Tag: Servers
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Distributed tracing with Apache Kafka and Jaeger
Posted on June 29, 2019, Level advanced Resource Length long
An article by Aaron Burk about distributed systems. Kafka decouples consumers and producers (meaning applications do not directly communicate with each other) it can be a challenge to illustrate exactly how data flows through your system. Author demonstrates how Jaeger is up to the challenge while navigating the pitfalls of an example project.
Tags programming monitoring servers devops apache
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Exploring container security: Encrypting Kubernetes secrets with Cloud KMS
Posted on June 20, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length short
At Google Cloud, they care deeply about protecting your data. That's why Google encrypts data at rest by default, including data in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Guide focusing on containers security directly from Google.
Tags cloud servers google infosec
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Getting started with OpenSSL: Cryptography basics
Posted on June 19, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Good primer on the cryptography topic. Aimed at anybody in need of a primer on cryptography basics, especially regarding OpenSSL. By Marty Kalin.
Tags infosec cloud servers
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COBOL and the enterprise business programming paradigm
Posted on April 4, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length medium
COBOL is nearly 60 years old. Jonathan Sayles examines how COBOL is still used today and it is not going anywhere soon. Besides that "As many as 75% of all rewrite projects have resulted in failure" and with the redoubtable Reuters reported that when Commonwealth Bank of Australia replaced its core COBOL platform in 2012, it took five years -- and cost $749.9 million.
Tags programming miscellaneous oop performance servers
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Building stateful apps with serverless functions and Postgres
Posted on April 2, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Tirumarai Selvan, Product Lead at Hasura, published this guide which explores the different ways to deal with application state when writing business logic in serverless functions. Author uses Postgres as the database when talking about these different approaches, and often use Hasura as one of the glue solutions between your serverless functions and your Postgres database.
Tags database microservices nosql servers distributed apis
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How to build Raspberry Pi UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply)
Posted on January 4, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Tutorial by Zach Levine published on howchoo.com. He will teach you how to build your own Raspberry Pi UPS using some simple hardware. You can use this method to power a Raspberry Pi 3, Raspberry Pi Zero, or any other Pi.
Tags programming learning servers miscellaneous robotics
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High availability and scalable reads in PostgreSQL
Posted on January 1, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length long
A detailed primer on scaling PostgreSQL via streaming replication (with performance measurements) by Lee Hampton -- R&D Engineer at TimescaleDB. Despite popularity of PostgreSQL developers often still choose a non-relational (or "NoSQL") system over PostgreSQL, typically because of one reason: scale. Most developers still underestimate PostgreSQL native scalability.
Tags programming database servers distributed cio
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How military-style training may enhance your cybersecurity strategy
Posted on November 22, 2018, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Article by Michael Kassner about the facility offering realistic cybersecurity training modeled on the approach used by the military and first responders.
Tags ibm cloud devops infosec servers
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Do we really need swap on modern systems?
Posted on June 22, 2018, Level beginner Resource Length short
Christian Horn from Red Hat Advanced Mission Critical program published this interesting blog. It is a short and straight to the point article describing how is swap used and how much of it is recommended today.
Tags programming servers
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Let's code a web server from scratch with NodeJS Streams!
Posted on June 16, 2018, Level advanced Resource Length long
Ziad Saab tutorial exploring new technologies abound. In it you will go back to the basics and build a simple web server from scratch with NodeJS. You will review the structure of HTTP requests and responses and get an introduction to Node's Stream API.
Tags javascript programming nodejs servers
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Comprehensive and visual classification of wireless IoT protocols and network tech
Posted on October 23, 2017, Level beginner Resource Length long
Nicolas Windpassinger detailed article with an overview of wireless IoT protocols and technologies (with some criteria to consider when making choices). Wireless IoT protocols, standards, solutions and technologies for connectivity and data communications come in many flavors for many potential IoT use cases.
Tags iot servers
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How Algolia Reduces Latency For 21B Searches Per Month
Posted on May 6, 2017, Level beginner Resource Length long
Josh Dzielak, Developer Advocate as Algolia wrote interesting article about building search engine from scratch.
Tags search nginx servers