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Writing code on Mac or Linux but testing on Windows with hot-reloading
July 5, 2022

Writing code on Mac or Linux but testing on Windows with hot-reloading

As a developer, I often want to test my code on Windows, but don't have a Windows box handy. This tutorial demonstrates how to use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to make provisioning Windows test instances easier. In this post, I also provide a working Packer template and Terraform configuration to deploy your own Windows test instance, as well as instructions for mounting a local folder over RDP.

How to Run a Quake 3 Arena Server in an AWS ECS Fargate Task
April 15, 2022

How to Run a Quake 3 Arena Server in an AWS ECS Fargate Task

A tutorial, along with working Terraform code and Dockerfile, that you can use to deploy and operate your own Quake 3 server in an ECS task.