Published in HashiCorp Solutions Engineering Blog·PinnedWhy I Believe HCL is Better than YAMLExplore the differences between YAML and HCL. Audience: practitioners, security professionals, operations teams, and technical advisers Tags: Terraform, YAML, HashiCorp Language (HCL), Computing, Cloud, Cloud Operating Model, HashiCorp, Nomad, Kubernetes There are several ways to automate infrastructure. By now most developers are probably familiar with YAML and HCL. Some may…Kubernetes5 min read
Apr 13Member-onlyHow to Win the Orange Theory Fitness (OTF) Transformation ChallengeHow I lost fat, gained muscle, and won $1K cash for doing it — Above was my winning score during the 2022 Transformation Challenge. Keep reading if you want to learn how I lost fat, gained muscle, and won $1K cash. I recommend Orange Theory Fitness (OTF) for some; just not my thing. I won the money and lost some weight, so big win…Fitness5 min read
Published in HashiCorp Solutions Engineering Blog·Mar 22Cloudy with a Chance of Zero TrustHow to Secure Identity and Credential Access Management (ICAM) in a Multi-Cloud Environment with a Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA) The US Government/Biden administration issued Executive Order 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cyber Security, giving companies and developers the need to rethink how to secure their applications and infrastructure. The…Zero Trust8 min read
Published in HashiCorp Solutions Engineering Blog·Jan 14How to Implement a Zero-Trust Lab with HashiCorp in an HourTrust nothing. Authenticate and authorize everything. — The Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC) is a non-profit organization that provides a collaborative forum for the federal government, academia, and industry to identify, discuss, and resolve emerging technology challenges like the implementation of zero trust architectures. Recently HashiCorp presented and demoed a zero trust architecture on ATARC’s YouTube…Zero Trust5 min read
Published in HashiCorp Solutions Engineering Blog·Jan 11HashiCorp Cloud Engineer CertificationsHow to get the most out of multi-cloud certifications — Above are the HashiCorp certifications I earned, and in this blog, I’ll share some of the patterns I used to earn them. I will not be sharing any questions for the exam or providing hacks. I will offer something much better: a roadmap. There is really no wrong place to…Hashicorp4 min read
Published in New Writers Welcome·Jan 9Member-onlyDo you Accept Learning Never Ends?How to accept there is no end to learning — I will put your mind at ease; it’s ok, you don’t know all you should. The minute you think you do, you have become useless to yourself and your team. Fear of not knowing causes anxiety because we all want to do our best. In a recent article, Mark Hornbeek…Learning3 min read
