Zachary Loeber's Blog

Just another tool making, complexity eating, infrastructure and workload automating, DevOps soldier.

Vendoring Terraform Modules With Git Subtree

In this article I’ll go over a less obvious way to vendor in outside modules into your terraform code base.

Semi Auto Importing Terraform State

2025-07-14 8 min read Devops Terraform Python Zachary Loeber

On more than one occasion I’ve longed for the mean’s to automatically import terraform state. But this is a feature I know will likely never be added for a number of very good reasons. In some cases it is possible to use only a plan file to automate the generation of terraform import blocks though. Here is how it can be done.

Pre-Cache Terraform Provider Plugins

2025-03-19 3 min read Devops Terraform Docker Zachary Loeber

Pre-caching terraform providers in your CICD pipeline images is awesome but hardly anyone does it. I’ve created a project that makes this task easier than ever.

Stand Out in Your Tech Interview

2025-03-17 6 min read Blog Career Zachary Loeber

In the last several years I’ve had the great privilege of being the final technical interviewer for a large number of candidates. This article is an inside scoop on how I perform these interviews with tips on how you can shine as a candidate.