Effective Actions for AWS IAM

TL;DR I made Effective IAM Actions [https://bigorange.cloud/actions/], a small tool to expand wildcards "*"in IAM Policy Actions [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_action.html] so that you can

Managing Secure String Parameters in CloudFormation

This was a nifty little trick I just learnt from my colleague James the other day that is definitely worth sharing more widely. While CloudFormation does not support SecureStrings for AWS::SSM::Parameters [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/

Serverless Cost Containment

Serverless soultions is can be incredibly cheap due to their event-based nature - if your system isn't working, you pay barely anything for it. But if you're not careful, serverless can still result in some nasty surprises when it comes to costs.

Everything you need to know about CloudFormation Drift Detection

Announced this week, CloudFormation Drift Detection [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-cloudformation-drift-detection/] has been a long time coming! That being said, it's great when features like this are added to the platform and I get to use