Cloud Computing
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The mysterious case of the failing AWS Elastic Beanstalk instance
Lots can go wrong when you run out of CPU Credits. A cautious tale about calculating and determining the right AWS EC2 instance type
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We cut our AWS bill by 65% after moving to Lambda — Part 2: here’s how we did it
Moving our services from containers to serverless functions only required a little bit of refactoring and helped us reduce expensive NAT Gateway traffic
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We cut our AWS bill by 65% after moving to Lambda — Part 1: it’s not for everyone
The four factors that made Lambda a great fit for our project and why we decided to use FaaS (Functions as a Service) instead of CaaS (Containers-as-a-Service)
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Discussing a16z’s “Cost of Cloud” Analysis
Starting in the cloud is a no-brainer if you’re a small fish. It’s cheap and convenient. But it might not stay that way when you get bigger
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Access Control on GKE is a breeze — on EKS, it can be a blizzard
If you’re a startup that thinks about moving to managed Kubernetes, there’s at least one good reason to choose Google’s platform over Amazon’s
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A painless way to manage secrets in Google Kubernetes Engine
Berglas is the simplest solution we’ve seen for managing secrets on Kubernetes clusters in GKE. Here’s why it’s our new favorite
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What’s the best way to manage Helm charts?
Should you use a shared chart and store it in ChartMuseum or maintain service-specific charts? Here are some guidelines to help you decide
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Using GitHub Actions to deploy to Kubernetes in GKE
You can use Github actions and workflows to deploy a complex web app to multiple cluster environments in no time — here’s how we did it
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Beginning a G Suite integration — what to prepare before you start coding
Let’s face it - Google’s developer documentation is dense. Let me clear the path with a simple guide to what you need before writing code
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How to sync user accounts with G Suite push notifications
If your organization uses G Suite to manage your users, you can synchronize those users’ accounts with other systems. This is a little different to just using Google Sign-in with your own custom app. Let me explain why
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk: when NOT to use it
You might regret choosing Elastic Beanstalk if you need to deploy a complex web app. Here are a few pointers to help you decide
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TMP, AMADEUS, SABRE, Webtool 1, 2, 3 — Our Challenges Along the Trendtours Journey
How we kept systems alive, migrated to the SAP CommerceCloud, and implemented a slack-like DataLayer