Eddie's Log

Monitor your website with YAML using the Open Source project Kestra

With YAML config create a Kestra Flow that monitors your website which will create a GitHub issues on the repo when your website is down and more!

Aug 19 • 

Eddie Jaoude

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July 2025

Contributing to an Enterprise Open Source Project: Kestra

Contributors should add value to Open Source projects, and it is not just about code! I will use the Open Source project Kestra here as an example to…

Jul 10 • 

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May 2025

Eddie's Newsletter v1.0: Hello world! 👋

My first newsletter on Substack! There is so much going on in our lives that it is difficult not to get distracted, so let's focus, yes you and me 🔭

May 6 • 

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Building a SaaS with AI: deploying in days NOT months and scaling to many!

You don't need to spend one year building an app. You can build a SaaS that is an MVP and deploy within a week to get user feedback and start generating…

May 2 • 

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April 2025

AI is moving fast, can security keep up? Okta's 2025 Showcase on security

The surge of non-human identities is outpacing traditional security models! Okta provides a unified approach to securing service accounts and other…

Apr 18 • 

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February 2025

4 reasons to start your knowledge Directory today

Find out why you should make a curated list of resources on a topic you feel passionate about.

Feb 12 • 

Sara Jaoude

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November 2024

Tunnel the internet to your local services

There are times when we need to expose our local services to the internet. This is possible with a Ngrok alternative called LocalTunnel, a npm package.

Nov 21, 2024 • 

Eddie Jaoude

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October 2024

Stop creating Typescript interfaces (manually)

Creating Typescript Interfaces doesn't have to be painful, it can be as simple as running a single command!

Oct 16, 2024 • 

Eddie Jaoude

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September 2024

No scheduler? No Cron? No problem... use GitHub Actions

Some hosting platforms especially serverless do not have a scheduler or Cron capabilities, but there are other ways to achieve this

Sep 23, 2024 • 

Eddie Jaoude

Mock NextJS server-side API request using MswJS

Often we don't want to make external API requests during development as well as when running thousands of automated tests.

Sep 7, 2024 • 

Eddie Jaoude

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August 2024

✅ Test in production

It has always been implied that this was wrong. But what if there is a RIGHT way to do it this?

Aug 25, 2024 • 

Eddie Jaoude

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You must use your Global Git Ignore!

The project git ignore is NOT enough, customise your own workspace to avoid BIG mistakes

Aug 18, 2024 • 

Eddie Jaoude

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