AWS EKS: Running Your First Workload Using AWS CDK
Deploy your first workload on EKS using AWS CDK—defining Kubernetes resources in Python code, exposing services, and understanding how updates are applied in practice.
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AWS EKS: Create Your First Cluster Using AWS CDK
About 2 years ago, I’ve been using AWS CDK to manage infrastructure, mostly for smaller workloads like deploying APIs on AWS Lambda. This year, I want to take it a step further by using AWS CDK to create and manage an AWS EKS cluster.
2025 in Review
A small retrospective of this year. 2025 was a quiet year for me. It didn't move fast, and it wasn't very linear. But many things happened.
Exploring Logging in Caddy
Access logs are easy to enable. Making them useful in production is another story.
Docker Image Compression: gzip vs zstd
Docker images are already compressed when you push them to registries like Docker Hub, GHCR, AWS ECR, etc. So why would anyone compress an image again by using gzip or zstd?