Ocuroot Blog

After 18 months of working on Ocuroot, I think it's time to move on.

When working with IaC platforms, there's usually some infra you need to configure to get them working.

Over the years, I got into a narrow routine when using Git for day-to-day development.

It might be tempting to put all your infrastructure into a single Terraform module for simplicity.

CI/CD pipelines are code too.

With Ocuroot's new cascade mode, you can roll out a complex environment with a single command!

The v0.3.14 release of Ocuroot has finally finished baking.

Over the past few weeks, I've been rebuilding the Ocuroot landing site in Go, matching the UI for the tool itself.

Why retries are important and some first steps in building them into Ocuroot

Augmenting command-line state manipulation with a web UI for more intuitive navigation.

How I built a lightweight mock CI server to test GitHub Actions workflows locally, speeding up development and debugging cycles.

Sometimes the simplest tools are the most effective.

How I'm using Ocuroot to automate semantic versioning for binaries, implementing a pre-release workflow to avoid runaway version numbers.

Introducing the all-new refs model in Ocuroot SDK v0.3, enabling flexible pipeline connections based on any attribute.

An update on how Ocuroot SDK v0.3 will handle dependencies, enabling seamless asset sharing and cross-deployment references.

A deeper look at the latest refinements to Ocuroot SDK v0.3: ordered phases, direct work specification, and flexible artifact creation.

At some point, many organizations will need to expand beyond a single production environment.

A sneak peek at v0.3 of the Ocuroot SDK, featuring deterministic release ordering, state-machine deployment chaining, and non-blocking delays—with canary deployments as a primary example.

How imperative code in CI/CD configurations can unlock powerful workflows that declarative YAML simply can't handle.

How a good local testing workflow can accelerate your development cycle, approaches you can take today and how Ocuroot can help in the future.