6 days agoShould you externalise your Docker Container LogsIt’s generally a best practice to monitor all application activity and actively understand what is going wrong. But containers aren’t normal server like environments to store and read logs reliably. We can't store logs in a container that's so ephemeral that when something goes wrong it'd just be destroyed and…Software Engineering2 min readSoftware Engineering2 min read
Nov 2410 Culture Shocks I felt while working on PythonPython is arguably one of the most intuitive, simple yet powerful programing languages that's being used almost everywhere. Coming from a .NET background with experience on a strongly typed OOP language like C#, the following are the 10 culture shocks I felt when I started working on Python 🤯 1…Software Engineering2 min readSoftware Engineering2 min read
Nov 23Why would you need a CI/CD pipeline?In software engineering we have the development lifecycle, where a product passes through the different phases of design - development - build - test and deployment. Once a developer completes developing a module the next sequence of steps would be to build test and deploy. And we do have different…Web Development2 min readWeb Development2 min read
Oct 17What is gRPC and why should you use it?RPC stands for Remote Procedure Call (RPC). It is a protocol used in distributed systems where clients call procedures (or methods) inside the server as if they were methods in another class. The advantage here is that the client doesn’t know the underlying details about how the call is being…Software Engineering2 min readSoftware Engineering2 min read
Oct 44 simple steps to get AWS CertifiedGetting Certified in Cloud is becoming a prerequisite these days. More and more jobs are asking people to learn and get certified in cloud for a variety of reasons. Whatever it may be — certification journey requires you to sit for an exam, prepare for it and pass the test. …Cloud Computing4 min readCloud Computing4 min read
Sep 22Steps to setup Internet Connectivity inside a VPCVPC stands for Virtual Private Cloud. With a VPC you can create a secure and isolated infrastructure within AWS Cloud. A subnet is a sub-network range created inside a VPC. you'll attach your instances inside subnets for networking. Whatever resources you generally create are added inside the default VPC that…Web Development2 min readWeb Development2 min read
Sep 203 Ways to speed up your EC2 instances boot timeLet's say you're running your application in an EC2 instance. The application requires a specific set of framework or runtimes to be installed to run. It also needs a few scripts to be run on the instance for configuring the application. Things are going good in a single EC2 instance. …Software Engineering2 min readSoftware Engineering2 min read
Sep 19AWS Route53 Routing Policies and How to Use ThemRoute53 is an AWS-managed DNS service where you can set up domain name records and route them to AWS resources or use Route53 as your DNS servers. Routing policies are a feature offered by Route53 that allow us to set up DNS routing to our resources based on different scenarios…AWS2 min readAWS2 min read
Sep 1514 Services in AWS that use AI/ML to synthesize user informationAWS offers a suite of SaaS services that use AI/ML to recognise, synthesize and analyse user data for a variety of use cases. You can simply plug and play or combine these services like building blocks to create tailor-made custom flows as needed for your application. You MUST know these…Software Engineering2 min readSoftware Engineering2 min read
Sep 145 Differences between Amazon RDS Read Replicas and Multi-AZAmazon RDS stands for Relational Database Service. It is a fully managed Database service where you can create and run database instances for your cloud native applications. It makes our lives easy because the underlying database infrastructure is maintained by the AWS and we can scale whenever required. There are…Cloud Computing3 min readCloud Computing3 min read
