Do you need to interconnect Cloud Run with a database in GCP? Let Pablo explain it to you in our free webinar. Sign up to join us next Webinar Wednesday and learn in real time: https://mkdev.me/webinars/connecting-cloud-run-to-a-database

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A lovely idea of having an extremely simple global dashboard that, when problem occurs, can lead to a smaller and smaller specific dashboards: https://medium.com/site-reliability-engineering-leadership/the-single-pain-of-glass-6e42930e966

Is Platform Engineering here to stay?

Full discussion with Jean-Francois Landreau available at https://mkdev.me/posts/platform-strategy-and-the-future-of-platform-engineering-with-jean-francois-landreau-32

This article revisits Tekton over a year after its initial introduction. Despite Tekton's maintenance and enhancements, interest and adoption have waned compared to Jenkins and newer tools like Argo CD. Tekton's complexity and need for extensive customization limit its appeal, with alternatives like Pipelines as Code offering more practical options for those seeking CI/CD solutions: https://mkdev.me/posts/is-tekton-still-alive-comparing-tekton-pipelines-with-argo-workflows-argocd-and-jenkins

Check out Kirill as a guest on SoftPodcast, where he discusses history and future of mkdev, evolution of Cloud-Native expertise, challenges in building a Cloud service to compete with giant providers and more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztNUCScbn7c

When should you use AWS Load Balancer Controller for Kubernetes? How does it even work? Let Kirill Shirinkin explain it to you in our free webinar next week. Subscribe now to get notified when the day comes: https://mkdev.me/webinars/aws-lb-controller-101

Welcome to our brand new news show! In the first episode, let's see what's up with Devin and Anthropic, why AWS and Azure refuse to take money, what's the new Google and StackOverflow deal is about and why you might've wasted time building AWS dashboards: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sdnJLQKxSnY&si=GdbXolSfy4QU1wB_

The Dilemma of Platform Engineering and Cloud Vendors.

Full discussion with Jean-Francois Landreau available at https://mkdev.me/posts/platform-strategy-and-the-future-of-platform-engineering-with-jean-francois-landreau-32

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Every once in a while you need to write a new small http service, and more often than not Go is an excellent choice. This article is a treasure of information on how to do that properly, backed by years of experience in the field: https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/09/how-i-write-http-services-in-go-after-13-years/

Do startups need Platform Engineering?

Full discussion with Jean-Francois Landreau available at https://mkdev.me/posts/platform-strategy-and-the-future-of-platform-engineering-with-jean-francois-landreau-32

Following the creation of an AWS ALB in EKS and in GCP Cloud Run, today it is turn of ECS fargate. We are going to enjoy discovering how to create a layer 7 application load balancer and how to connect it to our task: https://mkdev.me/posts/how-to-create-an-alb-in-ecs-fargate

DevOps Accents, episode 33: Internet of Things and Home Security with Florian Merz from KIWI. Dive into a discussion of IoT definitions, digital locks, smart homes and the future of this technology: https://mkdev.me/posts/internet-of-things-and-home-security-with-florian-merz-from-kiwi-33

It’s not simple to understand the complexity in the pricing models of AWS and Google Cloud Functions, so Pablo Inigo Sanchez is here with a proper explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk769ELnqK8

Imagine asking for advice on whether to spend more money from someone who will benefit financially from your decision. Sounds weird, but that’s how cloud works. Read Pablo’s thoughts on the matter and check out interesting articles we found for you in the latest mkdev dispatch. Subscribe below to be the first to get new dispatches: https://mkdev.me/posts/cloud-cost-paradigm-40

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For many, this article will also be a moment of learning that IAM roles can have paths and slashes in general: https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/security/how-to-enforce-creation-of-roles-in-a-specific-path-use-iam-role-naming-in-hierarchy-models/

How do digital locks connect to the Internet?

An hour of Internet of Things and digital locks with Florian Merz from KIWI: https://mkdev.me/posts/internet-of-things-and-home-security-with-florian-merz-from-kiwi-33

It’s time for more DevOps, Cloud and AI news! Linux is almost hacked, AWS forks Redis, DevOps in 2024, CloudFormation accelerates, and Kirill Shirinkin is here to tell you all the important bits about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e186NRanbA

How to optimize code for IoT devices?

A whole conversation about Internet of Things and digital locks with Florian Merz from KIWI: https://mkdev.me/posts/internet-of-things-and-home-security-with-florian-merz-from-kiwi-33

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An excellent overview of SLA, SLO and SLIs and what's involved in having any of those: https://uptimerobot.com/blog/sla-slo-sli/

A big challenge for IoT in B2B space.

More on this in full conversation with Florian Merz from KIWI: https://mkdev.me/posts/internet-of-things-and-home-security-with-florian-merz-from-kiwi-33