CodingCat.dev Podcast

1.1 - Infrastructure as Code with Pulumi

Listen Later

Today we are going to talk with Lee Briggs from Pulumi. Pulumi allows you to create modern Infrastructure as Code, using any cloud using familiar programming languages and tools.

The BEST part is that Pulumi is 100% open source.


Guest Details

Lee Briggs
Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/briggsl/

General Questions

What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?

Why would you want to adopt IaC?

  • Who made changes to the code
  • Ticket that was linked
  • Collaboration
  • Documentation

    • Does IaC document your infrastructure?

    Does IaC allow for solid Dev Ops?

    Pulumi

    What is Pulumi?


    What makes Pulumi different than

    • Serverless Framework - https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/vs/serverless/
    • Cloud Formation - https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/vs/cloud_templates/
    • Terraform - https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/vs/terraform/
    • Arm

      • Will IaC take longer?

      • Should it be used for an MVP?
      • How large of a team would you have before using IaC?
      • Is it worth the time to set up if it is just something quick.

        • Is Pulumi good for single code shops that know only a single language?

        • Speed to market is easier.
        • No need to learn markup language

          • How big is the learning curve of IaC?

          • Serverless is YAML

            • Pulumi support “ecosystems”

            • NodeJS
            • Go
            • .Net

              • Purrfect Picks
              Lee

              Great examples

              https://github.com/pulumi/examples

              https://www.pulumi.com/resources/introduction-to-pulumi?utm_source=codingcat

              Queen’s Gambit

              Alex

              FUN Stuff

              https://reinvent.awsevents.com/

              ...more
              View all episodesView all episodes
              Download on the App Store
              CodingCat.dev PodcastBy CodingCat.dev Podcast
              • 5
              • 5
              • 5
              • 5
              • 5

              5

              7 ratings