Ned Bellavance — Veteran IT professional and founder of Ned in the Cloud, creating courses, podcasts, and technical content on cloud and infrastructure.
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A technical guide explaining the Terraform base64gzip() function, its syntax, and practical usage examples.
Explains the Terraform base64encode() function, its syntax, and provides practical examples for encoding strings.
Explains the Terraform base64decode() function, its syntax, and provides practical examples for decoding base64-encoded strings.
Explains the Terraform basename() function for extracting file or directory names from paths, with examples for Linux and Windows.
Explains the abs() interpolation function in Terraform, including examples and implicit type conversion behavior.
A daily series exploring Terraform's built-in functions with practical examples and code on GitHub.
A tech professional explores the reasons behind the common sentiment of 'hating Microsoft' and reflects on the evolution of tech industry rivalries.
A developer explains how to automate social media reposts by creating a custom workflow using Azure Functions and the Buffer API.
A developer explains how to automate social media posting for personal branding using Feedly, Zapier, and Buffer.
A hands-on review and trial of Veritas CloudPoint, a cloud backup and recovery software, detailing the signup process and license terms.
Analyzes three strategies companies use to innovate with cloud technology: born-in-cloud, startup acquisition, and creating centers of excellence.
Part 3 of a series on deploying Azure Stack on Azure, focusing on installing SQL and MySQL Resource Providers using PowerShell scripts.
A technical guide on registering an Azure Stack instance with Azure and setting up marketplace syndication, plans, and offers for user consumption.
A technical guide on deploying a Docker Swarm cluster using Microsoft Azure and Azure Cloud Shell for hands-on learning from the Docker Deep Dive book.
A critique of modern software development's 'move fast and break things' ethos, arguing it leads to fragile, unreliable technology.
A technical guide on deploying the Azure Stack Development Kit (ASDK) using nested virtualization on Microsoft Azure, including cost considerations.
AT&T open-sources its dNOS network operating system, signaling a major shift towards disaggregated, open-source networking hardware and software.
A critical analysis of Microsoft's announcement to run VMware workloads on bare metal Azure hardware, questioning its strategic value.
Argues that running VMware on AWS is a flawed strategy, missing the true benefits of cloud-native computing.
The article critiques the use of SSNs as both a secret and a universal ID, arguing it's a core problem behind data breaches like Equifax.
