Seth Vargo is a software engineer and writer focused on Go, developer experience, security, and cloud infrastructure, sharing practical insights from building and operating large-scale systems.
63 articles from this blog
Highlights key new features in Go 1.21, including the clear built-in function, the loopvar experiment, and structured logging.
A developer's critique and wishlist for improvements in Go 2.0, focusing on the standard templating engine's limitations and needed features.
Explains how to use Google Cloud audit logs to create proactive security alerts for detecting unauthorized human access to secrets.
A technical guide on adding domains to Google-managed SSL certificates on a Cloud Load Balancer without causing downtime.
A tutorial on using Terraform to create and manage secrets in Google Cloud's Secret Manager service.
A guide on how to access and use secrets from Google Secret Manager within Terraform infrastructure-as-code configurations.
A guide to setting up automatic Java code formatting in VS Code using the google-java-format tool and the RunOnSave extension.
A guide on how to write and publish custom GitHub Actions using the Go programming language, including an unofficial SDK.
A tutorial on setting up and configuring a Google Cloud Run service using Terraform infrastructure-as-code.
Explores methods for managing secrets and credentials in serverless applications, comparing IAM, environment variables, and other approaches.
Dropbox's latest update adds a non-removable Finder toolbar, sparking criticism for poor UX and ignoring user control.
A guide to programmatically changing and persisting custom application icons on Mac OS X using terminal commands and cache management.
Using RSpec metadata filtering to test a Ruby API client against multiple versions of an upstream service (Vault) on Travis CI.
Tips for improving Rails development performance in Vagrant by addressing logging and filesystem bottlenecks.
Debunks common misconceptions about DevOps, emphasizing it's a collaborative ideology, not a job title or a cure-all solution.
A technical guide to achieving an A+ SSL/TLS rating on Qualys SSL Labs by configuring Nginx with specific protocols, ciphers, and security features.
How to disable Safari's URL truncation in OSX Yosemite to show the full web address, useful for developers and security.
A software engineer announces his departure from Chef Software after facing severe online harassment and death threats within the Chef community.
Explains the Cleanroom Pattern in Ruby for safely evaluating DSLs, addressing security risks of instance_eval and scope issues.
Learn how to checkout a GitHub Pull Request directly using Git commands and aliases, without needing external tools like the hub gem.
