Remote Desktop, Continuously Delivered
summary
A continuously delivered remote desktop image that boots in three to five minutes is built and shown working end-to-end: scripts validated with Vagrant, images baked with Packer + Terraform Cloud + CircleCI, and sessions accessed via chrome remote desktop running xfce and VS Code. Costs run about $8 per week when used on demand. Known gaps include a manual refresh token, flaky iPad modifier keys, limited GUI end‑to‑end tests, and some secrets and networking hardening left to do.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:46Rosemarys background
- 1:50Why do I have to carry these things
- 3:42Physical resources are better
- 4:10Ewaste
- 5:13Physical Resources
- 5:47Reduce friction
- 6:16Remote Desktop Continuously Delivered
- 6:49Chrome Remote Desktop
- 7:36Vagrant
- 9:34Contract Tests
- 10:20Unit Tests
- 11:27Contracts
- 12:35Deploy
- 16:00Limitations
- 16:36Cost Optimization
- 17:31Tech Debt
- 18:22Audit Logging
- 19:19frictionless
- 21:33trying to do better
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