Ned in the Cloud - First Year Review
A cloud consultant reflects on his first year as an independent content creator, discussing the challenges and rewards of leaving a stable IT job.
A cloud consultant reflects on his first year as an independent content creator, discussing the challenges and rewards of leaving a stable IT job.
Explains workload isolation and resource governance in Azure Synapse Analytics, covering static and dynamic resource classes for managing query performance.
A web developer shares advice on writing quality content, patience, and the long-term value of personal blogging for career growth.
Explains how to monitor serverless scheduler performance using AWS CloudWatch Custom Metrics and Insights, with code examples.
Explains .NET ThreadPool starvation, how synchronous waiting on async tasks causes it, and why queuing exacerbates the problem.
A guide to preparing for the HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification, covering exam objectives, study tips, and recommended materials.
Andy shares a nostalgic iTunes-style visualizer tool for single-screen use and introduces his web development work and CSS course.
Analysis of how JavaScript frameworks impact website performance, referencing Tim Kadlec's detailed research on the topic.
A quick tip for Firefox users on Mac to enable tab navigation for links by adjusting the accessibility.tabfocus setting.
Analyzes the privacy and effectiveness issues of digital contact tracing, comparing location-based and proximity-based approaches.
A detailed guide to the hardware setup (cameras, mics, lights) used for streaming online tech talks and training sessions.
An updated overview of the Transformer model family, covering improvements for longer attention spans, efficiency, and new architectures since 2020.
A quick tip on using Visio's 'Fit to Drawing' feature to automatically resize the canvas to fit its contents for publishing.
An introduction to using Linux kernel probes (kprobes) with eBPF and BCC for dynamic kernel debugging and tracing.
Explores the statistical challenges and potential bias when adjusting stratification variables during multi-wave sampling for population estimation.
A technical guide on building a serverless app to collect and store Twitter data for stock sentiment analysis using AWS Lambda and DynamoDB.
A technical guide on building a serverless app using AWS Lambda and Comprehend to analyze sentiment from tweets about companies.
DEV upgraded its frontend infrastructure from Webpacker 3/Babel 6 to Webpacker 4/Babel 7, enabling faster builds and new tooling.
A tech professional shares lessons from college on running efficient meetings, focusing on agendas, roles, and timekeeping for better team collaboration.
A survey analysis on how the practice of Specification by Example has evolved over the decade since the author's book, focusing on its impact on product quality.