the week

![AWS certificates](https://miro.medium.com/max/500/0*MI29RlQbn9-HtsC8.png)

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