Japanese Language Learning Programs at Colorkrew
At Colorkrew, knowing Japanese is not a requirement to work with us. Our team communicates effectively in English, making it easy for non-Japanese speakers to thrive. However, learning Japanese can be incredibly beneficial for daily life in Japan. From simple interactions at shops and restaurants to navigating administrative tasks, having some Japanese skills can make your experience smoother and more enjoyable....CodePipeline EC2 Action: Simplify your EC2 application deployment pipeline by 90%!
Amazon Web Services (AWS) CodePipeline Team has simplified Developer, DevOps engineers operational overhead and streamlined the Deployment process to EC2 by introducing an CodePipeline action to deploy directly to your EC2 instances. Why does it matter to you? Previously, if you wanted to deploy to EC2 instances, you had to use CodeDeploy with an AppSpec file to configure the deployment....Working in Colorkrew: Breaking Stereotypes
I’ve always been interested in Japanese culture and admired how disciplined the people are. So, when I started looking for jobs, Japan was at the top of my list. While browsing a job website, I found a company called “Colorkrew”. At first, I liked Colorkrew because it had a flat hierarchy and a salary that was kinda okay for senior engineers....Working Remotely From Your Home Country
Overview As remote work continues to grow in popularity, more companies are adopting flexible policies to accommodate employees’ varying needs. For many people, especially those from other countries working abroad, the ability to work from their home country for a short period is an invaluable benefit. I recently had the opportunity to experience this firsthand, and I’d like to share my experience, how my company’s policy works, and the benefits of this flexibility for foreign employees....Being a better team lead
It can be hard to define what makes a “good” team lead, but you can always strive to be a better one. Since joining Colorkrew, I’ve taken on the role of Team Lead for our Workflow product, managing the team to ensure our work progresses smoothly and that we create the best products for our customers....EKS Auto Mode Arrives in Terraform – Simplify Kubernetes Today
During AWS re:Invent 2024 AWS released a new feature to EKS i.e EKS Auto Mode, which I have already covered in detail in my previous blog In this blog we will see how we can create cluster with EKS Auto mode using the OG “terraform-eks-module” and how it simplified my eks....Unlocking Aurora DSQL with AWS Lambda: A Seamless Solution for Serverless, Scalable, and Event-Driven Architectures
AWS re:Invent has begun and there are tons of new service and feature announcement from the AWS CEO Matt Garman’s Keynote ( check my x/bluesky thread from the keynote updates) In this blog we will investigate about Amazon Aurora DSQL which is serverless, distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale, high availability, and zero infrastructure management claiming 99....Run Kubernetes Like a Pro—Without the Expertise! Introducing EKS Auto Mod
AWS re:Invent hasn’t officially begun, yet there is a game changing new feature to EKS to make you run Kubernetes like a pro!!! In this blog we will investigate what EKS Auto Mode is all about and illustrates how to enables EKS Auto Mode on existing cluster and try to migrate to our managed node groups workloads to EKS auto mode of an existing cluster but we will be not able to do that, find out why in the blog!...Build, Publish, Secure: AWS CodePipeline Now Simplifies ECR Publishing and Vulnerability Scans
Tired of setting up CodeBuild just to push Docker images or run vulnerability scans? With AWS CodePipeline’s new ECRBuildAndPublish and InspectorScan actions, you can now build, publish, and secure your images directly within your pipeline—no extra setup needed. Curious how it works? Let’s dive in! Motivation 26 November, 2024 – Just ahead of re:Invent 2024, AWS released an exciting update introducing ECRBuildAndPublish and InspectorScan actions....AWS CloudWatch Observability Solutions: Game-Changer or Just a Glossy Wrapper? Honest First Impressions!
This blog is little unusual than the usual “show-what-you-built” blogs which we usually see for cloud services and new features on the internet. In this blog I will sharing my first impressions, good and bad points about the new update on Cloudwatch: Observability Solutions !!! AWS CloudWatch Observability Solutions aim to simplify monitoring setup with pre-configured tools for AWS services and workloads....Celebrating New Beginnings: October 2024 Graduate Welcome Ceremony
In Japan, many companies hire new graduates in large groups every April. However, Colorkrew hires throughout the year. This October, we welcomed two talented new graduates to our team. One joined as an engineer, and the other joined the business team, working in product operations. One graduated from a university overseas, and the other graduated from a university in Japan....AWS Lambda and S3 Just Got Smarter: How AWS Prevents Recursive Loops Automatically
We all love serverless especially when it comes to AWS LAMBDA functions. There are good reasons to do so for event-driven, decoupling, automation and many other reasons that time aws lambda was released. But there can be situations when our dear friend LAMBDA can turn in to a foe and cost us money, downtime and those times are unintentional recursive Loops....Say Goodbye to Extra CodeBuild Projects: AWS CodePipeline’s New Commands Action Explained
Until Now, if you wanted to run AWS CLI commands, third-party CLI commands, or simply invoke an API, you had to create a CodeBuild project, configure the project with the appropriate commands, and add a CodeBuild action to your pipeline to run the project. Clearly Users had to deal with 2 components CodePipeline and CodeBuild and of course learn the internals for both in order to use the....From PhD to Product Development: My First Months at Colorkrew
This is Lucky Li, I joined Colorkrew as a new graduate from April. My position is Engineer, belonging to the Colorkrew Biz product team. My work is developing Colorkrew Biz which is a well-know Saas in Japan. Before I joined, I conducted academic research and pursued a PhD at the National University....