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Erin Baez / October 15

Azure Functions in Python: A Simple Introduction

The landscape of computing is constantly changing. Gone are the days of mainframes (at least in the mainstream). On-premises data centers are dwindling away because enterprises and technology companies are flocking to the cloud due…
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Erin Baez / October 8

Getting Started Quickly With CodeIgniter Logging

In previous posts in this series, we’ve looked at logging in a variety of languages. In addition to looking at Java and Python, we’ve explored PHP and the Laravel framework. Today we’ll look at another…
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Dave McAllister / October 2

End of Life for TLS 1.0 Support

Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a common and useful encryption for data in transit. It helps ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data being transmitted across the Internet. However, there are increasing attacks (such as…
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Erin Baez / October 1

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 / September 24

Python Stack Trace: Understanding It and Using It to Debug

Being able to debug is a core skill for every developer. Do you use a print() statement regularly, or do you prefer to use debugging tools? Let’s find out how you can improve your debugging…
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Erin Baez / September 17

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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Dave McAllister / September 15

Seeing RED: Multi-dimensional monitoring for the real world

Originally posted on Medium What is RED? RED started with WeaveWorksas an off-shoot ofGoogle’s Golden Signals.Originally focused on microservices architectures, RED offers substantial benefits to any transaction-based service (which means most of the Cloud Native…
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Erin Baez / September 10

RED and Monitoring: Three Key Metrics and Why They Matter

Looking at the performance of a new app you manage, you probably wonder what metrics matter most. Maybe you’ve implemented a monitoring tool. Or maybe not. Either way, what should you be monitoring? What metrics…
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Erin Baez / September 3

Getting Started Quickly With PowerShell Logging

In our “Getting Started with Logging” series, we’ve already covered logging for many languages and frameworks: C#, Java, Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Symfony, Kotlin, Flask, Angular, and Laravel. Today, we’ll add another one…
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Erin Baez / August 27

JavaScript Stack Trace: Understanding It and Using It to Debug

We’ve all been there. You’ve set up a new project, everything is going smoothly, and boom, it hits. You’re staring at a big red error in your console. After trying everything you can think of,…
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