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For those of you looking for a change, this is a good guide by Eddie Bracho for Mixpanel on migrating away from statsd to a more modern and cloud native metrics tool: https://engineering.mixpanel.com/how-we-migrated-from-statsd-to-prometheus-in-one-month-fb973af124f5

Earlier this year, Broadcom's acquisition of VMware led to major changes, including reducing partners from 20,000 to 1,000 and shifting from perpetual to subscription-based licensing. These changes, which significantly increased costs and gave customers just six weeks to adapt, have sparked controversy and potential regulatory scrutiny.

#VMware #Broadcom #Cloud

Read the full story as told and analyzed by Pablo Inigo Sanchez: https://mkdev.me/posts/broadcom-killed-vmware-was-this-acquisition-good-or-bad-for-you

What pushes a person to become an engineer in any field? Here’s what motivated Ignacio Echavarría in the beginning. More engineer talk and aerospace engineering in episode 48 of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/very-different-clouds-and-aerospace-engineering-with-ignacio-echavarr-a-from-dovetail-electric-aviation-48

QA for aircrafts, how do you do that? Why your plane doesn’t crash and the intricacies of maintenance in episode 48 of DevOps Accents with Ignacio Echavarría: https://mkdev.me/posts/very-different-clouds-and-aerospace-engineering-with-ignacio-echavarr-a-from-dovetail-electric-aviation-48

Pablo Inigo Sanchez explores Stack Overflow's evolution and its partnership with giants like Google & OpenAI. With over 58M Q&As fueling AI models, he questions the implications for user-contributed content and the platform's future in an AI-centric world: https://mkdev.me/posts/the-end-of-internet-search-as-we-know-it-bye-google

Discover the Future of Aerospace: A Deep Dive into Industry Evolution 🚀

Join us with Ignacio Echavarria to explore the vast spectrum of aerospace technology, from light sport aircraft to the behemoths capable of transatlantic flights like the A380. In this part of our latest podcast, we discuss the pivotal shifts shaping the future of air travel, highlighting the diverse scales and technological innovations driving the industry forward.

🔍 Key Insights from the Discussion:

• Diversity in Scale: Aerospace isn't just about large passenger jets; it encompasses a range from tiny gliders to massive 700-passenger aircraft.
• Electrification and Innovation: Small companies and startups are pioneering the electrification of aircraft, with developments in electric and hydrogen-powered planes making waves.
• Challenges and Comparisons: Drawing parallels to the automotive industry, we discuss how the acceptance and adaptation to electric cars hint at a similar path for electric aircraft.
• Maintenance and Longevity: Ignacio shares fascinating insights into the rigorous maintenance schedules that keep aircraft operational over decades, emphasizing the critical role of ongoing innovation to extend the usability of air travel technologies.

🌐 Dive deeper into our discussion and learn about the incredible engineering feats and the future of eco-friendly aviation. Watch the full video for a comprehensive understanding of how aerospace is evolving and what this means for tomorrow's travel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiaHjOHrlco

Controlling the scale of your impact on the environment is good, but we should also not forget to update our technology to be less harmful by itself. More explanations by Ignacio Echavarria in the full episode of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/very-different-clouds-and-aerospace-engineering-with-ignacio-echavarr-a-from-dovetail-electric-aviation-48

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We see our customers going through similar stages, so it’s a good blog post by Sam Gabrail to get an overview of your future IaC journey: https://www.env0.com/blog/expert-guide-the-four-stages-of-terraform-automation

What future awaits aircraft? What solutions might be proven useful and what should we expect? Ignacio Echavarria paints a picture in episode 48 of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/very-different-clouds-and-aerospace-engineering-with-ignacio-echavarr-a-from-dovetail-electric-aviation-48

💡 New to #FinOps on AWS? Check out this quick-start infographic with 6 essential steps to optimize your cloud costs! From enabling Cost Explorer to setting up Anomaly Detection, it’s all here. 📊 Share and save! And if you're ready to dive deeper, get a free cost optimization audit here 👉 https://mkdev.me/b/audits/free-cost-audit-landing #CloudOptimization #AWS #FinOpsTips

Discover how to deploy a GKE cluster using Terraform! We walk through using basic and advanced configurations with hands-on examples to set up your Google Kubernetes Engine effectively. Dive into our tutorial for practical insights: https://mkdev.me/posts/deploying-gke-clusters-with-terraform

Hear ye, hear ye! There's a rumour of a fantastic beast called the 10x Engineer. In some spheres it is called 10x Developer. Today we decided to figure out how to catch and tame such a creature, what are they good for, or could it be nothing more than an urban legend? Elin Brusberg, a highly experienced development manager at Vitec Megler AS and chairperson at DevOpsDays Oslo, will help us in this endeavour.

If you want to catch a 10x Engineer, or are contemplating becoming one, then you owe it to yourself to listen to this episode. We've warned you.

In this episode:

🦊 10x developer — what is that?
🐰 Building a functioning team vs. relying on that one guy;
🐯 How to keep your engineers and developers engaged and invested?
🐼 Comfort vs. Challenge: how people are different sometimes;
🐨 Developer and business manager, how to build this relationship?
🦉 How to choose your hiring priorities?

https://mkdev.me/posts/10x-engineeres-and-where-to-find-them-with-elin-brusberg-from-vitec-megler-49

#podcast #DevOpsAccents #mkdev #teammanagement #10xEngineer #10xDeveloper #TechLeadership #DevOps #SoftwareEngineering #TeamBuilding #DeveloperLife #TechPodcast #EngineeringCulture #BuildingTeams #DeveloperEngagement #EngineeringManagement #BusinessAndTech #DevOpsDays

In the 56th mkdev dispatch Pablo gets a bit existential about the duality of human existence in the face of technological progress. Also DevOps and Cloud articles from around the web. Subscribe to get the next one! https://mkdev.me/posts/time-of-chaos-and-hope-56

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S3 is one of the wonders of the modern world. Luckily, the knowledge about how this number was built is not lost - in fact, VP of this service, Andy Warfield, shares lots of details right in this article: https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2023/07/building-and-operating-a-pretty-big-storage-system.html

What does being a 10x developer even mean? Like, really? Diving deeper in conversation with Elin Brusberg in episode 49 of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/10x-engineeres-and-where-to-find-them-with-elin-brusberg-from-vitec-megler-49

How to replace an irreplaceable person and how to build a team that actually works: that and more in episode 49 of DevOps Accents with our guest Elin Brusberg: https://mkdev.me/posts/10x-engineers-and-where-to-find-them-with-elin-brusberg-from-vitec-megler-49

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We would say that in most cases, up to a huge scale, regular relational database will cover all your needs - as long as you know how to use it. This article by Jean-Mark Wright gives an example of how important is to structure your indexes correctly: https://jaywhy13.hashnode.dev/order-matters-making-a-compound-index-50x-faster

What to focus on in the recruitment process? How to pose your interview questions? How do you balance responsibility in a team? Our guest for episode 49 of DevOps Accents is Elin Brusberg from Vitec Megler. Watch this extended snippet from the episode, or check out the whole conversation wherever you get your podcasts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GNs_RX_blc

How to design your tasks properly and what to pay attention to? More on retaining your developers’ attention and excitement in episode 49 of DevOps Accents with Elin Brusberg: https://mkdev.me/posts/10x-engineeres-and-where-to-find-them-with-elin-brusberg-from-vitec-megler-49

Learn to craft efficient AWS IAM policies with Kirill Shirinkin's guide on using the least privilege principle via tools like IAM Access Analyzer and ActionHero for secure application permissions: https://mkdev.me/posts/how-to-create-aws-iam-policies-with-actionhero-and-access-analyser