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Bryant Biggs

bryantbiggs
Chicago

If you run containers on AWS, you've probably used my work

I'm a core maintainer of terraform-aws-modules, the most widely used Terraform modules for AWS. I created 20+ of those modules from scratch, including terraform-aws-eks (4,900+ stars), which is how most teams provision their EKS clusters. Across the ecosystem, that's 1.77 billion downloads, 60+ modules, and 17,600+ stars.

I also build Rust-based infrastructure tooling under clowdhaus — eksup for EKS upgrade readiness, cookiecluster for generating production EKS configs, and more. Upstream, I contribute to Karpenter, containerd, and OpenTelemetry.

What I'm building

I'm working on something new — a ground-up rethink of how container images are built, distributed, and run. The format, the developer tooling, security, reproducibility, all of it. Written in Rust, designed for the cloud from day one. Tar was designed for tape drives in 1979; containers deserve better. Much better.

More to come. Sponsorship is what funds this work.

Where the money goes

I work on open source full-time. Sponsorship is what makes that possible — it lets me dedicate the time and resources needed to maintain 60+ modules, build new tooling, contribute upstream, and work on what's next.

Your sponsorship directly funds:

  • Module maintenance — keeping terraform-aws-eks, vpc, ecs, lambda, rds, and dozens more current with every AWS and Terraform release
  • Issue triage and PR review — faster response times on bugs, questions, and community contributions
  • New container tooling — rethinking how container images are built, distributed, and run — written in Rust from the ground up
  • Rust tooling — CLI tools for EKS operations, container workflows, and developer productivity
  • Upstream contributions — Karpenter, containerd, OpenTelemetry, aws-iam-authenticator
  • Infrastructure costs — CI pipelines, test clusters, and cloud resources to validate changes across 60+ modules

Background

I've spent years making it practical to run production workloads on AWS — particularly Kubernetes, GPU/accelerator workloads, and AI/ML infrastructure. NVIDIA Triton, vLLM, Inferentia/Trainium, EFA networking, Karpenter autoscaling for heterogeneous GPU fleets — I've built Terraform patterns and tooling for all of it. If it runs in a container on AWS, I've probably touched it.

Companies that prefer sponsoring through an organization can sponsor via clowdhaus.

6 sponsors have funded bryantbiggs’s work.

@bryantbiggs

Allow me to keep the lights on (well, one light at least) while working on open source projects full-time!

@btsteve
@antonbabenko
@chris3ware
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Featured work

  1. terraform-aws-modules/terraform-aws-eks

    Terraform module to create Amazon Elastic Kubernetes (EKS) resources 🇺🇦

    HCL 4,906
  2. aws-ia/terraform-aws-eks-blueprints

    Configure and deploy complete EKS clusters.

    HCL 3,005
  3. terraform-aws-modules/terraform-aws-ecs

    Terraform module to create AWS ECS resources 🇺🇦

    HCL 659
  4. containerd/rust-extensions

    Rust crates to extend containerd

    Rust 225
  5. clowdhaus/eksup

    EKS cluster upgrade guidance

    Rust 153
  6. clowdhaus/cookiecluster

    Stamping out clusters like its 1999

    Rust 12

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Your organization depends on EKS, Terraform, and containers on AWS.
You need someone who knows the internals — the module code, the AWS
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Dedicated consulting for organizations building serious infrastructure
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