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Notes on building and running software in production

Practical write-ups from real projects — Laravel and Node.js, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD and AWS — including what went wrong and how I fixed it.

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Bringing existing AWS infrastructure under Terraform with terraform import

I built my server by hand in the AWS console, then moved it into Terraform without downtime. Here is the import workflow, the traps, and the rules I follow so plan never surprises me.

04 Oct 2026 · 4 min read