First Dives on the South Coast

A new location with fantastic sights

Last April, we visited Dive2gether, a PADI 5-Star IDC, to check out their facilities. Recently, while enjoying a beach day in Plakias with visiting relatives, we decided to book a couple of boat dives with them. Since we were bringing our own equipment, the dive center requested to test our BCDs and regulators to ensure everything was in top condition for safety.

Diving the Elephant Cave

Sharing the sights with visiting family

This summer, my wife’s daughter came to stay with us, bringing along our grandson and her partner, Chris. Chris is a PADI-certified diver, although it’s been a few years since his last dive. When we mentioned the possibility of diving during their visit, Chris lit up with excitement and wasted no time booking his PADI ReActivate session.

Jumping Back In

A refresher dive to restart our favourite hobby

My wife and I realized it had been far too long since our last dive — back in October 2021! Wanting to ease back into it the right way, we booked refresher dives with Omega Divers for this morning.

Moving Away From AWS Access Keys

Following Amazon IAM best practices for AWS credentials

I started using GitHub Actions to handle the Hugo build and deployment of this website. I was using a dedicated AWS IAM user with the required policies and added their Access Key ID and Secret Access Key as repository secrets.

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

Adding Infrastructure as Code to my certifications

I sat my HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate exam yesterday. I had been using Terraform over the last year, looking at ways of improving the speed and quality of the infrastructure builds on my last contract.