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11 June 20255 min read

Build Azure Infrastructure Using AI and Terraform

Learn how to leverage AI and Terraform to build and deploy Azure infrastructure directly from your application code with Nitric.

David Moore

Engineering

1 April 20255 min read

GenAI Made Terraform More Relevant Than Ever

Infrastructure as Code is more alive than ever, but it is no longer something teams should write line by line.

26 March 20258 min read

The Deployment Bottleneck No One Talks About

The real bottleneck might not be in your pipeline but rather in how your application interacts with cloud services.

24 March 20257 min read

Can AI Generate Functional Terraform?

LLMs can generate syntactically correct Terraform HCL code, but can they generate Terraform

27 February 20256 min read

Deploying on Demand can help with your DORA goals

Deploying on demand enhances DORA metrics by reducing bottlenecks and increasing automation.

25 January 20259 min read

Nitric versus other IaC Tools

If we do change IaC tools what are the alternatives?

6 January 202511 min read

Convergent evolution

Why All the Major Cloud Platforms Are the Same

5 January 20256 min read

How IAM Missteps Cause Data Breaches

Most permission-checking tools lack in-depth understanding of whether the permissions granted really do align with applications needs.

5 December 20249 min read

Cloud SDKs Can Chain You Down

With the right level of abstraction over cloud resources, we can separate the responsibilities and concerns of developers and operations teams.

30 November 20243 min read

Polyglot projects made easy with Nitric

Nitric makes building cloud applications in multiple languages a breeze

23 October 20242 min read

Nitric adds Deno 2 support

Building applications with Deno 2 and Nitric

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9 October 20246 min read

The Servers Behind Serverless

Examining the CPU hardware capabilities of AWS Lambda, Azure Container Apps and Google Cloud Run

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3 October 20245 min read

Introducing Nitric for AI and More

Nitric Batch for ML, AI and high-performance compute workloads on AWS, Azure, GCP and more

1 October 202417 min read

State of Infrastructure from Code 2024

In recent years, Infrastructure from Code (IfC) has become a recognized category in software development and deployment.

25 September 20243 min read

Nitric is Terraform for Developers

Nitric and Terraform document the requirements of applications in a clear, concise, and executable fashion

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12 August 20247 min read

Terraform Teams: Automate Infrastructure Requirement Gathering

By bridging the gap between dev and ops teams with automated resource specifications, you can create a more harmonious and efficient deployment process.

8 August 20246 min read

What is Infrastructure from Code?

Infrastructure from Code for Infrastructure as Code users

6 August 20246 min read

Enabling Developer Autonomy with Terraform Platform Engineering

Using Terraform to create internal developer platforms.

1 August 202410 min read

Remotely Producing Terraform from an API

Taming Terraform and making an API that produces it.

29 July 20248 min read

Terraform vs Pulumi: Which IaC tool is right for you?

Dive into a detailed comparison of Terraform and Pulumi using Nitric as we deploy the same app to AWS with both tools.

26 July 20246 min read

Working with Terraform Can Be Much Faster

How consistent, generated Terraform from application code improves productivity

10 July 20246 min read

Maximizing Terraform Modules for Platform Engineering

A look at two common practices, their challenges and the changes teams can make to harness the full power of Terraform modules.

9 July 20243 min read

Easily Customize Nitric's Terraform Providers

See how to quickly adjust Nitric Terraform providers with server-side encryption.

8 July 20246 min read

Nitric’s Terraform Providers: Transform Your Terraform Workflows

Using Nitric in your existing Terraform flows

27 June 20247 min read

The Fastest Cloud Development Happens Locally

Optimizing speed, flexibility, and debugging in modern local environments.

26 June 202411 min read

The Finer Details of Nitric’s Automation

Learn about the Nitric Framework and how you can customize your infrastructure

18 June 20245 min read

Infrastructure from Code Gives Ops Needed Freedom

IfC automates the handover process between teams, essentially creating a bridge over the often-troubled waters of inter-team collaboration.

12 June 20242 min read

Nitric Update - June 2024

June 2024 update on Nitric and the community

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4 June 20248 min read

Infrastructure from Code with Terraform Modules

Explore the PoC and design choices we made for this provider

29 May 20243 min read

How IfC Complements IaC

Listen in as our Co-Founder Jye Cusch talks about Nitric and Terraform

20 May 20247 min read

Infrastructure from Code FAQ

Learn more about IfC through these frequently asked questions

16 May 20242 min read

How Startups Can Delay Cloud Choices

Listen in as our Co-Founder Jye Cusch talks about the use case for Nitric in startups

6 May 20246 min read

Achieve Cloud Native without Kubernetes

Managed services let developers focus on applications, leaving infrastructure, scaling and server management in the cloud provider’s capable hands.

1 May 20243 min read

Avoiding Cloud Lock-in

Listen in as our Co-Founder Jye Cusch talks about cloud learnings

30 April 20242 min read

Nitric Update - April 2024

April 2024 update on Nitric and the community

29 March 20247 min read

Building with Nitric - A Framework Demo

See how to build cloud-native apps with the open source Nitric framework

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21 March 20244 min read

Customizing and Extending the Nitric Framework

Listen in as our Co-Founder Jye Cusch describes Nitric’s flexibility

20 March 20248 min read

Achieve GitOps on Day One with IaC Automation

GitOps helps redefine how we manage infrastructure and application deployments in environments where precision, automation and transparency are vital.

11 March 20246 min read

Cost Efficiencies with Azure and Serverless

How much will it really cost to run a serverless application?

6 March 20244 min read

How Nitric V1 Changes Cloud Development

Listen in as our Co-Founder Jye Cusch tells the Nitric story

5 March 20244 min read

4 Lessons Learned from Building Microfrontends

By decoupling databases and improving resiliency, microfrontends give websites and applications the same benefits as microservices provide backends.

20 February 202410 min read

Announcing Nitric version 1.0.0!

Check out what’s new in our first major release

9 January 20243 min read

Automated Cloud Infrastructure Deployment with GitHub Actions and Nitric

Nitric's GitHub Action makes it easy to create automated CI/CD pipelines.

4 January 202420 min read

Speeding up Azure Development by not Handcrafting Terraform

Creating an e-commerce website to compare the productivity of Terraform and Nitric.

12 December 202310 min read

How Much Infrastructure Code Are Your Teams Writing?

Infrastructure as Code may be unnecessarily slowing down your teams and cloud deployments.

4 December 20237 min read

Automate AWS Security Auditing with Cloudsplaining

Create a GitHub actions CI/CD pipeline which automates AWS infrastructure security auditing with cloudsplaining.

15 November 20232 min read

Nitric Update - November 2023

November 2023 update on Nitric and the community

15 November 20236 min read

The Hidden Toll of Infrastructure on Developer Productivity

Unlock developer creativity by removing infrastructure burdens

27 October 20232 min read

Build Cloud-native Applications in Go

Check out Nitric's support for Go for deploying cloud resources

20 October 20237 min read

Why we started with Pulumi

Top reasons for implementing our standard providers with Pulumi

27 September 20232 min read

Nitric Update - September 2023

September 2023 update on Nitric and the community

8 September 20234 min read

Patterns as Code

Express common cloud patterns in code using Infrasutrcture from Code

3 August 20232 min read

Nitric Update - July 2023

July 2023 update on Nitric and the community

1 August 20232 min read

Build real-time applications with Nitric 🔌

Nitric now supports websockets, enabling the building of real-time applications.

12 July 20233 min read

Enhance Express.js, Koa, Fastify and other web frameworks with Nitric

Discover how Nitric's latest feature enables developers to leverage third-party web frameworks like Express.js, NestJS, Koa and Fastify. Learn how to enhance your existing projects with Nitric's powerful, cloud-native features and services for a seamless and empowering development experience.