One thing worth adding is how adopting Linear early helped maintain momentum and move discussions outside Slack for less distractions, we even ran an async retrospective for the project initial release in Linear itself. Small teams can make wonders. 🏀
What's next: Parity with the existing CLI, agent rediness, a unified deploy workflow, and more.
It's been an honor to help lead this from idea to release, something I couldn't have done without Carole, Silvio, Anisa, and Maureen. 🏀
Give it a try and tell us what you think. 👾
It's also open source, which feels like home after contributing to a few CLIs in the past.
% npx @localstack/lstk
The new CLI is written in Go with a modern terminal UI, zero-config setup, zero dependencies, better emulator logs, and a new status command that lists deployed resources across regions and accounts in one view.
Yesterday we shipped one of the biggest changes for @localstack.cloud, one that will help us build and evolve the platform.
The scope included one of the most exciting projects I've worked on in a while: a new CLI (lstk) built from the ground up as an orchestration layer for infrastructure.
Built a small app today to monitor a local CUDA server and keep an eye on GPU and memory usage.
Designed our new HTML emails for @localstack.cloud, now sent to all new users after they sign up. Kudos to Luca for implementing these in a day, and Alexa for the copy help! 📥
Execution beats strategy. ⏱️
[CHOOSE X]
Emulate. Replicate. Restore. Reload. Trace. Secure.
What's new in #LocalStack?
Look near the bottom left.
The console now features a subtle card stack,
which surfaces the latest product releases. 📮
% localstack update all
LocalStack March Product Updates 🗞️
› localstack.dev/r/4.3
Ingredients for running a remote team.
+ Urgency
+ Agency
+ Synergy
Your outie develops cloud apps without cloud costs.
Some upcoming user interaction optimizations for the sign-up flow on @localstack.cloud, going from 12 to 8 steps.
LocalStack 4.1 release in a glance. ⬇️
> localstack.dev/r/4.1
[...] you’ll need to design your remote model in such a way that it supports and enhances what’s already working, and allows continued experimentation, without getting in the way.
💯
</2024>
Screenshot of Ghostty with window size, padding, and color configuration options. 👻
Ghostty configuration with window size, padding, and color options. 👻
gitlab.com/-/snippets/4...
Terminal output of the version option in the LocalStack CLI
Terminal output of the start command in the LocalStack CLI
CLI UX relies on the small details that can make a difference. Here are two improvements I contributed to the @localstack.cloud CLI recently:
› version option accurately shows CLI version (available)
› start command includes web app URL (coming soon)
Expanded help menu with combined options to contact the team, download the desktop app, join the community, and more.
Early designs for a combined help menu. 🛟
› Download desktop app
› Open documentation
› Join community
› Contact the team
› Read the latest release notes
A close-up photo of code using the Vue framework.
I definitely missed writing @vuejs.org code—such a timeless framework design balance.
Feelings are mutual, Michael! 💛
Just opened a merge request in @gitlab.com to fix a small UI bug as a birthday gift to myself, 7 years after contributing to GitLab for the first time.
If I could go back in time, I would do it all over again. 🏀
We have partnered with LocalStack to ensure their local emulation works with these new capabilities. Here is their blog post to learn more
blog.localstack.cloud/aws-step-fun...
OH: Today we celebrate, tomorrow we iterate.
Good design is obvious. Great design is invisible.
This design doc could have been a PR.
A wireframe demonstrating a new common software design layout and structure in 2024.
A new common software design layout and structure.
Coming next week: Navigation changes in #localstack
› Switch between your workspaces
› Access workspace settings and theme preferences
Took 98 PR conversations to mold this in the current UI playing catchup with the engineer—it was worth it. 💜
Measure twice, cut once.