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Steve Newman / April 14

1000 Little Breakthroughs

How do you optimize a system by a factor of 100, when you already built it the best you knew how? In recent years, we’ve found ourselves in conversations with potential customers who would love…
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Erin Baez / May 28

A Simple, Detailed Introduction to Google Cloud Functions

By now you may have heard of serverless functions, also called cloud functions. Often these are AWS lambda functions, but did you know Google Cloud has these serverless functions too? This post will guide you…
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Erin Baez / May 26

Four Serverless Examples That Will Help You Grok the Concept

Understanding serverless can be difficult. It’s an abstract concept, and there are a lot of prerequisites and domain knowledge you need to understand before you can truly grok the concept. But at its heart, serverless…
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Erin Baez / May 21

Serverless Logging: How It Works When You’re in the Cloud

So, you’ve got a serverless function and you want to know how to use logging effectively. Serverless systems require a unique approach when it comes to operation and monitoring. And that unique approach is exactly…
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Erin Baez / May 19

A Practical Introductory Guide to Cloud Application Security

Moving software to the cloud unlocks a lot of benefits. It enables the application to scale in ways that aren’t possible with on-premise infrastructure. What’s more, renting time in a data center that someone else…
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Erin Baez / May 14

What Is Serverless Architecture and When Should You Use It?

Cloud computing is constantly evolving, from bare-metal to container technologies. The latest trend in this process is the serverless (Function as a Service, or FaaS) computing model. According to Techbeacon, serverless has an annual growth…
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Erin Baez / May 12

Horizontal Scalability in Your Software: The What, Why, and How

If you find yourself with scaling issues or bottlenecks in your application, take a moment to congratulate yourself! That means you have enough customers to experience some growing pains. Now, once you’ve finished celebrating, you’ll…
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Erin Baez / May 7

Getting Started Quickly With Laravel Logging

You probably know that feeling when something is broken and you don’t know why. It might be a simple bug, but it also might be something more serious. That uncertainty can be frustrating and nerve-wracking.…
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Erin Baez / May 5

Everything You Need to Get Started With Kubernetes on AWS

Historically, a well-known project in the community to provision and manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS was kops. However, operating a Kubernetes control plane isn’t an easy task; there are many things you need to control.…
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Erin Baez / April 30

AWS Lambda Tutorial: A Guide to Creating Your First Function

AWS Lambda is one of the leading serverless architectures in the cloud today. It was first-to-market among the major cloud vendors, offers the most competitive pricing, and is employed by Netflix, one of the largest…
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Erin Baez / April 28

Microservices Tutorial: An Introductory Guide With Examples

Developers have been developing applications for years now. Of course, we’ve become better at it, and we’ve developed new ways to structure architectures. Recently, microservices architecture has gained a lot of popularity, as it better…
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