Strategies and best practices for optimizing AWS compute costs, including right-sizing instances, choosing the latest generations, and using autoscaling.
Strategies for optimizing Amazon RDS costs on AWS, including right-sizing instances, storage optimization, and using Graviton processors.
A guide for first-time attendees of the London VMware User Group (VMUG), covering event logistics, schedule, and technical session topics.
Key dates and registration details for VMware Explore Europe 2023, including early bird pricing and session planning tips.
A guide to creating, connecting to, and deleting Google Cloud Platform's managed Redis service, Memorystore, via UI and CLI.
Analyzes the rise of AI as a platform shift, comparing its early stages to the historical growth and evolution of cloud computing.
A critical opinion piece arguing that AWS Amplify is harmful for production use, especially its GraphQL data layer, and promotes simpler alternatives like Postgres.
Guidance for university IT admins on managing Azure for Students subscriptions within their Azure AD tenant, including visibility and governance steps.
A developer details building a blog using Gatsby and AWS, focusing on DevOps principles, performance, SEO, and professional certification goals.
Explores cost optimization for Azure App Service using high-density hosting and per-app scaling to manage multiple apps on a single plan.
A guide to training XGBoost models on cloud GPUs using the Lightning AI framework, bypassing complex infrastructure setup.
A tech professional outlines his 2023 goals for YouTube, podcasts, and Pluralsight courses, focusing on Terraform, cloud content, and growth metrics.
Five practical tips for software engineers to improve their skills in 2023, covering learning, code quality, complex systems, cloud, and self-care.
A cloud consultant's 2022 year-end review, focusing on technical education efforts, YouTube channel growth, and lessons learned in Terraform content creation.
A critical analysis of AWS re:Invent 2022, questioning AWS's innovation and discussing the shift from cloud primitives to open-source platforms.
Explains Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (AHUB) for reusing Windows Server/SQL licenses in Azure, covering licensing rules and potential cost savings.
Explores how to build sustainable and cost-effective solutions on Microsoft Azure using the Well-Architected Framework and region selection.
A critical analysis of the term 'Supercloud', examining its origins, evolving usage, and its place in tech marketing buzzword culture.
Explores the evolution of operations into platform engineering, where teams focus on enabling developers through self-service platforms and managed services.
An appreciation of QEMU's power, versatility, and reliability for virtualization, cross-architecture development, and kernel testing.
