Writing about open-source projects, cloud infrastructure, and the tools that make developers more productive.
Luke Halley
Cloud Developer
Until You Give It These 24 Marketing Skills
I asked Claude to optimize my landing page. It gave me generic advice. Then I installed one open-source project—and it started thinking like a conversion specialist.
How Account Vending Machines Changed Our Platform Team
Our developers waited 2 weeks for new AWS accounts. Now they get them in 4 minutes. Here's how we built an account vending machine that handles 100+ accounts without a single ticket.
What Happened When Claude Code Met Production Infrastructure
I was skeptical about AI-generated infrastructure code. Then I tried Claude Code on a real AWS module. The results surprised me—both the wins and the gotchas.
Without Cutting Features or Firing Anyone
Our cloud bill was climbing 15% monthly. Leadership wanted cuts. Instead of slashing resources, we changed how engineers think about cost. Here's the playbook.
What the Terraform Fork Actually Means for Platform Teams
HashiCorp changed Terraform's license. The community forked it. I migrated our entire multi-account AWS estate to OpenTofu. Here's what you need to know.