Hello! Today we're getting into the thorns of programming. Beware cactus. 🌵 Years ago I found Martin Fowler's article on Adaptive Models. Adaptive models let you replace nests of conditions with a declaration of actions. That pattern has helped clean up my DevOps code a ton of times. Fowler is a better programmer than me. His … Continue reading Simplifying Messy Conditions: Adaptive Models
Category: Pure Programming
Python DevOps Code Error Checking: Lint with Pyflakes
Hello! For those unfamiliar with linting (static analysis), read Dan Bader's introduction. There are several linters for Python, but when I'm doing DevOps I use Pyflakes. I love the opening sentence of its design principals: Pyflakes makes a simple promise: it will never complain about style, and it will try very, very hard to never … Continue reading Python DevOps Code Error Checking: Lint with Pyflakes
Better boto3 Error Handling: Stopping Silent Failures
Good morning! Today's post covers a pattern I use to increase my confidence that my infrastructure code is working. It turns silent errors into loud ones. I've handled plenty of code that runs without errors but still ends up doing the wrong thing, so I'm never really sure if it's safe to go to sleep … Continue reading Better boto3 Error Handling: Stopping Silent Failures